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University of California San Francisco Medical Center

Background data

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

Location Info

University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Adult Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program
400 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, California, 94143
Phone Number : (415) 353-2896
Website : https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/hematology-blood-and-marrow-transplant-and-cellular-therapies-hbc

CAR T-cell therapies performed

Numbers displayed are the most recent data provided by this center.
Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number performed 20 37 78 88 100

Medical Director

Name Phone
Thomas Martin, MD (415) 353-2421

Physician

Name Phone
Weiyun Ai, MD (415) 353-2421
Charalambos Andreadis, MD (415) 353-2421
Shagun Arora, MD (415) 353-2421
Ajai Chari, MD (415) 353-2421
Alfred Chung, MD (415) 353-2421
Lloyd Damon, MD (415) 353-2421
Timothy Ferng, MD (415) 353-2421
Karin Gaensler, MD (415) 502-4390
Carrie Ho, RN (415) 353-2421
Krishna Komanduri, MD (415) 353-2421
Anupama Kumar, MD (415) 353-2421
Andrew Leavitt, MD (415) 353-2051
Jerry Lee, MD (415) 353-2421
Jodi Lipof, MD (415) 353-2421
Aaron Logan, MD, PhD (415) 521-4711
Mwanasha Merrill, MD (415) 353-2421
Rebecca Olin, MD (415) 353-2063
Darren Pan, MD (415) 353-2421
Michael Randall, MD (415) 353-2421
Peter Sayre, MD, PhD (415) 353-2051
Madhav Seshadri, MD (415) 353-2421
Catherine Smith, MD (415) 353-2051
Michael Spinner, MD (415) 353-2421
Jeffrey Wolf, MD (415) 353-2421

Coordinator

Name Phone
Stephanie Blitzstein, RN
Sharyn Boissevain Chen, RN (415) 353-2229
jennifer knoche, RN (415) 353-2229
Siobhan LaRue, RN, BSN, BMTCN (415) 353-2229
Gabrielle Perez, RN (415) 353-2229
Cheryl Slagle, RN, BSN (415) 353-2229
Elizabeth Wendorf, RN, BSN, OCN (415) 353-2229

Social Worker

Name Phone
Lia Akhilanda, LCSW (415) 353-1304
Nina Balsamo, LCSW (415) 353-2051
Rachel Dornhelm, LCSW (415) 476-4966
Judy Patt Smoker, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C (415) 353-2423
Mary Yang, LCSW (415) 353-3791
Ana Zermeno, MSW (415) 353-2423

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)
  • Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel, liso-cel)
  • Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel, cita-cel)
  • Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, tisa-cel)
  • Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel, brexu-cel)
  • Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel, axi-cel)