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Lung Transplant: Advanced Treatment for Lung Diseases

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Lung transplants are the most advanced treatment for patients with severe diseases of the lung, and usually a last resort treatment option. In this program, Dr. Lorriana Leard, a pulmonologist from UCSF Medical Center and a transplant recipient will discuss the procedure and recovery for lung transplant.

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Lorriana Leard, M.D. Lorriana Leard, M.D.
Pulmonologist, UCSF Medical Center
Dr. Lorriana Leard is a pulmonologist who specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer and advanced lung diseases who are candidates for lung transplants. As an expert at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, she evaluates patients who have lung nodules, lung masses or symptoms suggestive of lung cancer. She also performs advanced bronchoscopic procedures, including... more >

Gerald MacKay ,
Lung Transplant Recipient
Mr. MacKay is a 74-year-old who had a lung transplant two years ago that saved his life. He had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a form of interstitial lung disease for nine years. He was hesitant to have a transplant at age 72 but attended a UCSF support group and met healthy, older survivors of lung and heart transplants who convinced him... more >

TRANSCRIPT:

  1. Jerry’s Story LISTEN
  2. What Illnesses does Lung Transplant Treat? LISTEN
  3. The Process LISTEN

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