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Transplant Summary
Overview
Advanced transplantation services include stem cell processing for both autologous and allogeneic adult and pediatric transplantation, with dedicated adult and pediatric units.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1996 and has been an NMDP transplant center since May 2001.
Attending physicians
Adult - Joseph Cioccio, W. Christopher Ehmann, Raymond Hohl, Kentaro Minagawa, Shin Mineishi, Seema Naik, Kevin Rakszawski, Hong Zheng
Pediatric - Valerie BrownTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
CAR-T Cellular TherapyPatient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are above 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 191 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 76.9%.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 64.6% and 76.5%.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
335
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow1PBSC33Cord blood0Total34Unrelated donorMarrow3PBSC107Cord blood0Total110Total allogeneicMarrow4PBSC140Cord blood0Total144AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 191PBSC—Cord blood—Total191Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 335PBSC—Cord blood0Total335Total pediatric transplants
35
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow14PBSC1Cord blood0Total15Unrelated donorMarrow2PBSC0Cord blood2Total4Total allogeneicMarrow16PBSC1Cord blood2Total19AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 16PBSC—Cord blood—Total16Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 33PBSC—Cord blood2Total35All 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 0-181619-441145-641365+9Total49Unrelated 0-18419-441745-644765+46Total114Autologous 0-181819-441545-648165+93Total207Total 0-183819-444345-6414165+148Total370Treatments 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
Transplant center coordinatorSuchi PatelPhone: 717-531-0003 ext 323198NMDP 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
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.