The M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank in collaboration with the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Laboratory has just been established as a public bank to collect umbilical cord blood units from consenting mothers after the birth of their infant. This blood will be cryopreserved, inventoried and made available to transplant facilities around the world as an alternate option to bone marrow transplantation for patients lacking appropriate marrow donors. The Cord Blood Bank will be collecting units in cooperation with local Texas Medical Center hospitals.

M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank Personnel:
Director: Elizabeth Shpall, MD
Laboratory Director: John McMannis, Ph.D.
Cord Blood Bank Manager: Chris Garcia
Applications Programmer: Travis Cherry
Cord Blood Collectors: Elizabeth Bowhay, Erika Schlette, Marline Anyaibe, Sonia Silva
Cord Blood Laboratory Technologists: Nery Berrios and Sufira Kiran

BMT Department Personnel:
Department Chairman: Richard E. Champlin, MD
Department Administrator: Corliss Denman
Laboratory Assistant Director: Safa Karandish
Informatics Directors: Roy Jones, MD, Ph.D. and Charles Martinez
Quality Management Supervisor: Taraneh Sadeghi

Contact information:
Office location: FC5.3051
Local Phone: 713/563-8000
International Toll Free: 866/869-5111