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Location Info

University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
2450 Riverside Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone number: (612) 273-2800 ext. 2

Background data

Program type: Pediatric Program
FACT Approved: Yes
Year CAR T-cell Therapy Program Opened: 2017

CAR T-cell therapies performed

Year 2020 2021 2022 2023
Number Performed 3 6 3 5

Program Director

Name Phone
Rolf Nymo, (952) 649-7461

Medical Director

Name Phone
Paul Orchard, MD (612) 626-2313

Physician

Name Phone
Bruce Blazar, MD (612) 273-2800
Christen Ebens, MD (612) 273-2800
Ashish Gupta, MD (612) 273-2800
Alex Hoover, MD (612) 626-2961
Troy Lund, MD, PhD (612) 273-2800
Margaret MacMillan, MD (612) 273-2800
Paul Orchard, MD (612) 626-2313
Meera Srikanthan, MD (612) 273-2800
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD (612) 273-2800
John Wagner, MD (612) 273-2800

Coordinator

Name Phone
Nicole Beck, RN (612) 273-2800
Amanda Bombard, RN (BSN) (612) 273-2800
Hannah Carlson, RN (612) 273-2800
Emilia Ede, MSN, RN
Erica Johnson, RN (BSN) (612) 273-2800
Gretchen Lilja, RN (BSN) (612) 273-2800

Social Worker

Name Phone
Kathryn Elison, MSW, LICSW (612) 273-2800
Vanessa Hausman, MSW, LGSW (612) 273-2800
Philip Kuehn, MSW, LICSW (612) 273-2800

Diseases treated by CAR T-cell therapy

  • Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic

CAR T-Cell products

  • Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, tisa-cel)