Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program
Focus on Blood & Marrow Transplantation
High doses of chemotherapy normally destroy the ability to regenerate blood cells, but a blood stem cell transplant allows the body to produce new blood cells.
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon, NH provides all types of bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants for the treatment of lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma and other tumors, on an in-patient or out-patient basis. The program is the only National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) transplant center in northern New England and is recognized as a specialized center for unrelated donor transplants.
We strive to provide a relaxed and caring environment, understanding that your emotional and mental well-being is as important to the healing process as the treatment itself.
More information
- Our Team: Information about the doctors and nurses who make up our team.
- Education: Information about bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants.
- Diagnosis and Testing: Information about diagnostic procedures we perform, such as pain-free bone marrow biopsy.
- The Transplantation Process: What it's like to be a patient in the Blood and Marrow program.
- Treatment: Information about the types of treatments we perform, as well as options about treatment (outpatient treatment and clinical trials for example). We are one of the only programs in New England to provide transplants in which the patient receives their own blood and/or bone marrow (autologous) as well as transplants in which the patient receives blood and/or bone marrow from someone else, possibly a relative (allogeneic).
- Services: Information about other services we provide our patients, such as support groups.
To make an appointment
To make an appointment with the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, please have your primary care physician, oncologist, or hematologist make a referral appointment by calling Wendy Poitras at (603) 650-4628.
Donor giving stem blood cells.
(Photo by Brady Carlson, NHPR)
How bone marrow donation really works
New Hampshire Public Radio did a story about bone marrow donation, featuring a real donor and the Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program's director Dr. Kenneth Meehan and nurse coordinator Idalina Williams. For a transcript of the story and a short video (1.5 minutes), visit player.nhpr.org/how-bone-marrow-donation-really-works.
