Augusta University Medical Center
Location
Georgia Cancer Center
1120 15th Street
BA 5407
Augusta, GA 30912
Direct phone: (706) 721-0211
http://www.mcghealth.org/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 2
- PBSC: 50
- Cord Blood: 1
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 155
About the center
Overview
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Georgia Cancer Center is comprised of a 12-bed inpatient unit. The program is accredited through the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). This center has been performing autologous transplants since 1997, allogeneic transplants since 2000, haploidentical transplants since 2014, cord transplants since 2015, and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2010. CART therapy since 2021. Disease treated are aplastic anemia, amyloidosis, hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemias, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibroisis, and non-hodgkins lymphoma to name a few.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2000 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since February 2010.
Attending physicians
Adult - Locke Bryan, Ayushi Chauhan, Anand Jillella, Amany Keruakous, Vamsi Kota
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult only
Other programs and services
Discounted lodging is available for patients and a caregiver thru the Lydia House and contracts with local hotels. Patient support group, and wig boutique onsite.
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 2018, 2019, 2020, 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 54 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 74.1%.
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 56.3% and 79.7%.
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
208
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 1 | 24 | 0 | 25 |
Unrelated donor | 1 | 26 | 1 | 28 |
Total allogeneic | 2 | 50 | 1 | 53 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 155 |
-- | 155 | ||
Total combined | ||||
207 | 1 | 208 |
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 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
Unrelated | 0 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
Autologous | 0 | 21 | 78 | 56 | 155 |
Total | 0 | 39 | 104 | 65 | 208 |
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:
Gita Giddens
(706) 721-1374
Email: ggiddens@augusta.edu
Financial representative:
Linda Lyons
(706) 721 8962
Email:
llyons@augusta.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
More resources
Survivorship program
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.