Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation: Decision Making for Selection of Cord Blood Units
Program Code: 054575
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Dennis Confer, MD, National Marrow Donor Program

SPEAKERS
Michael H. Creer, MD, FCAP, FASCP, Saint Louis University
Daniel Weisdorf, MD, University of Minnesota

DESCRIPTION
The use of umbilical cord blood in allogeneic transplantation is evolving in an array ofclinical applications. The speakers will address improvements in cord blood banking and decision making in selection of cord blood units for transplantation. In addition, the speakers will discuss changes in cord blood collection, processing and storage; implications of cord blood processing and banking standards on cord blood unit selection; factors that affect cord blood transplant outcomes; and current search algorithms for cord blood unit selection for transplantation.