Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy in New Jersey
Personalized, Expert Care for Families Navigating Serious Blood and Immune Conditions
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health is home to the only pediatric stem cell and bone marrow transplant program in New Jersey. We provide advanced, personalized therapies for children with complex illnesses, supported by a compassionate team dedicated to your child's long-term health.
Our comprehensive program features:
- Advanced Treatments: We develop individualized plans for children facing cancers, blood disorders, immune deficiencies, and other rare syndromes.
- An Integrated Team of Experts: Your child’s care is coordinated by a dedicated network of pediatric specialists in hematology, oncology, critical care, nutrition, psychology, social work, and child life services.
- Complete Family Support: We offer guidance and resources that go far beyond medicine, supporting your entire family through every step of the treatment journey.
Our single goal is to help your child live a healthy, full life.
Leading New Jersey in Pediatric Stem Cell and Cellular Therapies
Families across New Jersey and the region turn to Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health for innovative transplant and cellular therapy options, all delivered in a supportive, child- and family-centered setting. From autologous transplants (using your child’s own cells) to allogeneic transplants (with a matched donor), we’re equipped to deliver the right care at the right time.
Our specialized offerings include:
- Stem cell transplants: Allogeneic (matched sibling, unrelated donor, cord blood, haplo-identical) and autologous
- Specialty clinics: Bone Marrow Failure, Endocrine (focused on post-transplant issues), and Primary Immunodeficiency
- Innovative treatments: CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia, gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease
- Clinical trials: Access to more than 60 studies offering novel and curative therapies
- Survivorship support: Cure and Beyond Program for long-term follow-up
- Management of complications, such as extracorporeal photopheresis for graft-versus-host disease
- On-site services: Bone marrow and stem cell harvesting
- Pediatric pain management and palliative care
- Fertility preservation options for pediatric patients
- Reduced-intensity treatment plans for non-cancerous diseases like sickle cell anemia and thalassemia
What Parents Often Ask About Stem Cell Transplants
Contact Us
30 Prospect Ave
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Hematology / Oncology - 551-996-5437
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular/Gene Therapies - 551-996-5600
Survivorship/Late Effects Program (Cure and Beyond) - 201-487-8987
19 Davis Ave, 5th Floor
Neptune, NJ 07753
Hematology / Oncology
Survivorship
732-897-3400
Why Families Choose Us for Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy
When you choose Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health for stem cell transplants, bone marrow transplants, or cellular therapy, you get:
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health is the only program in New Jersey offering fertility preservation services for patients across the pediatric and young adult age range. We provide specialized consultations for children and young adults with cancer and serious blood disorders whose treatment may impact their future fertility. Led by a dedicated nurse navigator, our team offers clear guidance and coordinates all necessary referrals, helping your family navigate these important decisions.
Our Cure and Beyond Program offers seamless care for children who are two or more years past treatment. Whether your child received care here by our pediatric cancer, hematology, transplant and cellular/gene therapy teams or at another center, we provide long-term support and monitoring for transplant and cancer survivors, because care shouldn’t end when treatment does.
Our program was the first of its kind in New Jersey and today, it remains the largest and most experienced. We’ve helped transform outcomes for children with life-threatening conditions, offering hope through highly specialized care that’s rooted in both innovation and compassion.
