Mayo Clinic in Arizona Opens Lung Transplant Program

Mayo Clinic in Arizona  has opened  its lung transplant program and has completed two lung transplants,  a milestone that now completes Mayo’s comprehensive solid organ transplant program, with ability to provide heart, kidney, pancreas, liver and now lung transplants. Mayo received approval by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to launch a lung transplant… Continue reading Mayo Clinic in Arizona Opens Lung Transplant Program

My Sister’s Lungs, Part Five: We’re Still Waiting

Editor’s Note: In the final part of a five-part series, thirdAGE contributor Nancy Wurtzel (at right in the above photo) shares the ordeal her sister Barbara (at left in the above photo) is undergoing as she waits for a match for a lung transplant. Barbara’s situation is complicated by the fact that her husband, Jim,… Continue reading My Sister’s Lungs, Part Five: We’re Still Waiting