Cheryl Mehrkar with Stephanie H. Chang, MD, who performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery on Oct. 22, 2024. Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to ...

Bilateral lung transplantation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to comparable 1- and 5-year ...

New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants compared to men, despite recent national policy changes aimed at making organ distribution more ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new chance at life, called "lungs in the fridge" and "lungs in a ...

When someone with advanced lung disease — like emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — has tried all other treatment options, a lung transplant may be their ...

WYOMING — After more than a year of doctor appointments, setbacks and delays, Wyoming resident Michelle Rhodes underwent double lung transplant surgery on Sept. 21-22 at the University of Pittsburgh ...

The lungs that Dr. Ankit Bharat took out of Tadd Crosslin, a 49-year-old father of twins, were marred with billions of cancer cells. They were “perhaps the most diseased that we’ve ever seen,” said ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Seven percent of the country's lung transplants are now tied to respiratory problems caused by COVID-19. COVID has contributed to the need for organ donations and now UC San Francisco ...

To close out a difficult year for the Norwegian Royal House, the Palace has issued an urgent statement announcing that Princess Mette-Marit’s respiratory illness has worsened. To counteract the ...

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) performed 960 solid organ transplants in 2025, the most ever completed by a single ...

Don Chamberlain went from sudden elation to crushing disbelief on Feb. 7, when his double lung transplant was cancelled at ...