Geisinger Medical Center
Locations
Transplant Summary
Overview
Geisinger Medical Center is an NCI designated center & designated NCCCP hospital which has been performing sibling matched allogeneic transplants since April 2008. We also perform Matched Unrelated Allogeneic and Haploid Transplants since 2017.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2008. This center is not a member of the NMDP transplant center network.
Attending physicians
Adult - Joseph Lynch, Joseph VadakaraTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC onlyCord blood transplants
Adult onlyOther programs and services
Local housing at the House of Care and Pine Barn Inn.Patient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to the expected rate for this center*.The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2020, 2021, 2022 and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 48 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 79.2%.Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 61.9% and 85.5%.For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report (Opens in a new tab) at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.
The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.
Total adult transplants
88
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow1PBSC8Cord blood0Total9Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC29Cord blood0Total29Total allogeneicMarrow1PBSC37Cord blood0Total38AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 50PBSC—Cord blood—Total50Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 88PBSC—Cord blood0Total88All Diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total Related 0-18019-44445-64465+1Total9Unrelated 0-18019-44845-64765+14Total29Autologous 0-18019-44345-642265+25Total50Total 0-18019-441545-643365+40Total88Treatments may be similar for diseases within a group. It might be helpful to look at centers that have done transplants for a specific disease and centers that have done transplants for any corresponding broad disease categories.
Centers are not required to report autologous transplants so the numbers might be incomplete.
More information about transplants can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Transplant center resources
NMDP patient navigators
Patient navigators can answer your questions about choosing a transplant center and provide support and education to help you throughout your transplant journey.
- Inside the United States: 1 (888) 999-6743
- Outside the United States: 1 (763) 406-3410. (Long distance or international charges may apply.)
Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org
More resources
- Choosing a transplant center
- Preparing for transplant
- Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
- Support and resources (including non-English materials)
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
Geisinger Cancer Survivorship Program
100 N. Academy Ave. Danville, PA 17822 Phone:570-271-6045 Overview
Geisinger Survivorship Program offering survivorship care plans, symptom management, coordination of care, and long-term follow-up for patients completing curative intent cancer therapy. Clinic follows a shared-care model and offers a multidisciplinary clinic for individuals with high distress scores via FACT-GP Quality of Life survey. Survivorship clinic launched 11/2018; patients obtained via referral.
Staff
Program Director:Julie Innocent Woods, MDProgram Coordinator:Jamie Weeder, CRNPMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine, hematology, neurology, oncology, palliative care, psychiatry/psychology.Medical Services Offered
Nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: D+100 for autologous donors after transplant.
- Adults (over age 18 years)
- Will provide care to adult patients who underwent transplant as a child
- Does not accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital