Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital
Location
Section of Medical Oncology
20 York Street
SMILOW NP 11-406
New Haven, CT 6510
Direct phone: (203) 688-7557
Toll-free: (888) 700-6543
http://www.ynhh.org/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 10
- PBSC: 133
- Cord Blood: 0
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 191
About the center
Overview
Myeloablative/non-myeloablative transplant approaches for patients with acute/chronic leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, marrow failure and other Myeloproliferative disorders. Interests include Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, reduced-intensity regimen for older patients, and novel therapies to prevent and treat graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). A new program of haplo identical transplantation for adult patients without related or unrelated donors; Pediatric BMT includes transplant for malignant diseases such as: Leukemia, lymphoma and Neuroblastoma; and non-malignant diseases such as: Sickle Cell Anemia; Thalassemia; SCIDS and other hematologic and genetic disorders; Cell types used for pediatric transplant include: bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells and cord blood. CAR-T and other immune effector cell therapies are available.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1987 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since November 1999.
Attending physicians
Adult - Noffar Bar, Francine Foss, Lohith Gowda, Iris Isufi, Manoj Pillai, Stuart Seropian
Pediatric - Aron Flagg, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and single cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Pediatric only
Other programs and services
Ronald McDonald housing for pediatric families; discounted rates through The Suites at Yale New Haven; Patient & Family Resource Center; Naturopathic Medicine and Complimentary Therapy for adult patients and their families; Yoga & Art Therapy; Stem Cell Transplant Support Groups for Patients Caregivers & Families; similar support groups are also located at our satellite care centers; Multiple Myeloma Support Group for patients and families; Parenting at a Challenging Time Program (PACT); Spiritual Care; Palliative Care; Funding for our Families which includes multiple Foundations & Charities; Camps for pediatric cancer survivors and their families; Multiple Mental Health Counseling resources for Adults and Children; Multiple Pediatric Complimentary medicine programs such as: Arts for Healing Program - massage and pet therapy; music therapy; videography; Pediatric transplant financial assistance through programs such as: Circle of Care Agency; Tommy Fund; Friends of Karen Agency and the Bone Marrow Foundation Lifeline Fund; Pediatric emotional support groups include: IMPACT-Smilow's Young Adult Support Group and Immerman's Angels a cancer survivor buddy program for pedi/young adults; the Parent Lifeline Program links parents to another parent of a pediatric cancer survivor; Make a Wish Foundation.
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 210 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 73.9%.
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 69.5% and 80.8%.
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.
Number of adult transplants
Total adult transplants
320
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 1 | 60 | 0 | 61 |
Unrelated donor | ||||
Total allogeneic | 6 | 127 | 0 | 133 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 187 |
-- | 187 | ||
Total combined | ||||
320 | 0 | 320 |
Number of pediatric transplants
Total pediatric transplants
14
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Unrelated donor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total allogeneic | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 4 |
-- | 4 | ||
Total combined | ||||
14 | 0 | 14 |
Transplants by disease
All diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 | 19-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related | 6 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 65 |
Unrelated | 4 | 11 | 34 | 26 | 75 |
Autologous | 4 | 24 | 107 | 56 | 191 |
Total | 14 | 47 | 177 | 93 | 331 |
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:
Carissa Keenan
(203) 200-1609
Email: cara.keenan@ynhh.org
If you have questions about costs and financial services at this center, please call the transplant center's direct phone number.
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
More resources
Survivorship program
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.