Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The Vanderbilt stem cell transplant and cellular therapy program was established in 1980. It consists of an adult program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and a pediatric program at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. The Vanderbilt stem cell transplant and cellular therapy program performs more than 270 stem cell transplants annually, is a leader in immune effector cellular therapy and clinical transplant research, and offers comprehensive long-term post-transplant care.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1980 and has been an NMDP transplant center since January 1990.
Attending physicians
Adult - Eden Biltibo, Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, Andrew Jallouk, Reena Jayani-Kosarzycki, James Jerkins, Adetola Kassim, Bipin Savani
Pediatric - James Connelly, Richard Ho, Carrie KitkoTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
The VUMC Stem Cell Transplant program, through our lodging coordinator, offers lodging services for all transplant patients. For those who qualify for charity assistance there are a myriad of charitable resources that they are connected to in order to maintain lodging during the stem cell transplant.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 242 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 81.4%.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 73.5% and 83.4%.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
340
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow23PBSC28Cord blood0Total51Unrelated donorMarrow8PBSC58Cord blood0Total66Total allogeneicMarrow31PBSC86Cord blood0Total117AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 223PBSC—Cord blood—Total223Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 340PBSC—Cord blood0Total340Total pediatric transplants
53
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow23PBSC0Cord blood0Total23Unrelated donorMarrow4PBSC0Cord blood3Total7Total allogeneicMarrow27PBSC0Cord blood3Total30AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 23PBSC—Cord blood—Total23Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 50PBSC—Cord blood3Total53All 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 0-182419-442645-641665+8Total74Unrelated 0-18819-441645-643265+17Total73Autologous 0-182419-443245-6411965+71Total246Total 0-185619-447445-6416765+96Total393Treatments 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
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.