The Duke Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program is nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in both established techniques and research initiatives.

Under the direction of Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, our physicians have performed over 1,400 autologous and allogeneic transplants in children with cancer or genetic diseases since 1990.

Using a variety of approaches, the program has pioneered the use of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood stem cells in patients who do not have a fully matched donor, thus extending this life-saving therapy to many more patients. The cord blood program allows for rapid identification of unrelated donors quickly (generally within a few weeks), which is a critical concern for patients with inborn errors of metabolism, bone marrow failure, immunodeficiency syndromes, or advanced leukemias.

The program provides hematopoietic stem cell transplant as a treatment option for a variety of acquired and congenital disorders of children and young adults including hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors including neuroblastoma and brain tumors, inherited immune deficiency syndromes, bone marrow failure syndromes, hemoglobinopathies, and inherited metabolic diseases.

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Treatments

We offer services to those patients for whom bone marrow transplant may provide curative therapy, such as:

• hematologic malignancies
• bone marrow failure syndromes
• immunodeficiencies
• hemoglobinopathies, and
• inborn errors of metabolism

Commonly performed procedures include:

• bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell, and umbilical cord blood transplants
• hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and pheresis
• donor leukocyte infusions, and
• mobilized parental granulocyte infusions

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Physicians and Staff

Physicians

Nurse Coordinators and Practitioners

Staff

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Clinic Hours & Locations

Hours: Daily, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Appointments and Contact Information

To serve our patients and referring physicians, faculty physicians covering pediatric blood and marrow transplantation are always on call to answer questions and provide consultation.

• For a new appointment, please call 919-668-1100. Appointments for new patients are made through referring physicians and/or nurse coordinators.
• For a return appointment, please call 919-668-1129.
• For urgent calls during business hours, call the divisional office at 919-668-1100.
• For urgent calls after business hours, on weekends, or on holidays, please page the pediatric BMT physician on call at 919-970-1424.
• For physicians requesting consultations or making referrals, please call the divisional office at 919-668-1100 or the Duke Consultation and Referral Center at 800-MED-DUKE (800-633-3853).

If Your Transplant Patient is Sick

If your child is sick, please call one of the following numbers:

• For life-threatening emergencies, call 911.
• Between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm, call Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center at 919-668-4490.
• Between 8:00 pm and 8:00 am, page the PBMT physician on call at 919-970-1424, or call the PBMT unit at 919-681-5241 and ask for the physician on call or the charge nurse.

Disease-Specific Programs

• Stem Cell Laboratory
• Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
• BMT Family Support Program

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