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Lung Transplant Program Celebrates 25 Years at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

On July 17, 2013, the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center celebrates a new milestone—the 25th anniversary of the lung transplant program. For more information about lung transplants visit: http://www.barnesjewish.org/lung-tran... Michelle Killeen received her gift of life on November 8, 2012. Ken Nottestad was transplanted on June 12, 1999. Janice Earl received her new lungs 21 years ago on July 8, 1992. Janice was born with cystic fibrosis. Her disease progressed until it got to the point where she was on oxygen all the time and was having a lot of recurrent infections. Her doctors basically said her last hope would be a lung transplant. Michelle suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. At the end, every trip to a grocery store was measured by how many hours she had in her oxygen. She also had to have a concentrator at work, because she needed 10 liters just on rest. Her life was very limited. Ken also suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, and one day was told by his transplant physicians he had about three months to live. So he and his wife went home and started planning his funeral. But each received a life changing lung transplant. They're all a part of a special group at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center—they all received the gift of life. The lung transplant program's first successful transplantation was on July 17, 1988. Since then, the lung transplant team has performed more than 1280 transplants to date. The lung transplant program is led by G. Alexander Patterson, MD, surgical director, and Ramsey Hachem, MD, medical director. A key asset to the program is also Bert Trulock, MD, a Washington University pulmonologist and former medical director of the program from 1988 to July 2013. The lung transplant program has always been innovative and was one of only a handful of similar programs in the U.S. when it was developed. Celebrating 25 years is a landmark for everyone involved in the program. The surgeons, pulmonary physicians, nurses and other team members have a lot of experience and expertise. There are many active lung transplant programs in the country doing a lot of cases. But there aren't many that are supported by the activities of a very busy laboratory, which is a strength of our program. Another strength is the partnership between Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which has been instrumental in providing the very best in care for patients. As leaders in lung transplantation, we were among the first to utilize single lung transplant for certain conditions such as pulmonary hypertension. Another first was the sequential bilateral lung transplant. In previous years it was thought the connected lungs had to be transplanted in a single block. More than 20 years ago, our surgeons developed the concept of separating the grafts and putting them in sequentially. Now a sequential bilateral lung transplant is a strategy that's used around the world. The success of the past 25 years is reflected by our recipients, their stories and their amazing patient care teams. In the next 25 years, we hope to save more and more lives every day. To learn more about this 25-year milestone visit: http://www.barnesjewish.org/news/?id=... For more information about the lung transplant program at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center, visit: http://www.barnesjewish.org/lung-tran...