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Kapi'olani Medical Center for
Women & Children

1319 Punahou Street
Second Floor
Honolulu, HI 96826
Direct phone: (808) 983-8326

Program Description:

As the only tertiary children's hospital in the State of Hawaii, Kapi'olani Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of pediatric autologous and allogeneic transplants utilizing related, unrelated and cord blood donors. Our multi-disciplinary team approach to family-centered care focuses on optimal outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.

Contact Information:

If you have transplant-related questions, please contact Carol Kotsubo, transplant center coordinator, at (808) 983-8326 or by e-mail at carolk@kapiolani.org.

Program Type:

Pediatric

Attending Physicians:

(Medical Doctors)

Pediatric -

Darryl Glaser, Randal Wada

Transplants Performed:

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on:

Pediatric only

helpExplain Transplant Center HLA Match Requirements

Estimated Search & Transplant Costs

The costs for a transplant vary greatly from center to center and depend on factors such as health insurance, disease type and disease stage of the patient, as well as center-specific billing policies. Examples of costs in the search and transplant include:

  • The amount and geographic location of donors tested
  • Testing needed to confirm a match
  • Processing and collecting of tissue-typing samples
  • Donor workup testing needed
  • Getting the marrow, PBSC or cord blood unit for transplant

For the best understanding of costs of transplant and follow-up for a specific transplant center, contact the center's Financial Representative.

helpExplain Transplant Costs at Different Centers

Financial Services:


Financial services at this center could include:
  • Health insurance information
  • Financial assistance
  • Patient-related resources

Resources for financial information


If you have questions about costs and financial services at this transplant center, you can contact the center's financial representative, Esme Nakamura by e-mail at esmen@kapiolani.org or by phone at (808) 983-8646.

Many organizations exist to help patients with lodging, transportation and other transplant-related expenses. Visit the National Marrow Donor Program's Patient Organizations database for more information. Financial assistance resources are also listed on this Web site.

Transplant Experience

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1997 and has been an NMDP transplant center since January 1978.

Transplants Reported

(From Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2011
as reported by the centers
)

      Unrelated or Related Donor

Auto-
logous

(PBSC or marrow)

Total

(by transplant type)

Total Non-
Myeloablative transplants*

Marrow

PBSC

Cord
Blood

Unrelated Donor - Adult 0 1 0 --- 1 0
Unrelated Donor - Pediatric 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Related Donor - Adult 0 6 0 --- 6 0
Related Donor - Pediatric 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Autologous - Adult --- --- --- 0 0 ---
Autologous - Pediatric --- --- --- 0 0 ---
Total (by cell source) 0 7 0 0 7 0

*The total Non-Myeloablative transplants column shows a subset of the total number of transplants by type.

To locate centers that perform cord blood transplants, use the search tool on this site.

The NMDP also has Transplants by Disease Charts available showing the number of NMDP coordinated transplants by disease category at each U.S. transplant center.

helpExplain Transplant Experience

Center-Specific Analysis

This information is currently unavailable.

Survival by Patient's Age, Disease Type and Stage

This information is currently unavailable.

Additional Information
Further information about this center, including the number and type of transplants performed in each of the last three years, and the support groups offered, may be found in the BMT InfoNet Transplant Center Directory: http://www.bmtinfonet.org/transplantcenters.

BMT InfoNet (Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network) is a nonprofit organization that provides information and emotional support to transplant patients and their families.

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