ST. LOUIS — When 2-year-old Owen Stark arrived at St. Louis Children's Hospital, he wasn't given much chance for survival. The little boy had collapsed at a store, and his heart and lungs were ...

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 ...

Oct. 9, 2025, marks the first-ever Lung Transplant Awareness Day. This initiative is dedicated to uniting the lung disease patient community, raising awareness of this lifesaving medical procedure and ...

Our experienced lung transplant team provides exceptional care for patients in the Mountain West. Learn more about our amazing patients and their journey following a successful lung transplant. After ...

Most of Dedra’s life was spent on the sidelines. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – an inherited condition that causes mucus buildup in the lungs, and often leads to infections and damage to ...

UCSF Health’s Lung Transplant program has been awarded INTERLINK’s 2025 Chairman’s Award for Transplant Excellence as the top-performing lung transplant program in the nation. The UCSF program, which ...

VIENNA — Survival rates at 1 and 5 years for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who receive bilateral lung and heart-lung transplants are similar, said researchers presenting at the ...

The Lung Transplant Program at Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center (BSLMC) is located in Houston’s renowned Texas Medical Center, and is one of the leading programs in the nation. We strive to meet ...

The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants. But a flaw in the process for awarding the organs to sick and dying ...

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant, the country's royal household has announced. The ...

Doctors said he was days away from death if he didn’t receive the transplant. A Michigan teen was facing "imminent death" when he received a historic double lung transplant as a result of a ...