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UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

Background data

Program Type : Adult Program
FACT Approved: Yes
Year CAR T-cell Therapy Program Opened:

Location Info

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Hematology and Cellular Therapy Program
3855 Health Sciences Drive 0960
La Jolla, California, 92093
Phone Number : (858) 822-6600
Website : https://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/cancer/programs/hematologic/BMT/Pages/default.aspx

CAR T-cell therapies performed

Numbers displayed are the most recent data provided by this center.
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number performed 30 42 46 72 74

Program Director

Name Phone
Ayad Hamdam, MD (858) 822-6600

Medical Director

Name Phone
Ayad Hamdam, MD (858) 822-6600

Physician

Name Phone
Paul Cheng, MD (858) 822-6600
Caitlin Costello, MD (858) 822-6600
Kaitlyn Dykes, MD (858) 822-6600
Ayad Hamdam, MD (858) 822-6600
Autumn Jeong, MD (858) 822-6600
Amanda Kagan, MD (858) 822-6600
James Mangan, MD, PhD (858) 822-6600
Nadeem Tabbara, MD (858) 822-6600
Tiffany Tanaka, MD (858) 822-6600

Coordinator

Name Phone
Alexandra Ewton, RN, BSN (858) 534-7848
Mike Hurley, RN, BSN, OCN (858) 246-5879
Bailie Piasecki, RN (858) 534-6851

Social Worker

Name Phone
Monika Lingle, LCSW (858) 534-8720
Vanesia Patchin, MSW, LCSW (858) 534-2659
Melissa Pricer, LCSW (858) 822-1877
Jennifer Shackleton, MSW, LCSW (858) 822-1981
Lauren Shaffer, MSW, LCSW (858) 822-1873
Matt Vasile, MSW, LCSW (858) 822-1873

Diseases treated by CAR T-cell therapy

  • Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic
  • Lymphoma
  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma
  • Multiple Myeloma

CAR T-Cell products

  • Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucil, ide-cel)
  • Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel, obe-cel )
  • Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel, liso-cel)
  • Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel, cita-cel)
  • Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, tisa-cel)
  • Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel, brexu-cel)
  • Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel, axi-cel)