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Akron Children's Hospital

Location

Akron Children's Hospital
Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer
and Blood Disorders
One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308
Direct phone: (330) 543-8730

Total transplants by cell source

From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022
  • Marrow: 12
  • PBSC: 3
  • Cord Blood: 1
  • Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 18
Performs pediatric transplants

Overview

Akron Children's Hospital performs autologous and allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for pediatric patients in a multidisciplinary setting. We uphold our mission of treating all children as if they were our own and turning no child or family away based on their ability to pay. Patients are cared for in a family centered setting in which parents and caregivers are encouraged to play an active role with the health care team to make sure: you will be heard, your child will be safe and you child is in expert hands. We provide care coordination for the patients and families during all phases of the transplant process. Patients treated with stem cell transplants include those with Sickle cell disease, Aplastic anemia, Beta Thalassemia, MDS, Osteopetrosis, Wilm's tumor, Ewings disease, recurrent Hodgkin's disease, recurrent and high risk ALL, AML, Neuroblastoma, other central nervous system malignancies, and inherited metabolic disorders.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2004 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since December 2010.

Attending physicians

Adult - Prasad Bodas, Vanisha Patel, Megan Sampson

Pediatric - Prasad Bodas, Vanisha Patel, Megan Sampson

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

We offer supportive services to the patient and family including dedicated social workers, Ronald McDonald House for families and the patient during and post-transplant. Music therapy, art therapy, fertility preservation program, physical therapy, occupational therapy, interpretive services, Child Life specialist, pastoral care, behavioral medicine, school teacher/services and massage therapy are also available.

About the center

Overview

Akron Children's Hospital performs autologous and allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for pediatric patients in a multidisciplinary setting. We uphold our mission of treating all children as if they were our own and turning no child or family away based on their ability to pay. Patients are cared for in a family centered setting in which parents and caregivers are encouraged to play an active role with the health care team to make sure: you will be heard, your child will be safe and you child is in expert hands. We provide care coordination for the patients and families during all phases of the transplant process. Patients treated with stem cell transplants include those with Sickle cell disease, Aplastic anemia, Beta Thalassemia, MDS, Osteopetrosis, Wilm's tumor, Ewings disease, recurrent Hodgkin's disease, recurrent and high risk ALL, AML, Neuroblastoma, other central nervous system malignancies, and inherited metabolic disorders.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2004 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since December 2010.

Attending physicians

Adult - Prasad Bodas, Vanisha Patel, Megan Sampson

Pediatric - Prasad Bodas, Vanisha Patel, Megan Sampson

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

We offer supportive services to the patient and family including dedicated social workers, Ronald McDonald House for families and the patient during and post-transplant. Music therapy, art therapy, fertility preservation program, physical therapy, occupational therapy, interpretive services, Child Life specialist, pastoral care, behavioral medicine, school teacher/services and massage therapy are 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:

  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 16 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 100.0%.

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 67.0% and 100.0%.

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 4 0 0 4
Unrelated donor 8 3 1 12
Total allogeneic 12 3 1 16
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
18
-- 18
Total combined
33 1 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 4 0 0 0 4
Unrelated 9 3 0 0 12
Autologous 18 0 0 0 18
Total 31 3 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:
Jeanne Konowal
(330) 543-4017
Email: jkonowal@akronchildrens.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

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