Morton J. Cowan, M.D.

Chief of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Dr. Morton J. Cowan is chief of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program. He is recognized throughout the world for research in immunodeficiency diseases, the use of alternative donors and in utero stem cell transplantation. He performed the first bone marrow transplant at UCSF Medical Center for a child with severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) in 1982, the first T-cell depleted transplant on the West Coast for a child with leukemia in 1985 and more recently, the first pure blood stem cell transplant from a parent to a child with SCID in North America.

Cowan earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in immunology at UCSF Medical Center. Cowan is the Principle Investigator of the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium which is an National Institute of Health funded research organization studying children with severe immune deficiencies representing institutions in the U.S. and Canada.

• Blood and Marrow Transplant
• Genetic Diseases Treatment Options
• High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treatment Options
• Leukemia

• Marrow Stem Cell Defects Treatment Options
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimens
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease Treatment

• Solid Tumor and Brain Tumor Treatment Options
• Specific Bone Marrow Transplant Treatment Options
• Thalassemia

Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
505 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor, Room M-659
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-2188

BMT Clinic at the Pediatric Treatment Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite A101
San Francisco, CA 94143-0134
Phone: (415) 353-2584