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Bone marrow transplants give patients a chance to beat diseases once believed to have no cure. Some kinds of leukemia and lymphoma were considered untreatable a generation ago. The Fox Chase-Temple Bone Marrow Transplant Program is in its 19th year and has now performed over 900 transplants.

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Staff

The Fox Chase-Temple Bone Marrow Transplant Program is staffed with the following personnel:

 

  • Full-time dedicated BMT physicians, all board-certified hematologists and/or oncologists with extensive experience in the care of either allogeneic or autologous transplant recipients.


  • Temple University hematology-oncology fellows assist in the care of patients.


  • Transplant coordinator RNs perform donor searches, arrange pre-transplant testing and provide medical letters for insurance carriers.


  • A financial coordinator assists in obtaining insurance contracts and provides financial counseling of patients.


  • Our certified physician assistants provide clinical outpatient support for patients.


  • Full-time social workers provide patient assessments and emotional support for patients and families.


  • Stem cell processing laboratory technologists prepare stem cells and bone marrow for transplant.


  • An inpatient/outpatient nurse manager supervises all nursing activities.


  • Our certified apheresis nurses collect peripheral blood stem cells and perform therapeutic photoapheresis.


  • Dedicated inpatient and outpatient BMT nurses are maintained at one nurse to a two-three patient ratio.


  • A computer programmer and data managers assist in data collection and maintain protocols.


  • Radiation therapists perform TBI at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.


  • A dedicated BMT Program pharmacist oversees high-dose therapy.


  • Board-certified consultants are available in all disciplines.