Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Our Bone Marrow Transplant program is committed to developing leading-edge strategies for autologous and allogeneic bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Our team's multidisciplinary approach to evaluation, management, and treatment provides each patient with individually-tailored care.
Physicians

Yi-Bin Chen, MD
Director, BMT Program
Cara J. Rogers Endowed Scholar
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Zachariah M. DeFilipp, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Bimalangshu Ranjan Dey, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Areej R. El-Jawahri, MD
Director, BMT Survivorship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Matthew Frigault, MD
Administrative Director, Cellular Therapy Service
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Timothy Graubert, MD
Director, Hematologic Malignancy Program
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School


Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Program
Center for Cancer Immunology, Mass General Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Steven Lawrence McAfee, MD
Clinical Director, BMT Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Paul O'Donnell, MD
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

Thomas Richard Spitzer, MD
Director Emeritus, BMT Program
Director, Cellular Therapy Laboratory
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Oncology Nurse Practitioners

Colleen Danielson, NP

Chrisa L. Hunnewell, NP

Meredith Saylor, NP

Julie Vanderklish, NP
Associate Director, BMT Survivorship Program
Oncology Nursing
Leslie Attar, RN
Practice Nurse

Caitlin Avitabile, RN
Practice Nurse

Candice Del Rio, RN
Research Nurse

Rona Earl, RN
Practice Nurse
Linda Kafkas, RN
Outpatient Case Manager
Andrea Ross, NP
Access Nurse
Social Work

Eric M. Hanson, MSW, LICSW

Mark Leone, MSW, LICSW
Administrative Manager

Adrienne Daigle
Transplant Coordinators

Kenny Chouinard

Nina Fedotov

Peter Ferreira-Gandolfo

GiGi Germain
Donor Coordinator
Search Coordinator

Gertraude Warren
Staff Assistants
Maura Blaney
Kerri Tortora
Supportive Care Services
Our support programs can help patients and their families cope with the challenges of a cancer diagnosis.
The Story Project
The Story Project is our effort to capture the stories from the people in our Mass General Cancer Center community.
participated in Clinical Trials at the Mass General Cancer Center last year
This helped lead to new knowledge and breakthrough therapies.
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Our Bone Marrow Transplant program is committed to developing leading-edge strategies for autologous and allogeneic bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.