In BMC’s Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic, our specialists provide comprehensive care for hundreds of pediatric patients and understand the specific needs of kids born with sickle cell disease. We partner closely with your family, other specialists, schools, and other services to help children with SCD lead normal, healthy, carefree lives as much as possible. And as your child approaches adulthood, at around age 21, our Transitional Care Clinic can help your child transfer their care from our Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic to our Adult Sickle Cell Clinic.

The SCD Program delivers leading sickle cell care, including transfusions, pain management, and, for eligible adults with sickle cell disease, access to cutting-edge gene therapie…
The largest SCD center in New England, where adult hematologists care for people living with sickle cell disease with pain relief, blood transfusions, and newer treatments like ge…
BMC’s Transitional Care Clinic team, which includes both pediatric and adult sickle cell specialists, works closely with patients and their families during this time to help our y…
A pediatric specialty care program that provides pediatrics pain management for children and teens through cognitive and behavioral strategies, physical therapy, mindfulness, mass…

Richies’ Story

Richies is a happy, fun-loving kid, but he’s been living with sickle-cell disease for his whole life…But Richies is also fearless — his favorite movie is “It” — and he takes his monthly transfusions in stride.

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Research

Sickle Cell Disease Review Overview

BMC researchers are finding innovative new ways to treat and cure blood disorders. As our patient, you'll have access to a wide range of clinical trials from both BMC researchers and researchers at other institutions. While we enroll all eligible patients in clinical trials, BMC physicians are particularly leaders in enrolling under-represented minorities in clinical trials.