St. Joseph Medical Center

About

M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank is 1 of 4 NMDP banks that accept MAIL-IN DONATIONS.  The program has been profiled in TIME magazine.  Expectant mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Mothers who are accepted into the program receive a collection kit to bring to the hospital. The mother's caregiver is required to watch a 10 minute training video about cord blood collection procedures.

M.D. Anderson hospital has the largest stem cell transplantation program in the world, and in April 2005 they established a public cord blood bank.  The bank director is Elizabeth Shpall, MD.  They are accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards.

Collecting hospitals as of March 2013:

1. Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX 
2. Memorial Herman Southwest, Houston, TX
3. St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, TX
4. The Woman's Hospital of Texas, Houston, TX
5. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA