Geisinger Medical Center
Location
100 N. Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-2001
Direct phone: (570) 271-6211
http://www.geisinger.org/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 3
- PBSC: 33
- Cord Blood: 0
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 53
About the center
Overview
Geisinger Medical Center is an NCI designated center & designated NCCCP hospital which has been performing sibling matched allogeneic transplants since April 2008. We are also now performing Matched Unrelated Allogeneic and Haploid Transplants.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2008. This center is not a member of the NMDP/Be The Match transplant center network.
Attending physicians
Adult - Joseph Lynch, Joseph Vadakara
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC only
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult only
Other programs and services
Local housing at the House of Care. Ronald McDonald housing also available.
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:
- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2019, 2020, 2021, 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 57 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 71.9%.
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 58.6% and 81.2%.
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
89
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Unrelated donor | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
Total allogeneic | 3 | 33 | 0 | 36 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 53 |
-- | 53 | ||
Total combined | ||||
89 | 0 | 89 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Unrelated | 0 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 |
Autologous | 0 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 53 |
Total | 0 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 89 |
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:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Additional information
Transplant center resources
Transplant center coordinator:
Sherry Brosius
(570) 271-6045
Email: slbrosius@geisinger.edu
Financial representative:
Janice Taylor
(570) 214-4406
Email:
jtaylor6@geisinger.edu
Be The Match 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