Dr. Aravind Ramakrishnan and Dr. Shahbaz Malik specialize in blood and bone marrow transplant care and treat blood disorders and cancers in Austin, Texas.

Our outpatient clinic provides onsite stem cell processing and collection as well as onsite photopheresis. The clinic space provides patients with an outside entrance with nearby parking, so they do not have to walk through the main hospital to get to the clinic while in an immuno-compromised state.

Blood disorders and cancers we treat

Bone marrow transplants using your own stem cells (autologous), or another person's stem cells (allogeneic) are potentially lifesaving treatments for a variety of blood disorders/cancers including:

  • Acute and chronic leukemia
  • Amyloidosis
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Germ cell tumors
  • Lymphoma
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes

Procedures we perform

  • Allogeneic BMT Autologous BMT Inpatient Consultations at St. David's South Austin Medical Center
  • Inpatient leukemia care
  • Outpatient hematologic malignancies consultation and second opinion
  • Acute and chronic graft versus host disease management
  • Leukapheresis treatment
  • Photopheresis treatment

CAR T-Cell Therapy

CAR T-Cell Therapy, an immunotherapy, is a novel therapy that helps a person’s immune system recognize and fight cancer. CAR T-Cell Therapy is best administered in transplant centers that are FACT-accredited; Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Center at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center been accredited since 2014 and has a comprehensive care team specially trained in this exciting new therapy. Learn more about research and commercial CAR T-Cell therapy options.

If you have any questions about our medical care or physicians, please contact Texas Transplant Physician Group.