Lifecord

LifeCord

 

DESCRIPTION: This bank participates in the National Marrow Donor Program Cord Blood bank network. LifeCord is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is John R. Wingard, M.D. As of Jan 2006, collections are accepted from:

• North Florida Regional Medical Center,
• Shands at AGH,
• Shands at UF,
• Shands at LakeShore,
• The Birthing Center,
• The Patient’s Corner,
• Baptist South and Baptist East Hospitals in Montgomery, Alabama
• East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama – starting Feb 2006

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM: Selected hospitals in north Florida and south Alabama

INTERNET: www.lifesouth.org/lifecord.html

PHONE: (352) 224-1600 or 334-1000

STORAGE: Shands Hospital at Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

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