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Team approach At Mayo Clinic, a team of doctors and staff work together to evaluate and treat people who may need lung transplants. Multidisciplinary team approach
At Mayo Clinic, doctors trained in lung conditions (pulmonologists), chest surgery (thoracic surgeons), heart surgery (cardiac surgeons), infectious disease management, mental health conditions (psychiatrists) and other specialties may collaborate as a multidisciplinary team to provide you with coordinated, comprehensive care. Doctors work together with health care professionals in many areas to evaluate you, determine your eligibility for a lung transplant, perform your lung transplant and coordinate follow-up care. Care team roles Health care professionals trained in many medical specialties work together as a team to ensure favorable outcomes from your lung transplant. Common recommendations and treatment at Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic's Transplant Center staff at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Florida and Minnesota works together to evaluate and treat people who may need a lung transplant. Mayo Clinic offers common recommendations, evaluation processes, treatment, post-surgical care and follow-up care for lung transplant candidates at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Florida and Minnesota. Mayo Clinic uses technology to help make patient information available as needed at campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Mayo Clinic staff coordinates care as needed between the three sites. You may be evaluated for a lung transplant at one Mayo Clinic location, but you may have a lung transplant at another location if it's in your best interests. If you have your evaluation and transplant surgery at different locations, Mayo staff from both locations collaborates as a team to provide you with comprehensive care through the transplant process. After transplant, pulmonary rehabilitation is offered at each Mayo Clinic campus. Individualized approach
Individualized care Mayo Clinic doctors take the time to discuss each person's individual needs. Mayo doctors take the time to get to know you and work with you to provide exactly the care you need. Your doctors and transplant team will work with you and discuss your individual needs to determine the most appropriate treatment for you. The opportunity to share your experience
Mayo Clinic has a Transplantation at Mayo Clinic Facebook page dedicated to helping transplant recipients and donors connect to each other online. Mayo Clinic also offers a Transplants group in Mayo Clinic Connect. Multiorgan transplant experience
Mayo Clinic offers the full spectrum of options for lung transplantation, including multi-organ transplant procedures such as heart-lung transplantation. Mayo Clinic doctors and surgeons have experience evaluating and treating people with complex conditions who may need multiorgan transplants. A team of doctors trained in a wide array of specialties works together in Mayo Clinic's Transplant Center to treat people who may need multiorgan transplants. Collaboration Mayo Clinic doctors collaborate to provide care for people who may need lung transplants. Research and innovation
Mayo doctors conduct research in diagnostic tests and treatments for a variety of lung diseases. Mayo Clinic researchers in the Transplant Center conduct ongoing studies and clinical trials in improving surgical procedures, improving outcomes and caring for people who need transplants. Researchers also study alternative therapies for people who may not need a transplant. For example, Mayo doctors study potential ways of using stem cell therapy to treat many lung conditions in lung regeneration research. Researchers study how reprogrammed stem cells can be turned into specialized cells that can replace, repair or regenerate diseased lung cells. Mayo Clinic is also creating a lung restoration center with the goal of increasing the number of lungs available for transplant at Mayo Clinic and other transplant centers throughout the United States. At the lung restoration center at Mayo Clinic s campus in Florida, a team conducts trials hoping to preserve and restore donor lungs - using a method called ex vivo lung perfusion - so donor lungs that previously may not have been appropriate for transplant can be used in lung transplantation. Work at the lung restoration center will support and extend Mayo's regenerative medicine research program. Mayo Clinic researchers also study medications and treatments for people with lung transplants, including new medications (immunosuppressant medications) to keep the body from rejecting a lung transplant. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for respiratory disorders by U.S. News and World Report. The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories
Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients. Pat Lacy reflects on double lung transplant to treat pulmonary hypertension
He was not the first person in his family to be diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, so Pat Lacy knew the warning signs and took them seriously. And he was determined to find an answer. Pat Lacy had just landed in Utah for a business conference when he noticed he was having trouble breathing. "When I [...] Expertise and rankings
Team approach Mayo Clinic doctors and staff discuss care for people who may need lung transplants. Lung disease experience
