Advanced Lung Disease Surgery
Penn Lung Center is dedicated to
providing comprehensive screening,
diagnostic, therapeutic and management
services for the complete range of
pulmonary diseases and disorders. The
collaborative team is comprised of
pulmonologists, cardiothoracic surgeons,
nurses, radiologists, pathologists and
researchers—all dedicated to
diagnosis and treatment of diseases of
the chest. Penn is a regional center of
excellence and recognized around
the world for its scientific innovation in
treating lung disease and lung cancer.
In 2007, U.S.News & World Report
ranked
the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 7th in the nation and
1st in the region for respiratory diseases.
Penn Lung Transplant Program
Over the past decade, Penn's Lung Transplantation
team has performed almost three times as many
lung transplant procedures as any other regional
medical center. Having performed approximately
600 procedures since its inception in the early
1990s, the Penn Lung Transplant Program is now
among the most active programs in the United
States and among the most experienced in the
world.
Waiting time, an important measure of
a transplant program's
effectiveness, is optimal at the Penn Lung Transplant
Program. Penn is among
the few centers in the nation performing lung/liver,
heart/lung and other complex multi-organ transplantations.
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