The Section of Hematology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago offers compassionate, multidisciplinary care for people with a variety of benign blood disorders and cancers that develop in bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes, including:

• Anemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Coagulation and thrombotic disorders (clotting and bleeding disorders)
• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Hemophilia
• Leukemia
• Leukopenia
• Lymphoma, both Hodgkin lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Myeloproliferative neoplasms
• Multiple myeloma
• Thrombocythemia

Services Provided

The hematology team at Rush treats people with a variety of benign blood disorders and cancers that develop in the bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes through the following programs and centers:

• Benign blood disorders
  Hematologists at Rush offer treatment for all types of noncancerous blood disorders, including anemia, aplastic anemia, hemophilia, neutropenia, neutrophilia, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis and myeloproliferative neoplasms. The myeloproliferative neoplasms include P. Vera, essential thrombocytosis, primary myelofibroids and chronic myelogeneous leukemia. For more information, please see our Benign Blood Disorders Care at Rush.
• Coagulation and thrombotic disorders
  Our specialists offer care for people with bleeding and thrombotic disorders, including hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism and thrombocytopenias. We also offer genetic evaluation for Factor V Leiden deficiency. For more information, please see our Coagulation and Thrombotic Disorders Care  at Rush.
• Leukemia
  The Leukemia Program at Rush offers care for all types of leukemia, both acute and chronic, and includes care for pre-leukemic conditions such as myelodysplastic syndrome. For more information, please see our Leukemia Care page.
• Lymphoma
  The Comprehensive Lymphoma Center offers care for people with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, as well as hairy cell leukemia and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Our program works closely with Rush's Bone Marrow Transplant program, as many lymphomas may relapse and require transplant. For more information, please see our Comprehensive Lymphoma Center page. 
• Multiple myeloma and other plasma dyscrasias
  The Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Multiple Myeloma Clinic provides patients with expert diagnostic, therapeutic and innovative management for these cancers. The clinic addresses the multiple organ systems that are affected with a team of specialists. 

Treatment

We offer a full range of standard and innovative treatments, including less toxic chemotherapy options. Our facilities include an on-site pharmacy, a comfortable treatment area and a dedicated room for diagnostic bone marrow procedures. Our diagnostic bone marrow procedure lab oversees over 1,000 samples annually.

Because we are committed to finding new treatments and helping to improve patient outcomes, our clinical staff is involved in a number of ongoing research projects. For more information about our clinical trials, see our Cancer Clinical Trials page.

The Section of Hematology at Rush is also a leader in educating physicians regarding new developments and treatments in cancer and benign blood disorders. In collaboration with the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the physicians at Rush formed the Chicago Lymphoma Club, which brings together all academic medical centers and community oncologists to discuss treatment advances and best practices. Additionally, the Section hosts a yearly medical education event for physicians to review the major advances discussed at the American Society of Hematology meeting.