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UT Southwestern Medical Center offers one of the nation's leading lung transplant programs. Over a recent 30-month period, it was rated the best in the nation for achieving the highest survival rate (100 percent) for one-year post-transplant patients.
- Since the Lung Transplant Program’s inception in 1990, UT Southwestern has consistently been ranked among the top 10 in the United States, and the three-year survival rate (82.9 percent) significantly exceeds the national average (64.4 percent).
- Surgeons have performed over 158 lung transplants since the program’s inception.
- Forty-five of our lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis have a 98 percent one-year survival rate.
Lung transplant specialists work with a team of physicians who specialize in all aspects of pulmonary, imaging and transplantation medicine. UT Southwestern's transplant specialists also provide the ongoing medical management and care needed for patients who are waiting for a transplant, as well as for those who have already received a transplant.
The collaborative efforts of physicians, nursing coordinators, dietitians, social workers and other counselors enables the lung transplant program to excel in providing excellent care to each patient. While practicing in one of the nation's leading medical and research facilities, UT Southwestern physicians provide each of our patients with an individual, personalized approach to treatment.
