Northwestern Medicine
Location
Northwestern Hematology
Stem Cell Transplant Program
676 North St. Clair, Suite 2125
Chicago, IL 60611
Direct phone: (312) 926-5400
http://www.nmh.org/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 3
- PBSC: 198
- Cord Blood: 6
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 421
About the center
Overview
Northwestern Memorial Hospital's HSCT Program strives to provide high quality and innovative care that focuses on the individual needs of our patients and their families. We are one of only 41 NCI-designated cancer centers in the nation. We offer specialized care in the heart of the city.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1991 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since September 2001.
Attending physicians
Adult - Kehinde Adekola, Leo Gordon, Adam Lin, Jayesh Mehta, Jonathan Moreira, Seema Singhal, Jane Winter
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult only
Other programs and services
NM provides discounted rates at area hotels. We participate in several programs with the American Cancer Society and the Lurie Cancer Center for support and financial Assistance.
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 273 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 77.1%.
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 69.9% 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
628
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 0 | 68 | 0 | 68 |
Unrelated donor | 3 | 130 | 6 | 139 |
Total allogeneic | 3 | 198 | 6 | 207 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 421 |
-- | 421 | ||
Total combined | ||||
622 | 6 | 628 |
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 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 14 | 68 |
Unrelated | 0 | 28 | 82 | 29 | 139 |
Autologous | 0 | 55 | 240 | 126 | 421 |
Total | 1 | 99 | 359 | 169 | 628 |
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:
Laura Majovsky
(312) 926-6912
Email: lmajovsk@nmh.org
Financial representative:
Rasa Ruzgas
Email:
rasa.ruzgas@nm.org
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