The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team treats patients with both cancerous and non-cancerous conditions. Blood and marrow transplantation involves the transfer of healthy bone marrow or blood stem cells from a donor to the patient. Physicians are available for inpatient and outpatient consultation. Levine Children's Hospital has all of the pediatric subspecialists and laboratory services available for state-of-the-art blood and marrow transplantation.
Conditions that we treat with blood and marrow transplantation include:
Leukemia
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myelogenous leukemia
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
Lymphoma
- Hodgkin's disease
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Solid Tumors
- Neuroblastoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- Wilms' tumor
- Brain tumors
- Others
Bone marrow failure / Aplastic anemia
Sickle Cell Disease
Inherited Immunodeficiencies
- Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Others
Storage diseases
White blood cell and platelet disorders
Types of Blood and Marrow Transplant
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Allogeneic: Stem cells are from another person
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Syngeneic: Stem cells are from an identical twin
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Autologous: Stem cells are collected from the patient receiving the transplant weeks to months before transplant
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Meet the Team
Physicians
Andrew Gilman, MD-Director
Javier E. Oesterheld, MD
Members of the Professional Staff
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Carrie Barnhart, RN, BMT Nurse Coordinator and Unrelated Donor Search Coordinator
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Stacy Epstein, PharmD, BMT Clinical Pharmacist
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Alissa Allen, RN, BMT Clinic Nurse
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Sharon Green, Child Life Specialist
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Why Levine Children's Hospital?
- Very experienced specialist in blood and marrow transplantation
- Excellent care is provided in a family-centered atmosphere by conscientious and caring physicians, nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Child Life staff and language interpreters are available to help alleviate the fear of the child and his/her family before procedures.
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