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University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Location

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
1611 NW 12th Ave
Holtz East Tower Room 6005F
Miami, FL 33136
Direct phone: (305) 585-7359

Total transplants by cell source

From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022
  • Marrow: 9
  • PBSC: 20
  • Cord Blood: 0
  • Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 5
Performs pediatric transplants

Overview

The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit is a seven-bed unit located at Holtz Children's Hospital, part of UM/JMH. Outpatient care is provided at UM's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. A multidisciplinary approach is utilized to meet the special needs of patients.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1994 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since July 2007.

Attending physicians

Adult - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward Ziga

Pediatric - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward Ziga

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

Access to phase 1 protocols; Cellular therapy including CAR-T cell therapy; Homebound school program; Availability to the Ronald McDonald House which is located on campus. Hotel located near campus with discounted rates.

About the center

Overview

The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit is a seven-bed unit located at Holtz Children's Hospital, part of UM/JMH. Outpatient care is provided at UM's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. A multidisciplinary approach is utilized to meet the special needs of patients.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1994 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since July 2007.

Attending physicians

Adult - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward Ziga

Pediatric - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward Ziga

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

Access to phase 1 protocols; Cellular therapy including CAR-T cell therapy; Homebound school program; Availability to the Ronald McDonald House which is located on campus. Hotel located near campus with discounted rates.

Overall center survival


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:

  1. Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2019, 2020, 2021, and
  2. Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
  3. Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis

For this center, we have survival information for 33 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 84.6%.

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 78.8% and 99.2%.

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 at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.

Total transplants

Total transplants


34

Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)

Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total
Allogeneic
Related donor 9 18 0 27
Unrelated donor 0 2 0 2
Total allogeneic 9 20 0 29
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
5
-- 5
Total combined
34 0 34

Transplants by disease

All diseases

Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)

0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total
Related 27 0 0 0 27
Unrelated 2 0 0 0 2
Autologous 5 0 0 0 5
Total 34 0 0 0 34

Treatments 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 for this disease can be found:

Additional information

Transplant center resources

Transplant center coordinator:
Michelle Mendez
305-585-7359
Email: mmendez4@jhsmiami.org

If you have questions about costs and financial services at this center, please call the transplant center's direct phone number.

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

Survivorship program


No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.