M. D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank

By Cord Blood Advisor on June 28th, 2007

DESCRIPTION: This bank participates in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Cord Blood bank network. M. D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards. M. D. Anderson hospital has the largest Stem Cell transplantation program in the world, and in April 2005 they established a cord blood bank. The bank director is Elizabeth Shpall, M.D., and the laboratory director is John McMannis, Ph.D. The bank collects umbilical cords from consenting maternity patients at selected hospitals in the Houston area. As of Sept 2005, the bank had partnerships with the Women’s Hospital of Texas and with Ben Taub General Hospital, both of which are near M. D. Anderson.

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM: Selected hospitals in Houston, Texas

INTERNET: www2.mdanderson.org/app/cbb/

PHONE: 1-800-392-1611, Option #1

STORAGE: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW