Sentences with phrase «lung transplant centers»
«High - volume lung transplant centers have lower costs and readmissions.»
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High - volume lung transplant centers have lower transplantation costs and their patients are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days of leaving the hospital following surgery, according to a new study of more than 3,000 Medicare patients who received lung transplants.
As a billionaire philanthropist, McKelvey contributed $ 25 million to establish the Andrew J. McKelvey Lung Transplant Center at Emory University to support the research of the doctor who had treated him for a lung - scarring ailment.
Not exact matches
But her tenure in the state Senate abruptly ended the following year, when she underwent a successful double - lung transplant at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Mooney said research is needed to identify center practices that improve lung transplant value and can be shared across all transplant centers.
«The Effect of Transplant Center Volume on Cost and Readmission in Medicare Lung Transplant Recipients» was published online ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Loyola University Medical Center performed lung transplants on five patients in just over 24 hours.
Loyola University Medical Center recently performed five successful lung transplants in just over 24 hours.
«There's a long list of lung diseases for which there are no treatments other than a lung transplant,» added Kotton, whose work is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.
The first heart, single - lung and heart - lung transplants are performed at UC San Diego Medical Center by Dr. Stuart Jamieson and colleagues.
UC San Diego Health is the nation's first medical center to receive Medicare certification to perform lung transplants.
The region's first double - lung transplant is performed at UC San Diego Medical Center by Dr. Stuart Jamieson.
One of those volunteers is Rhonda Falcon, a nurse at the University Transplant Center in the lung transport program.
The world's first human lung transplant was completed here in 1963 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
It also has the only lung transplant program in the state, one of the country's most comprehensive robotic surgery services out of six nationally certified chest pain centers, and accredited certified comprehensive and primary stroke centers, including two kidney transplant centers which are in the top 10 of 240 programs in the country.