Hellenic Transplant Organization
About
Hellenic Transplant Organization (EOM) is a body supervised and funded by the Greek Ministry of Health. EOM was funded in 1999 and has been recently (June 2011) reinforced by a new law on organ donation and transplantation (law 3984/2011). 53/2010.
The core competence of EOM is to promote, raise, coordinate and control organs and cells donation and transplantation. EOM consults the Ministry of Health to legislate over donation and transplantation issues. Also EOM embodies the national central coordination department and is responsible for the national and supra-national coordination and allocation of organs, cooperating directly with the ICUs and the Transplant Clinics and the Transplant Organizations and Transplant Centers of
European Countries. EOM is yearly assessing the function and the outcomes of the Greek Transplant Centers and Transplant Coordinators and is publishing relevant reports.
The new law 3984, fully adopts the EU Directive. The harmonization with the 2010/53/EU Directive has set the Greek Transplantation System on a new basis and issues like organ exchange, traceability, quality and safety assurance, transports, graft and donor characterization, adverse events management, organ exchange, international agreements etc. are first priorities as well as the raise of the donation rates.
Contact info
Phone: +30 213 2027000
Fax: +30 210 6475818
Address: 5 Tsoha Street, Athens 11521, Greece
Email: info@eom.gr
URL: https://www.eom.gr/
Public Cord Blood Bank of Crete
About
Bank Director:
Helen Papadaki, MD, PhD
The Public Umbilical Cord Blood Bank of Crete (CBBC) operates under a license issued by the Ministry of Health (Government Gazette 3014, vol. B, 21/09/2016), under the responsibility of the Hematology Clinic of the University General Hospital of Heraklion (PAGNI) in modern facilities of the Medical School of the University of Crete. Simultaneously, it serves as a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Collection Center for Crete, authorized by the Ministry of Health. It is established with funding from competitive programs of the European Union (Transpot-FP7-2011-REGPOT-1) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (UMBISTEM, 11SYN-10-668).
The purpose of the CBBC is to collect, process, store and distribute Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) Units so that they are available for patients with hematological diseases who need stem cell transplants from unrelated donors. Family storage can be also performed in cases with hematologic disease in the family. The operation of CBBC is carried out by highly trained scientific personnel (Doctors-Hematologists, Biologists, Chemists, Technicians) from the Hematology Clinic of PAGNI and the Laboratory of
Hemopoiesis of the Medical School. The donated cord blood units are listed on the registry of the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA).
Contact info
Phone: +30 6930847253 , +30 2810-394726
Address: Leof. Panepistimiou, Iraklio 715 00, Greece
Email: info@cordbloodbankcrete.gr
URL: https://www.cordbloodbankcrete.gr
Hellenic Cord Blood Bank
About
Bank Director:
Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, MD, PhD
The Hellenic Cord Blood Bank (HCBB) operates within the Biomedical Research Foundation Academy (BRFAA) of Athens. The Hellenic Cord Blood Bank is the FIRST Bank in Greece that commenced supporting Unrelated Allogeneic Transplantation. The HCBB is housed within the BRFAA since March 2003.
In January 2006 the HCBB listed the first 100 cord blood units to the international registry of Net Cord (Net cord has since merged with FACT) and since March 2007 the HCBB has released cord blood units to the Children’s Hospital “Agia Sofia” for transplantation to children with blood diseases. In 2011, the HCBB released the FIRST cord blood unit abroad to the United Kingdom in order to be transplanted to an adult patient suffering from leukemia. The goal of HCBB is to build an inventory of 10,000 cord blood units, which would cover all the frequencies of HLA antigens of Greek population, in order to support all Greeks in need of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation anywhere in the world.
Contact info
Phone: +30 210 659 7697
Address: 4 Soranou Ephessiou Street, Athens
11527, Greece
Email: registry-hcbb@bioacademy.gr
URL: http://www.bioacademy.gr/health-services/H8KK/hellenic-cord-blood-bank
Thessaloniki Cord Blood Bank
About
Thessaloniki Public Cord Blood Bank is located in the Hematology Department of G.Papanicolaou Hospital. In February 2000, the Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, the Hematology Department and the Laboratories were relocated to new facilities in the “Storgi” Hematology Center, funded by a non-government charity organization.
The collection, cooling, and storage of hemopoietic stem cells from the placenta started in 1998. From 1999, the storage of stem cells from children born into families with another child suffering from leukemia began. In July 2009, the actual operation of the Public Cord Blood Bank commenced. The Thessaloniki CBB is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, donated by the ‘Open Arms’ Association. Staffed by highly trained scientific personnel, including hematologist doctors, biologists, and technicians, the contribution of obstetricians and midwives is significant. The Public Bank maintains excellent cooperation with them, as well as with the Compatibility Department of the Hippokrateion Hospital in Thessaloniki. The full spectrum of procedures is carried out related to stem cells- collection, processing, cooling, storage, transplantation, monitoring transplanted patients, and research.
Contact info
Phone: +30 2313 307419
Address: Papanikolaou Avenue, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece
Email: aimatolgram@gpapanikolaou.gr
URL: https://aimatologiko-pap.gr/brief-overview-hematology-department-of-g-papanicolaou-hospital/