Nebraska Medicine
Location
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy Program
4350 Dewey Avenue
Omaha, NE 68198
Direct phone: (402) 559-8864
Toll-free: (800) 922-0000
http://www.nebraskamed.com/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 16
- PBSC: 127
- Cord Blood: 2
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 206
About the center
Overview
The Nebraska Medical Center offers the clinical expertise of academic and private practice physicians, access to new technologies, and innovative treatment from some of the top specialists in the world. Nebraska Medicine has one of the most respected oncology departments in the country.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1983 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since September 1988.
Attending physicians
Adult - Vijaya Bhatt, Greg Bociek, Christopher D'Angelo, Gundabolu Krishna, Matthew Lunning, Lori Maness, Julie Vose
Pediatric - Jenna Allison, Joshua Bies, Don Coulter, Sachit Patel, Phyllis I. Warkentin
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Pediatric only
Other programs and services
The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened June of 2017. This state of the art facility offers patients:
108-bed inpatient treatment center, all private rooms; Outpatient center featuring clinics that includes surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, and support services; 24/7 Infusion Center, which serves as both a treatment center and a 24/7 urgent-care-type facility; High-tech units and operating rooms geared specifically for treating cancer patients; Resource and Wellness Center; Free valet parking; Onsite dining; Healing Arts program, cultivating an atmosphere of hope and resilience.
Read more at: https://www.nebraskamed.com/cancer/learn-about-buffett.
In addition, there is a Ronald McDonald house adjacent the medical center property as well as local hotels that offer a discounted rate and transportation to and from the Buffett Cancer Center.
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 182 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 73.0%.
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 67.7% and 79.9%.
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
324
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 1 | 49 | 0 | 50 |
Unrelated donor | ||||
Total allogeneic | 2 | 121 | 0 | 123 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 201 |
-- | 201 | ||
Total combined | ||||
324 | 0 | 324 |
Number of pediatric transplants
Total pediatric transplants
27
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Unrelated donor | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
Total allogeneic | 14 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 5 |
-- | 5 | ||
Total combined | ||||
25 | 2 | 27 |
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 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 57 |
Unrelated | 15 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 88 |
Autologous | 5 | 31 | 96 | 74 | 206 |
Total | 27 | 54 | 148 | 122 | 351 |
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:
Dawn Jourdan
(402) 559-8213
Email: djourdan@nebraskamed.com
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.