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Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group – Heme-Malignancy Cell Therapy

Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute offers a world-class blood cancer and cell therapy program led by two renowned experts, Hana Safah, MD, and Nakhle Saba, MD. With over 50 years of combined experience in cell therapy, Dr. Safah and Dr. Saba are highly regarded regionally and nationally and are eager to serve the Baton Rouge community. This highly specialized program addresses all the needs of patients with blood cancers, from diagnosis to specialized therapies, stem cell transplant and CAR-T, to the most cutting-edge novel treatments under our clinical trial program.

The Cancer Institute provides best-practice, comprehensive care at every stage of the cancer journey, including disease site-specific multidisciplinary care teams, a robust clinical research program and extensive supportive care services. Its providers work together to ensure the highest standard of care for every patient.

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  • Treatments

    Types of treatments included, but not limited to:

    • Medical management of blood cancers
    • Adult allogeneic stem cell/bone marrow transplants
    • Adult autologous stem cell/bone marrow transplants
    • Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T)
    • Clinical trials related to blood cancers and cellular therapies
  • Conditions We Treat

    • Blood Cancer
    • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
    • Acute lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
    • Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
    • Chronic Leukemia (CML, CMML, CEL))
    • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
    • Cryoglobulinemia
    • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
    • Bone Marrow Failure
    • Aplastic anemia
    • Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
    • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
    • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    • Multiple myeloma
    • Plasma Cell Dyscrasia
    • Stem cell/Bone marrow Transplant
    • Chimeric Antigen T-cell (CAR-T)
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7777 Hennessy Boulevard, Suite 212, Baton Rouge LA 70808

Monday - Friday:
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Hana Safah, MD

Director of Heme-Malignancy and Cell Therapy

Specialty: hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplantation, CAR-T, leukemia, myeloproliferative disorders, aplastic anemia, MDS, PNH and multiple myeloma

Meet Dr. Safah

Nakhle Saba, MD

Director of Lymphoma/CLL and CAR-T

Specialty: Hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplant, lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), acute leukemia, CAR-T, and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)

Meet Dr. Saba