Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
The Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program
was first established in 1990 at the University of Utah Hospitals
and Clinics.
In 1994, the pediatric program of the BMT program
began at Primary Children's Medical Center and in 1997 these
programs evolved into the Utah Blood
and Marrow Transplant Program.
The program, under the Division of Hematology
and medical direction of Dr. Guido Tricot, provides consultation,
treatment and care to children and adults with various diseases
where blood and marrow transplantation may be a curative and/or
beneficial treatment option.
Common diagnoses treated with transplantation include:
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Breast cancer
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Aplastic anemia
- Solid tumor
- Neuroblastoma
- Immune deficiency
The BMT program offers the following types of transplants:
- Autologous stem cell rescues
- Allogeneic, both related and unrelated transplants
- Syngeneic (identical twin) transplants
- Attenuated "mini" allogeneic, related and unrelated
transplants
Sources of blood and marrow include:
- Bone marrow
- Peripheral blood stem cells
- Umbilical cord blood
- Immune cells
For additional information about blood and marrow transplants,
go to: http://www.med.utah.edu/healthinfo/adult/Hemat/bonemarr.htm
The Utah BMT program is the only comprehensive center that
serves the Intermountain West region covering areas in Utah,
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, western Colorado and eastern Nevada.
Together, the Utah BMT program has performed over 1100 transplants
at the 3 separate facilities. The Utah BMT programs uses a multi-disciplinary
team approach in providing comprehensive medical care to patients
and families in order to optimize outcomes and patient satisfaction.
The team consists of dedicated BMT attending physicians, fellows,
physician extenders (nurse practitioners and physician assistants)
and clinical coordinators.
The Utah BMT program is involved in numerous investigative
research protocols and works cooperatively with SWOG and COG.
It is a fully accredited participating transplant center with
the National Marrow Donor Program (NDMP) and is accredited by
the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT).
