Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has been performing transplants under consistent medical leadership since 2001. The program has achieved full FACT accreditation for Adult Allogeneic and Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor Cellular Therapy, Immune Effector Cellular Therapy, Peripheral Blood Cellular Therapy Product Collection and Cellular Therapy Product Processing with Minimal Manipulation. Avera is proud to have the only Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in the region and offers physician telemedicine capabilities to serve our large geographic area.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2001 and has been an NMDP transplant center since May 2005.
Attending physicians
Adult - Waqas Jehangir, Andrade Xavier-GonzalezTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult onlyPatient 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 36 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 75%.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 59.8% and 86.7%.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
65
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC9Cord blood0Total9Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC13Cord blood0Total13Total allogeneicMarrow0PBSC22Cord blood0Total22AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 43PBSC—Cord blood—Total43Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 65PBSC—Cord blood0Total65All 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 0-18019-44345-64465+2Total9Unrelated 0-18019-44245-64565+6Total13Autologous 0-18019-44345-641865+22Total43Total 0-18019-44845-642765+30Total65Treatments 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
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
1000 East 23rd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Phone:605-322-3035 For more information about this program: https://www.avera.org/locations/profile/avera-cancer-institute-sioux-falls/ (Opens in a new tab)Overview
Avera Transplant's survivorship program is designed to comprehensively explore the needs of transplant survivors to improve quality of life. Transplant survivors and families are provided with guidelines and tools to navigate the complex and unique needs following transplant. Our transplant physicians work very closely with the survivor's primary care provider to ensure lifelong screening recommendations are followed. Avera Transplant recognizes the survivor as a whole person and provides supportive care and spiritual assistance for their well-being beyond the conventional treatment of the body; offering support groups, integrative medicine, cancer fitness programs, nutrition services and physical therapy.
Staff
Program Director:Warqas Jehangir, MDProgram Coordinator:Lacey Roberts, RN, OCN, BMTCTNMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, palliative care, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, rheumatology, urology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 100 days after transplant.
- Adults (over age 18)
- Will provide care to adult patients who underwent transplant as a child
- Does accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital