Apheresis Services

Description: Provides support for the bone marrow transplant program, as well as outpatient photopheresis treatment.

Summary: Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) is a series of outpatient procedures designed to treat patients with Cutaneous T-cell  Lymphoma (CTCL) and other T-cell related blood disorders. During each session, a patient’s blood is circulated through a machine that mixes a therapeutic drug and applies UV light before returning the blood to the body. Treatment sessions are customized for each patient but typically consist of four sessions per month over a six-month period. Each treatment session lasts three to four hours.

If your physician recommends ECP therapy, please note:

• Do not eat fatty foods that morning of treatment.
• Your skin and eyes will be photosensitive to light after treatment. Bring sunglasses to your appointment.
• Other than the initial needlestick, this is not a painful procedure.

Other services provided with physician referral:

• therapeutic apheresis
• hematopoietic progenitor cell collection

Certifications: Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy and American Association of Blood Banks

Campus: Beech Grove

Phone: (317) 782-7295

Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; other hours by appointment