University of Illinois Hospital & Health

Overview

Our program is FACT accredited, operating since 1997. We have a 19-bed unit and perform autologous and allogeneic transplants. Our center pioneered the use of reduced-intensity regimens for myelofibrosis and other hematological malignancies, is actively involved in chemotherapy-free stem cell transplantation in sickle cell disease, and performs stem cell isolation, expansion and manipulation.

This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1997 and has been an NMDP transplant center since September 1999.

Attending physicians

Adult - Noah Birch, Carlos Galvez, John Quigley, Damiano Rondelli, Matias Sanchez, Santosh Saraf, Emeka Uzoka

Transplants performed

Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord

Cord blood transplants

Adult only

Other programs and services

Through an affiliation with the IMD guest house foundation, apartments are available ranging from $72 - $100 /per night or a discounted rate based on financial need/availability.

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 2020, 2021, 2022 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 53 patients.

The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 66%.

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 62.7% and 84.4%.

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.

* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.

The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.

Total adult transplants

83

Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)

	Marrow	PBSC	Cord blood	Total
Allogeneic
Related donor	Marrow 2	PBSC 22	Cord blood 0	Total 24
Unrelated donor	Marrow 1	PBSC 13	Cord blood 0	Total 14
Total allogeneic	Marrow 3	PBSC 35	Cord blood 0	Total 38
Autologous	Marrow Both marrow & PBSC 45	PBSC —	Cord blood —	Total 45
Total combined	Marrow Both marrow & PBSC 83	PBSC —	Cord blood 0	Total 83

All Diseases

Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)

	0-18	19-44	45-64	65+	Total
Related	0-18 1	19-44 5	45-64 8	65+ 10	Total 24
Unrelated	0-18 0	19-44 4	45-64 7	65+ 3	Total 14
Autologous	0-18 0	19-44 8	45-64 23	65+ 14	Total 45
Total	0-18 1	19-44 17	45-64 38	65+ 27	Total 83

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 can be found:

U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab)
report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
List of diseases

Transplant center resources

Transplant center coordinator

Christina Havey

Phone: (312) 413-1715

Email: chavey@uic.edu

Financial representative

Misha McGlory

Phone: 312-413-4747

Email: mmcglory@uic.edu

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

More resources

Choosing a transplant center
Preparing for transplant
Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
Support and resources (including non-English materials)
U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab)
at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov

No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.