{"id":104825,"date":"2023-11-03T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=104825"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:54:06","slug":"blood-and-bone-marrow-transplant-program-celebrates-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/11\/03\/blood-and-bone-marrow-transplant-program-celebrates-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood and bone marrow transplant program celebrates 40 years\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>The little room where it all started is still there. It looks different now, but the few people who led the humble beginnings of the blood and bone marrow transplant program can tell you right where it is. However, they\u2019re more apt to tell you about the thousands of lives impacted by the program since it began in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what brought many of those pioneers together Oct. 26 at the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, to celebrate the accomplishments of the past and to continue charging into the future. The existence of the cancer center, as well as UNMC and Nebraska Medicine\u2019s international reputation for excellence in cancer research, education and clinical care, has a lot to do with the work that started in that little room in University Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to try this new idea that wasn\u2019t widely accepted, called \u2018auto transplant,\u2019 to use a patient\u2019s own cells to allow for very intensive therapy. And to focus on lymphomas, which had not been a focus of transplant programs,\u201d said James Armitage, MD, \u00ad\u00ad\u00adthe Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine and co-founder of the program. \u201cWe got a second room, then a third room, and finally we were clogging up the ICU, and they built for us a unit; we had a dedicated area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary3110323.jpg 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ann Kessinger, MD, shares her memories of the beginnings of the blood and bone marrow transplant program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ann Kessinger, MD, professor emerita, recalled how in 1986 the number of centers doing the types of transplants pioneered at the med center exploded around the world \u2013 based on clinical research conducted and proven at the medical center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow could Nebraska be part of that group? How could that happen? It did happen,\u201d Dr. Kessinger recalled. \u201cIt happened because of the people working there and because they had faith in each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the patients who benefited from that faith was Kurt Holmstrom. He received his transplant in 1988 at age 19. All these years later, what sticks with him the most is not the medical breakthrough that helped save his life. It was the care he received from the team. Holmstrom\u2019s diagnosis came just two weeks after his father died. He became a patient in the hospital where he had said goodbye to his father just days before.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary4110323.jpg 1808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Armitage, MD, speaks to a captivated audience during the blood and bone marrow transplant&#8217;s 40th anniversary celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven now when I see the team, they come up, they hug me. It\u2019s been 35 years,\u201d Holmstrom told the group at the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary event. \u201cI have been through a lot, but I wouldn\u2019t change a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Armitage recalled the importance of teamwork as the program grew. The treatments were innovative, new and constantly improving. That meant the need for regular conversations between everyone involved in the patients\u2019 care \u2013 including the housekeeping team that was key to maintaining a safe environment for very vulnerable patients. \u201cEverybody doing their best made it most likely the patient got to leave alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TransplantAnniversary2110323.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theresa Franco&nbsp;greets and catches up with some familiar faces at the anniversary celebration on Oct. 26.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour efforts, your enthusiasm made these 40 years possible,\u201d said Therea Franco, who recently retired as vice president of operations for cancer. Franco was there at the beginning too, working out of a converted housekeeping closet in University Tower. \u201cTogether, this team has made this transplant program the envy of all other programs. Let this be an example of the power of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over those 40 years, the number of autologous transplants, the type where patients\u2019 own cells are used in their treatment, far outnumber the allogeneic transplants, which use donor cells. Continuous research and treatment have led to new breakthroughs in cellular therapy, such as CAR-T therapy. Julie Vose, MD, chief of hematology and oncology, said these treatments are here to stay and may lead to new treatments beyond hematology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of this is the wave of the future. Our cellular therapy program is going to be at the cutting edge over the years, and we hope to continue to grow it exponentially,\u201d Dr. Vose said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Skiermont, PharmD, Nebraska Medicine vice president of operations, emceed the event and saw it as a way to bring together the program\u2019s pioneers with the people continuing that work into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNearly 6,500 people have received bone marrow transplants or CAR-T cell therapy at this medical center,\u201d Skiermont said. \u201cFor 40 years, this program has demonstrated its commitment to &#8216;Serious Medicine, Extraordinary Care.&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\" zkEScVut eCqSqe   l deR LJ P\"> zkEScVut eCqSqe   l deR LJ P<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research breakthroughs decades ago have meant life-saving treatment for thousands and hope in the 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