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Clinical Services:
Lung Transplant Program
The Lung Transplant Program at Children's Hospital Boston evaluates children who are potential candidates for transplantation, and manages the care of children who have received transplanted lungs. A lung transplant is an operation performed to replace a diseased lung with a healthy one from another person.

In addition to lung transplants, selected patients with both heart disease and pulmonary disease are considered candidates for heart-lung transplantation.

Since the program's inception in 1990 through 2007, 58 bilateral, single, and heart-lung transplants have been performed.

Multidisciplinary Team
Pediatric lung transplantation at Children's is a multidisciplinary effort between the medical and surgical programs. The program is currently led by Gary Visner, D.O., who directs the medical team, and Craig Lillehei, M.D., who directs the surgical team. Dr. Lillehei has more than 15 years of experience in lung transplantation and has performed or participated in over 56 procedures.

The program is staffed by a team of specialists that includes:

  • Transplant surgeons
  • Transplant physicians
  • Lung transplant nurse coordinator
  • Physical therapist
  • Nutritionist
  • Social worker
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Intensive care physicians
  • Infectious disease physicians
  • Cardiologists
  • Ear, nose, and throat physicians
  • Psychiatrist/Psychologist
  • Financial Coordinator
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Related topics:
Chronic Lung Disease (Bronchopulmonary Disease)
Computed Tomography (CT Scan or CAT Scan)
Echocardiography
see entire list
Image Experience Journal
A collection of stories, pictures, and personal experiences from families about what it has been like to have a liver, kidney, heart, or lung transplant.
Lung Transplant Program Fact Sheet
Pediatric Lung Transplant Fact Sheet
United Network for Organ Sharing
New England Organ Bank
American Lung Association
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