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University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Location

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
14 Campus Pavilion
1 Convention Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Direct phone: (267) 862-3499

Total transplants by cell source

From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022
  • Marrow: 34
  • PBSC: 202
  • Cord Blood: 13
  • Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 384
Performs adult transplants

Overview

Transplants performed from related and unrelated donors using ablative and non-myeloablative conditioning, with marrow, blood stem cells and cord blood and Haplo transplants. Standard and investigational therapies available. Research focuses on improving safety, minimizing GVHD and enhancing graft-versus-tumor effect. We have treated over 170 patients with commercial car-T therapy since induction.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1996 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since April 1999.

Attending physicians

Adult - Daria Babushok, Adam Cohen, Noelle Frey, Alfred Garfall, Saar Gill, Elizabeth Hexner, Rebecca Hirsh, Nasheed Mohammad Hossain, Daniel Landsburg, Alison Loren, Selina Luger, Mary Ellen Martin, Shannon McCurdy, Sunita Nasta, Alexander Perl, David Porter, Keith Pratz, Stephen Schuster, Edward Stadtmauer, Jakub Svoboda, Donald Tsai, Dan Vogl

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Adult only

Other programs and services

Mental health counseling, Nutrition support, Financial grant help, Hope, Lodge accommodation help, Transportation, Advocacy, Financial help with medication costs, Support group, Home care help, Advance directive help.

About the center

Overview

Transplants performed from related and unrelated donors using ablative and non-myeloablative conditioning, with marrow, blood stem cells and cord blood and Haplo transplants. Standard and investigational therapies available. Research focuses on improving safety, minimizing GVHD and enhancing graft-versus-tumor effect. We have treated over 170 patients with commercial car-T therapy since induction.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1996 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since April 1999.

Attending physicians

Adult - Daria Babushok, Adam Cohen, Noelle Frey, Alfred Garfall, Saar Gill, Elizabeth Hexner, Rebecca Hirsh, Nasheed Mohammad Hossain, Daniel Landsburg, Alison Loren, Selina Luger, Mary Ellen Martin, Shannon McCurdy, Sunita Nasta, Alexander Perl, David Porter, Keith Pratz, Stephen Schuster, Edward Stadtmauer, Jakub Svoboda, Donald Tsai, Dan Vogl

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Adult only

Other programs and services

Mental health counseling, Nutrition support, Financial grant help, Hope, Lodge accommodation help, Transportation, Advocacy, Financial help with medication costs, Support group, Home care help, Advance directive help.

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 366 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 76.2%.

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 69.7% and 78.3%.

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


633

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

Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total
Allogeneic
Related donor 22 70 0 92
Unrelated donor 12 132 13 157
Total allogeneic 34 202 13 249
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
384
-- 384
Total combined
620 13 633

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 23 54 13 90
Unrelated 0 36 75 46 157
Autologous 0 47 200 142 389
Total 0 106 329 201 636

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:
Lila Quinn
(215) 964-1210
Email: lila.quinn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Financial representative:
Nicole Clarke
Email: nicole.clarke@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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

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