Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Celebrates 1,000th Stem Cell Transplant
- FLASCO
- March 20, 2018
- News
Recently more than 100 Sylvester patients, family members, faculty and staff shared their stories at the “Celebration of 1,000 Stem Cell Transplants,” marking a milestone in the growth of one of the nation’s largest adult stem cell transplant programs.
FLASCO Member, Dr. Stephen D. Nimer, Sylvester Director welcomed everyone to the third annual celebration. He stated that, “behind the doctors and nurses is a full team committed to making everything go smoothly for our patients. Today, our program is a model for other transplant centers across the nation.” The program has grown steadily under the leadership of Krishna V. Komanduri, M.D., medical director of the adult stem cell transplant program, professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and past president of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
Dr. Komanduri noted that “In our first year at Sylvester, we did 55 stem cell transplants, and now the program passed 1,000 transplants in March.”
Dr. Nimer paid tribute to another FLASCO Member, Joseph D. Rosenblatt, M.D., chief of hematology-oncology, professor of medicine and the William J. Harrington Chair in Hematology, who played an instrumental role in launching the stem cell transplant program, which began a decade ago with a six-bed unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, before moving to Sylvester in 2011.
