First Bone Marrow Transplant in the U.S. Performed at UW Hospital

Jul 18, 1968 - Madison, WI

Using techniques developed at the University of Wisconsin by Dr. Fritz Bach the first bone marrow transplant in the U.S. is performed at UW Hospital.

Bach's first successful bone marrow transplant was on a 22-month-old boy with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, an immunodeficiency disease. The patient and his family were from upstate New York, and Bach conducted the transplant at UW Children's Hospital. The boy’s sister had donated the bone marrow, which allowed her brother to live into adulthood.

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University of Wisconsin Professor Fritz Bach, MD
University of Minnesota Professor Robert Good, MD