Bone Marrow Transplant (Stem Cell) Program

Among the diseases for which bone marrow (stem cell) transplantation has been curative are: acute and chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), severe aplastic anemia, inherited bone marrow failure syndromes such as Diamond Blackfan anemia, Shwachman Diamond syndrome, Fanconi anemia and others, selected solid tumors including brain tumors, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, immunodeficiency disorders such as severe combined immunodeficiency and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, lysosomal and other metabolic storage diseases and histiocytic disorders. Our unit has transplanted patients with virtually all these disease types.

The Gambino Medical and Science Foundation Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit at Schneider Children's has been recently renovated.

The goal of the transplant team is to provide state of the art stem cell marrow transplantation to our current patients and through research improve the results of transplantation for future patients.

In 5 years, since January of 2000, we have performed over 120 transplants. We perform autologous and allogeneic matched related and unrelated translplants. We have become one of the most active pediatric-exclusive stem cell transplantation units in the country. Our outcomes are comparable to the best units in the world. We utilize bone marrow, peripheral blood and umbilical cord blood as some sources of stem cells.

The transplant unit has been accredited by:
The Children's Oncology Group, COG
New York State
The American Association of Blood Banks, AABB
The National Marrow Donor Program, NMDP
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cell Therapy, FACT (application pending)