Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

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Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

BMC's Gene Therapy team is pioneering innovative gene therapy treatments as part of its mission to further clinical care and research for all patients.

Gene therapy for beta thalassemia

BMC has opened a treatment center to use a breakthrough gene therapy for adults in the treatment of beta thalassemia. Beta thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder (passed down from parent to child) where the body does not make enough beta-globin, a component of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to cells throughout the body. This transformative gene therapy treats transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia by introducing functional copies of the beta-globin gene into a patient's own hematopoietic stem cells (blood-forming cells). It eliminates or reduces the need for red blood cell transfusions among these patients who would otherwise require lifelong blood transfusions.

Gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Boston Medical Center is the only hospital in New England to offer transformative gene therapy to eligible adults with sickle cell disease. We offer both FDA-approved gene therapies for sickle cell disease, Casgevy and Lyfegenia. Sickle cell disease is a debilitating and chronic disease that afflicts more than 100,000 Americans and predominantly impacts people of African descent, representing 1 out of every 365 births. The disease is caused by a gene mutation that makes blood cells misshapen, which can lead to strokes, organ damage, and episodes of agonizing pain. People with sickle cell disease often rely on regular blood transfusions to ease pain and reduce risk of additional complications. The new therapy leverages the latest advances in medical science to alleviate the severe painful vaso-occlusive crises associated with sickle cell disease, in a long-awaited step toward equity for a disproportionally impacted Black patient population. Learn more about BMC's Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease.

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Reggie R Thomasson, MD

Medical Director for Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Service, Associate Program Director for Pathology Residency Training Program, Boston Medical Center

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