Moffitt Cancer Center will be opening a blood and marrow transplant evaluation and follow-up clinic in Puerto Rico at the Bayamon Cancer Center. Dr. Melissa Alsina, head of Moffitt’s Multiple Myeloma Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and native Puerto Rican, will travel to the island once a month on a Friday. Alsina will see patients who have been referred by a physician as candidates for a blood and marrow transplant.
“Currently, there is no allogeneic (donor) bone marrow transplant program for adult patients in Puerto Rico,” said Alsina. “Therefore, any patient that needs an evaluation for a possible allogeneic stem cell transplant, or follow-up care, must leave the island. This clinic will provide patients the opportunity to have these services in Puerto Rico I am very excited to be able to provide this service to patients in my native country.”
