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East Jefferson General Hospital

Background data

Program type: Adult
NMDP Transplant Center: Yes
FACT Approved - Autologous: Yes
FACT Approved - Allogeneic: Yes
Year Autologous Open: 1994
Year Allogeneic Open:1994

Location Info

East Jefferson General Hospital
Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 640
Metairie, Louisiana,

Phone Number : (504) 503-5415
Website : https://www.lcmchealth.org/east-jefferson-general-hospital/our-locations/east-jefferson-general-hospital-transplant-and-c/

Number of Transplants Performed

Numbers displayed are the most recent data provided by this center.
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Autologous 59 47 40 42 50 -
Allogeneic Related 4 3 8 6 12 -
Allogeneic Unrelated 6 7 4 1 4 -
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BMT Program Director

Name Phone
Hana Safah, MD (504) 585-6070

Transplant Medical Director

Name Phone
Hana Safah, MD (504) 585-6070

Transplant Physician

Name Phone
Hana Safah, MD (504) 585-6070
Nahkle Saba, MD (504) 988-5482

Transplant Nurse Practitioner

Name Phone
Laurie Ray, APRN (504) 503-7834
Robert "Keith" Byram, NPP-BC (601) 416-6457

Transplant Physician Assistant

Name Phone
John Rink, PA-C (504) 503-7834

Transplant Nurse

Name Phone
Kimberly Shockley, RN (504) 503-5415
Mykael Irvin, RN (504) 503-5415
Tim Reynolds, RN (504) 503-5415

Transplant Coordinator

Name Phone
April Wendt, RN (504) 503-5415
Emily Bissett, BSN, RN, BMTCN (504) 503-5415
suzette Entwisle, RN, OCN, BSN (504) 503-5415

BMT Psychologist

Name Phone
Aaron Armelie, PhD (504) 503-7827

BMT Social Worker

Name Phone
Melissa Barrois, LMSW (504) 503-7828