The Center for Blood Disorders provides comprehensive care services for the treatment of bleeding and clotting disorders and sickle cell disease.
Our physicians, nurses and social workers are available to provide personalized care for those with:
We are affiliated with the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
Center for Blood Disorders
Health Sciences Campus
Our goal is to improve quality of life for people with blood disorders through comprehensive care, addressing the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs of our patients and their families.
Research is a vital part of the Center for Blood Disorders. Our dedicated team is designed to provide leading clinical and translational research in nonmalignant blood disorders. For over 20 years, Dr. Kutlar has conducted groundbreaking research aimed to improve treatment and care for sickle cell disease.
Alexis Jones-Heggs, was the first in the Augusta area to receive a bone-marrow transplant to try and cure her of sickle cell disease as part of a national clinical trial that involves the Sickle Cell Center at Augusta University.
Continue ReadingThe Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health have joined the first large national clinical trial to determine if bone marrow transplantation should be part of the standard of care for patients with sickle cell disease.
Continue ReadingResearch activities are mostly sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies.
