Non-Network Cord Blood Banks

The cord blood banks below may accept umbilical cord blood donated for public use or directed donation if you have a child with a disease that may be treated by transplant. These banks are not part of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Network of banks and do not list their cord blood units on the NMDP's Be The Match Registry^SM. (For banks that are part of the NMDP Network, see Where to Donate.)

This list is provided for informational purposes only. Inclusion of banks in this list does not constitute endorsement by the NMDP.

California

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program
5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland, CA 94609-1673
Phone: (510) 450-7605
Fax: (510) 450-5839
http://www.chori.org/Services/Sibling_Donor_Cord_
Blood_Program/indexcord.html

If you give birth in the United States and your physician agrees that cord blood collection would be of value to you, you may participate in our program if you have a child with a transplant-treatable condition, and are expecting a baby who is a full sibling (same parents) of the affected child.

Michigan

Michigan Community Blood Centers Cord Blood Bank

1036 Fuller Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (866) 642-5663 (Michigan only toll free)
(616) 233-8604 (direct)
http://www.miblood.org/giving_blood/cordblood.html

Collections for unrelated transplants only. Collections only at Bay Regional (Bay City), Covenant (Saginaw), Hackley (Muskegon), Holland (Holland), Lakeland (St. Joseph and Niles), Mercy General (Muskegon), MetroHealth (Grand Rapids), Mid-Michigan Medical Center (Midland and Clare), Munson (Traverse City), North Ottawa (Grand Haven), Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids), St. Mary's (Grand Rapids) and Zeeland Community Hospital (Zeeland).

New Jersey

Lifebank USA

45 Horsehill Road
Suite 106
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Phone: (877) 543-3226
www.lifebankusa.com

Collections for public donation will be accepted from any hospital located in New Jersey if the physician is willing to perform the collection.