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Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute
West Penn Hospital

West Penn Hospital Cell Transplantation Prog
4800 Friendship Ave, Ste 2303NT
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Direct phone: (412) 578-4355
Toll-free: (800) 860-9724

Total transplants by cell source

From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022
  • Marrow: 1
  • PBSC: 92
  • Cord Blood: 0
  • Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 84
Performs adult transplants

Overview

Our FACT-accredited program was established in 1986 and has been performing unrelated transplants since 1990. We have a Family House facility nearby for use by our patients and their families as well as the Hyatt House Bloomfield/Shadyside. Our inpatient hematology unit is HEPA filtered. Our team is dedicated to using an integrated family-centered approach to provide excellent patient care and innovative research opportunities.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1990 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since February 1991.

Attending physicians

Adult - S. Fazal, C. Khan, A. Koget, J. Lister, P. Mewawalla, S. Sadashiv, Y. Samhouri

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Adult only

Other programs and services

Our center has a licensed social worker and Transition of Care (TOC) Nurse Navigators to assist with discharge planning and other needs of the patient.

About the center

Overview

Our FACT-accredited program was established in 1986 and has been performing unrelated transplants since 1990. We have a Family House facility nearby for use by our patients and their families as well as the Hyatt House Bloomfield/Shadyside. Our inpatient hematology unit is HEPA filtered. Our team is dedicated to using an integrated family-centered approach to provide excellent patient care and innovative research opportunities.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1990 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since February 1991.

Attending physicians

Adult - S. Fazal, C. Khan, A. Koget, J. Lister, P. Mewawalla, S. Sadashiv, Y. Samhouri

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Adult only

Other programs and services

Our center has a licensed social worker and Transition of Care (TOC) Nurse Navigators to assist with discharge planning and other needs of the patient.

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 87 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 64.4%.

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 59.5% and 77.9%.

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


177

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

Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total
Allogeneic
Related donor 0 32 0 32
Unrelated donor 1 60 0 61
Total allogeneic 1 92 0 93
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
84
-- 84
Total combined
177 0 177

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 6 16 8 30
Unrelated 0 9 30 22 61
Autologous 0 8 48 27 84
Total 0 23 94 57 175

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:
Lori Stover
(412) 578-4392
Email: lori.stover@ahn.org

Financial representative:
Jason Cockfield
(412) 578-3534
Email: jason.cockfield@ahn.org

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.