University of California San Francisco Medical Center

Location Info

University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Adult Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program
400 Parnassus Ave,
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone number: (415) 353-2421

Background data

Program type: Adult Program
FACT Approved: Yes
Year CAR T-cell Therapy Program Opened: 2018

CAR T-cell therapies performed

Year 2020 2021 2022
Number Performed 20 37 78

Program Director

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

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
Alfred Chung, MD (415) 353-2421
Lloyd Damon, MD (415) 353-2421
Neil Dunavin, MD (415) 353-2737
Timothy Ferng, MD (415) 353-2421
Karin Gaensler, MD (415) 502-4390
Vanessa Kennedy, MD (415) 353-2421
Andrew Leavitt, MD (415) 353-2051
Aaron Logan, MD, PhD (415) 521-4711
Rebecca Olin, MD (415) 353-2063
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
Florlina Agudelo, MSN, RN, BMTCN (415) 353-2229
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)