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University of California San Francisco/Benioff Children's Hospital

Background data

Program type: Pediatric
NMDP Transplant Center: Yes
FACT Approved - Autologous: Yes
FACT Approved - Allogeneic: Yes
Year Autologous Open: 1982
Year Allogeneic Open:1985

Location Info

University of California San Francisco/Benioff Children's Hospital
1975 Fourth Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, California, 94158

Phone Number : (415) 476-2188
Website : https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/clinics/blood-and-marrow-transplant-bmt-clinic

Number of Transplants Performed

Numbers displayed are the most recent data provided by this center.
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Autologous 43 41 51 24 19 27
Allogeneic Related 51 46 52 21 22 25
Allogeneic Unrelated 30 31 14 4 11 12
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BMT Program Director

Name Phone
Christopher Dvorak, MD (415) 476-2188

Transplant Medical Director

Name Phone
Christopher Dvorak, MD (415) 476-2188
Sandhya Kharbanda, MD (415) 476-2188

Transplant Physician

Name Phone
Kristin Ammon Shimano, MD (415) 476-2188
Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD (415) 476-2188
Julia Chu, MD (415) 476-2188
Morton Cowan, MD (415) 476-2188
Christine Higham, MD (415) 476-2188
James Huang, MD (415) 476-2188
Philip Pauerstein, MD (415) 476-2188
Gabriel Salinas Cisneros, MD (415) 476-3831
William Temple, MD (415) 476-2188
Lena Winestone, MD, MSHP (415) 476-2188

Transplant Nurse Practitioner

Name Phone
Mara Bailey-Olson, NP (415) 476-2188
Kaila Brereton, NP (415) 476-2188
Janelle Facchino, NP (415) 476-2188
Brianne Gebhardt, NP (415) 476-2188
Rebecca Hoeweler, NP (415) 353-1616
Sara O'Kane, NP (415) 476-2188
Stephanie Warnlof, NP (415) 476-2188

Transplant Nurse

Name Phone
Jenny Check, RN (415) 353-1063

Transplant Coordinator

Name Phone
Christina Deters, RN (415) 476-2188
Renita Joseph, RN (415) 502-6812
Anne Malcolm-Webb, RN (415) 476-2188
Ari Man-Willrich, RN (415) 476-4936
Carolyn Springman, RN (415) 476-7818

BMT Social Worker

Name Phone
Xin-Hua Chen, LCSW (415) 514-2947
Jillian Foley, LCSW (415) 353-4790
Jessica Manning, LCSW (415) 353-2584
Cassidy Phelps, LCSW (415) 476-2188

BMT Other Patient Support Services Personnel

Name Phone
Betty Liao (415) 476-2656
Christine Andaya (415) 476-2188
Margaret Mirt
Stacey Crivello (415) 476-2188