Cleveland Clinic Sets Lung Transplant Record

Last week, the Cleveland Clinic set the world record for the number of lung transplants performed in a single year with their 129th lung transplant. The previous record was set in 2007 when the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center performed 128 lung transplants. Cleveland Clinic expects to perform at least a total of 160 lung transplants by the end of the year.

"It's not about the numbers," Dr. Marie Budev, medical director of the Clinic's Lung Transplantation Program, said by phone Thursday afternoon. "It's about the patients. And we're learning more and more about what you can do for these patients. We're learning that these patients that were deemed high risk can actually do very well."

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November Transplants for NFT Patients

Each month we would like to recognize our patients who received their lifesaving transplants. In November, the following patients received transplants:

• Kendall "Pup" Chadwick (liver) at Integris Baptist Medical Center


• Shirley Craig (heart/lung) at Methodist Transplant Center


• Roseina Hester (double lung) at University of Washington Medical Center


• Reginald Lemaster (bone marrow) at Northside Hospital


• Jay Menhennet (kidney) at Cleveland Clinic


• Michael Miller (kidney/pancreas) at Mayo Clinic in Florida
  
• Brad Stauffer (bone marrow) at MD Anderson Cancer Center

We wish all of our patients the best and hope they continue to do well on the road to recovery!