Mayo Clinic lung specialists and lung transplant surgeons have extensive experience evaluating and treating people with a variety of complex lung conditions. Surgical expertise
Mayo Clinic lung transplant surgeons have experience performing lung transplant surgery to treat many lung conditions. Surgeons have expertise in performing single-lung transplants, double-lung transplants and multiorgan transplant procedures. Volumes and outcomes
Mayo Clinic doctors' experience and integrated team approach result in transplant outcomes that compare favorably with national averages. Teams work with transplant recipients before, during and after surgery to ensure the greatest likelihood of superior results. Volumes and statistics are maintained separately for the three Mayo Clinic locations. Taken together or separately, transplant recipients at Mayo Clinic enjoy excellent results. Lung transplant outcomes compare favorably with the national average. Learn more about Mayo Clinic's lung transplant volumes and outcomes. Locations travel and lodging
The Village at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, offers low-cost housing for transplant patients and their caregivers. The Gabriel House of Care in Jacksonville, Florida, offers low-cost housing for transplant patients and their caregivers. The Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester, Minnesota, offers low-cost housing for transplant patients and their caregivers. Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states. For more information on visiting Mayo Clinic, choose your location below: Mayo Clinic s campus in Arizona
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Costs and insurance
Mayo Clinic has dedicated transplant financial services representatives and social workers who can assist you with insurance and financial questions regarding your lung transplant. Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. Many insurance companies require you to get preapproval authorization prior to transplant services. Read more about lung transplant costs and insurance at Mayo Clinic. More information about billing and insurance: Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota Mayo Clinic Health System Clinical trials
Explore Mayo Clinic studies of tests and procedures to help prevent, detect, treat or manage conditions. By Mayo Clinic Staff Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Doctors & DepartmentsOutcomes & ratings Aug. 11, 2022 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter Show references Lung disease treatments. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/lung-treatments. Accessed April 21, 2022. Broaddus VC, et al. Lung transplantation. In: Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2022. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 21, 2022. AskMayoExpert. Lung transplantation. Mayo Clinic; 2021. Goldman L, et al., eds. Interventional and surgical approaches to lung disease. In: Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Elsevier; 2020. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 22, 2022. Vincent JL, et al. Intensive care unit management of lung transplant patients. In: Textbook of Critical Care. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2017. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hachem RR. Lung transplantation: An overview. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hachem RR. Lung transplantation: General guidelines for recipient selection. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Partnering with your transplant team: The patient's guide to transplantation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/media/1536/partneringwithtransplantteam_508v.pdf. Accessed Jan. 30, 2019. Fernandez-Castillo JC, et al. Immunosuppressive therapy in lung transplantation. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2020; doi:10.2174/1381612826666200628023150. Kotloff RM, et al. Induction immunosuppression following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Diamond JM, et al. Maintenance immunosuppression following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Talking about transplantation: What every patient needs to know. United Network for Organ Sharing. https://transplantliving.org/community/. Accessed April 22, 2022. Bos S, et al. Survival in adult lung transplantation: Where are we in 2020? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2020; doi:10.1097/MOT.0000000000000753. Zaas A, et al. Bacterial infections following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Pulmonary rehabilitation. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/pulmonary-rehabilitation. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hartwig MG, et al. Lung transplantation: Procedure and postoperative management. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Tests for lung disease. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/lung-tests. Accessed April 22, 2022. Keller CA, et al. Feasibility, safety, and tolerance of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for obstructive chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2018; doi:10.1002/sctm.17-0198. Lung transplant research program. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/transplant-research-center/research-programs/lung-transplant-research-program. Accessed April 22, 2022. Dingli D (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic. April 29, 2022. Related
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