MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- A medical breakthrough took place in New York City, after a patient received the first robotic double lung transplant in the world. As a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie ...

A team of four surgeons in the Duke Lung Transplant Program successfully performed a robotic bilateral lung transplant June 30, making Duke the first medical institution in the Southeast and the ...

Ali Y. Mansour, MD, Medical Director, Advanced Lung Failure and Lung Transplant Program, and Stephen J. Forest, MD, Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation, Associate ...

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 ...

A German woman has a new lease on life after a novel approach to double-lung transplantation rid her of a deadly cancer. Cornelia Tischmacher, an art dealer and historian from Berlin, was diagnosed ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Northwestern Medicine is celebrating a milestone after performing a record number of lung transplants using new technology known as "lungs in a box." The procedure allows surgeons to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A University of Chicago police captain with two new lungs is sharing his story for National Police Week. Capt. Arthur Gillespie was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to have a ...

Kil Sawford, lung transplant patient at U of U Health, tells his story In honor of Veterans Day, we celebrate Kil Sawford, a six-year U.S. Navy veteran and defense contractor from Salt Lake City.

Former UFC fighter, MMA champ and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren is back in the hospital, weeks after he underwent a double lung transplant surgery in June. Askren, 41, shared an update on his health on ...

Ex-MMA champion Ben Askren has undergone successful double lung transplant surgery, per his wife, Amy Askren, on her personal Facebook page. "We are so thankful to share that Ben has received a double ...