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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Background data

Program type: Adult
NMDP Transplant Center: Yes
FACT Approved - Autologous: Yes
FACT Approved - Allogeneic: Yes
Year Autologous Open: 1996
Year Allogeneic Open:1996

Location Info

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Division of Hematology/Oncology 500 University Dr. CH-35
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033

Phone Number : (717) 531-5647
Website : https://cancer.psu.edu/condition/-/condition/bone-marrow-transplantation

Number of Transplants Performed

Numbers displayed are the most recent data provided by this center.
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Autologous 99 91 121 118 105 -
Allogeneic Related 60 79 68 73 19 -
Allogeneic Unrelated - - - 10 61 -
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BMT Program Director

Name Phone
Suchi Patel, MHA, MSN, RN, CCRN (717) 801-5383

Transplant Medical Director

Name Phone
Robert Greiner, MD
Shin Mineishi, MD
Witold Rybka, MD

Transplant Physician

Name Phone
David Claxton, MD
Hong Zheng, MD, PhD
Robert Greiner, MD
Seema Naik, MD
W Christopher Ehmann, MD
Witold Rybka, MD
Joseph Cioccio, DO
Kentaro Minagawa, MD, PhD
Kevin Rakszawski, MD
Myles Nickolich, MD
Natthapol Songdej, MD, MPH
Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD

Transplant Nurse

Name Phone
Crystal DeMedici, MSN, RN

Transplant Coordinator

Name Phone
Melora Hartman, RN, BSN, CCM
Michelle Bernas-Peterson, BSN
Nathan Myers, BSN
Paige Erbach

BMT Psychologist

Name Phone
Cora Tomasko, PsyD
Michael Hayes, PhD

BMT Social Worker

Name Phone
Beth Harvey, LCSW
Karen Rogers, LSW

BMT Other Patient Support Services Personnel

Name Phone
Janice Heintzelman, RD, LDN