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Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital

Location

Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital
Section of Medical Oncology
20 York Street
SMILOW NP 11-406
New Haven, CT 6510
Direct phone: (203) 688-7557
Toll-free: (888) 700-6543

Total transplants by cell source

From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022
  • Marrow: 9
  • PBSC: 136
  • Cord Blood: 0
  • Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 179
Performs adult; pediatric transplants

Overview

Myeloablative/non-myeloablative transplant approaches for patients with acute/chronic leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, marrow failure and other Myeloproliferative disorders. Interests include Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, reduced-intensity regimen for older patients, and novel therapies to prevent and treat graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). A new program of haplo identical transplantation for adult patients without related or unrelated donors; Pediatric BMT includes transplant for malignant diseases such as: Leukemia, lymphoma and Neuroblastoma; and non-malignant diseases such as: Sickle Cell Anemia; Thalassemia; SCIDS and other hematologic and genetic disorders; Cell types used for pediatric transplant include: bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells and cord blood. CAR-T and other immune effector cell therapies are available.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1987 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since November 1999.

Attending physicians

Adult - Noffar Bar, Francine Foss, Lohith Gowda, Iris Isufi, Manoj Pillai, Stuart Seropian

Pediatric - Aron Flagg, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC and single cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

Ronald McDonald housing for pediatric families; discounted rates through The Suites at Yale New Haven; Patient & Family Resource Center; Naturopathic Medicine and Complimentary Therapy for adult patients and their families; Yoga & Art Therapy; Stem Cell Transplant Support Groups for Patients Caregivers & Families; similar support groups are also located at our satellite care centers; Multiple Myeloma Support Group for patients and families; Parenting at a Challenging Time Program (PACT); Spiritual Care; Palliative Care; Funding for our Families which includes multiple Foundations & Charities; Camps for pediatric cancer survivors and their families; Multiple Mental Health Counseling resources for Adults and Children; Multiple Pediatric Complimentary medicine programs such as: Arts for Healing Program - massage and pet therapy; music therapy; videography; Pediatric transplant financial assistance through programs such as: Circle of Care Agency; Tommy Fund; Friends of Karen Agency and the Bone Marrow Foundation Lifeline Fund; Pediatric emotional support groups include: IMPACT-Smilow's Young Adult Support Group and Immerman's Angels a cancer survivor buddy program for pedi/young adults; the Parent Lifeline Program links parents to another parent of a pediatric cancer survivor; Make a Wish Foundation.

About the center

Overview

Myeloablative/non-myeloablative transplant approaches for patients with acute/chronic leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, marrow failure and other Myeloproliferative disorders. Interests include Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, reduced-intensity regimen for older patients, and novel therapies to prevent and treat graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). A new program of haplo identical transplantation for adult patients without related or unrelated donors; Pediatric BMT includes transplant for malignant diseases such as: Leukemia, lymphoma and Neuroblastoma; and non-malignant diseases such as: Sickle Cell Anemia; Thalassemia; SCIDS and other hematologic and genetic disorders; Cell types used for pediatric transplant include: bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells and cord blood. CAR-T and other immune effector cell therapies are available.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1987 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since November 1999.

Attending physicians

Adult - Noffar Bar, Francine Foss, Lohith Gowda, Iris Isufi, Manoj Pillai, Stuart Seropian

Pediatric - Aron Flagg, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC and single cord

Cord blood transplants performed on

Pediatric only

Other programs and services

Ronald McDonald housing for pediatric families; discounted rates through The Suites at Yale New Haven; Patient & Family Resource Center; Naturopathic Medicine and Complimentary Therapy for adult patients and their families; Yoga & Art Therapy; Stem Cell Transplant Support Groups for Patients Caregivers & Families; similar support groups are also located at our satellite care centers; Multiple Myeloma Support Group for patients and families; Parenting at a Challenging Time Program (PACT); Spiritual Care; Palliative Care; Funding for our Families which includes multiple Foundations & Charities; Camps for pediatric cancer survivors and their families; Multiple Mental Health Counseling resources for Adults and Children; Multiple Pediatric Complimentary medicine programs such as: Arts for Healing Program - massage and pet therapy; music therapy; videography; Pediatric transplant financial assistance through programs such as: Circle of Care Agency; Tommy Fund; Friends of Karen Agency and the Bone Marrow Foundation Lifeline Fund; Pediatric emotional support groups include: IMPACT-Smilow's Young Adult Support Group and Immerman's Angels a cancer survivor buddy program for pedi/young adults; the Parent Lifeline Program links parents to another parent of a pediatric cancer survivor; Make a Wish Foundation.

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:

  1. Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2019, 2020, 2021, and
  2. Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
  3. Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis

For this center, we have survival information for 210 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 73.9%.

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 69.5% and 80.8%.

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


314

Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)

Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total
Allogeneic
Related donor 0 52 0 52
Unrelated donor 6 80 0 86
Total allogeneic 6 132 0 138
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
176
-- 176
Total combined
314 0 314

Number of pediatric transplants

Total pediatric transplants


10

Transplants reported (From January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 as reported by the centers)

Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total
Allogeneic
Related donor 1 4 0 5
Unrelated donor 2 0 0 2
Total allogeneic 3 4 0 7
Autologous
Both marrow & PBSC
3
-- 3
Total combined
10 0 10

Transplants by disease

All diseases

Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2021 to December 31st, 2022 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)

0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total
Related 5 11 29 11 56
Unrelated 3 14 35 36 88
Autologous 3 23 81 72 179
Total 11 48 145 119 323

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:

Additional information

Transplant center resources

Transplant center coordinator:
Carissa Keenan
(203) 200-1609
Email: cara.keenan@ynhh.org

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

Survivorship program

This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.