Only Center in Georgia to Offer Til Therapy, AMTAGVI™, for Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma.
Northside Hospital is the first hospital in Georgia, one of just 27 nationwide, authorized to deliver a new treatment option for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma and who have exhausted traditional therapies.
AMTAGVI™ — made by Iovance Biotherapeutics — is the first and only T-cell therapy approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for solid tumor cancer.
2023 National Leaders in Allogeneic Transplantation
NH-BMT is the ONLY BMT program in the country and the only BMT program in Georgia to have achieved survival outcomes that significantly exceeded the expected survival rate for allogeneic and unrelated donor transplants for the last 15 consecutive reporting cycles (2009–2023) and is one of only 12 national centers (less than 10% of all centers) to over-perform for the current annual reporting cycle.
The program’s actual one-year survival rate, as reported in the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) final 2023 Transplant Center Specific Survival Report, is 81.9%.*
Specific transplant center information can be found at bethematch.org.*
Jimmy’s story: Triumph over multiple myeloma
Jimmy Gray’s journey began in January 2022 when he noticed his health deteriorating.
“I became less active, and my appetite and weight had decreased,” said Jimmy. He had also lost around 20 pounds. “All I wanted to do was stay in my recliner.”
Derrell’s story: Conquering myeloma with courage
Derrell James’ journey began in September 2020 when he began experiencing persistent pain in his ribs after a day of yard work. He dismissed it as overwork, which he admitted he’s prone to do if he has a lot in front of him. He went to an orthopedist who performed X-rays and diagnosed Derrell with costochondritis.
Kyle’s story: Blessings continue after leukemia diagnosis
Kyle Branan, 74, is retired from 42 years in building supplies, retail, and granite sales in his hometown of Elberton, Georgia, known as the Granite Capital of the World.
There is no time for cancer. But in 2017, that’s exactly the diagnosis Kyle got.
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital (NH-BMT) provides the best of both worlds—clinical excellence and compassionate care. We are committed to being the premier program in the Southeast, providing exceptional, state-of-the-art care to patients undergoing acute leukemia treatment, CAR T-cell immunotherapy, and blood and marrow stem cell transplantation. New patient brochure
