The Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) Pheresis Center assists the Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy with inpatient and outpatient services that include cellular collections, therapeutic apheresis, photopheresis, and other transfusion medicine therapies.
The patient care team consists of registered nurses who have extensive training in all apheresis therapies and who are focused on consistently providing premier patient care. As a result, the Center has repeatedly received the National 5-Star Award in Excellence for patient experience and satisfaction from Professional Research Consultants, a national, independent research firm.
A dedicated quality assurance coordinator monitors the program and provides quarterly reports, self-assessments, event reporting and monitoring. A laboratory research coordinator also supports the Center with all research requests and activities.
The BJH Pheresis Center is affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine and is accredited by The Joint Commission, the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks), and the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The Center also is registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and adheres to all applicable regulations and established cellular therapy standards.
Location
BJH Pheresis Center
4th floor, Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Hours
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
RN coverage is provided 24/7 for inpatient therapies
Closed on holidays for outpatient therapies
Brenda Grossman MD, MPH
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology
Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Marian Dynis BSN MHA
Clinical Nurse Manager
Assistant Clinical Managers
Alisa Brown RN BSN
Kelly Lloyd RN BSN
Additional BJH team members include two resource nurses, 15 RNs, and three lab associates. Washington University School of Medicine team members also include five attending physicians, three nurse practitioners, and several laboratory medicine residents who rotate through the Center as part of their training.