Northside Hospital

Overview

The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital is one of the largest clinical transplant programs in the Southeast, serving patients undergoing stem cell transplant therapy, CAR T therapy and providing leukemia management. This program has achieved the National Center of Excellence designation.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1998 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2000.

Attending physicians

Adult - Liza Marie Bachier, Asad Bashey, H. Kent Holland, Lawrence E. Morris, Melhem Sohl, Scott R. Solomon

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants

Adult only

Patient survival information for this center

This center's actual 1-year survival results are above 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 2020, 2021, 2022 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 253 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 82.6%.

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 67.7% and 78%.

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.

* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.

The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.

Total adult transplants

507

Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)

	Marrow	PBSC	Cord blood	Total
Allogeneic
Related donor	Marrow 7	PBSC 141	Cord blood 0	Total 148
Unrelated donor	Marrow 1	PBSC 51	Cord blood 0	Total 52
Total allogeneic	Marrow 8	PBSC 192	Cord blood 0	Total 200
Autologous	Marrow Both marrow & PBSC 307	PBSC —	Cord blood —	Total 307
Total combined	Marrow Both marrow & PBSC 507	PBSC —	Cord blood 0	Total 507

All Diseases

Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)

	0-18	19-44	45-64	65+	Total
Related	0-18 0	19-44 47	45-64 58	65+ 43	Total 148
Unrelated	0-18 0	19-44 16	45-64 16	65+ 20	Total 52
Autologous	0-18 0	19-44 38	45-64 155	65+ 114	Total 307
Total	0-18 0	19-44 101	45-64 229	65+ 177	Total 507

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 can be found:

U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab)
report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
List of diseases

Transplant center resources

Transplant center coordinator

Shayla Henke

Phone: 404-303-3793

Email: shayla.henke@northside.com

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

More resources

Choosing a transplant center
Preparing for transplant
Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
Support and resources (including non-English materials)
U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab)
at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov

The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program At Northside Hospital

5670 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd

Atlanta, GA 30242

Phone:404-255-1930

For more information about this program: http://www.bmtga.com

Staff

Program Director:Dr. Kent Holland, MD

Program Coordinator:Dana Kisala, RN

Medical Specialties in Program

Cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, otolaryngology, palliative care, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, rheumatology, urology.

Medical Services Offered

Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.

Telemedicine services are available.

Patient Eligibility

Adults

Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
Adults (over age 18)
- Will provide care to adult patients who underwent transplant as a child
Does not accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital