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

• Allogeneic: Stem cells are from another person
• Syngeneic: Stem cells are from an identical twin
• Autologous: Stem cells are collected from the patient receiving the transplant weeks to months before transplant

Additional Resources to Download and Print

• Pediatric Allogeneic BMT Discharge Booklet for Patients and Families
• Pediatric Autologous BMT Discharge Booklet for Patients and Families
• Spanish Version: Pediatric Allogeneic BMT Discharge Booklet For Patients and Families  
• Spanish Version: Pediatric Autologous BMT Discharge Booklet for Patients and Families

Meet the Team

Physicians

Andrew Gilman, MD-Director
Howard Grodman, MD
Javier E. Oesterheld, MD

Members of the Professional Staff  

• Carrie Barnhart, RN, BMT Nurse Coordinator and Unrelated Donor Search Coordinator
• Stacy Epstein, PharmD, BMT Clinical Pharmacist  
• Alissa Allen, RN, BMT Clinic Nurse
• Sharon Green, Child Life Specialist

• Kimberlee McFarland, MSW

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.