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UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Lung Transplant team has performed more than 1,000 lifesaving transplants – making our program the largest in North Texas and second largest in the state. We consistently rank among the top 20 programs nationally.
This level of experience and expertise has resulted in outstanding outcomes. We finished 2022 with the best one-year and three-year survival rates in North Texas. We also specialize in the treatment of complex pulmonary conditions that may lead to transplantation, such as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and interstitial lung disease.
Through our transplant network located throughout Texas, we make lung transplantation more accessible for people living in El Paso, Lubbock, Midland, Amarillo, Tyler, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Over the past year, our team has dramatically increased our telemedicine capabilities, and we continue to perform evaluations and make waitlist additions.
Born with cystic fibrosis, Neil Herskowitz didn't think marriage and travel were in his future, especially because as an adult he couldn't walk from the couch to the bathroom without getting short of breath. But when he became a match for a double lung transplant at UT Southwestern, his life changed in ways he could never imagine.
UT Southwestern’s skilled Lung Transplant team uses the most sophisticated tools and techniques to help patients with end-stage lung disease who have exhausted their other treatment options. Our experienced team of experts collaborates to deliver world-class, evidence-based care.
We also pioneer the use of leading-edge technologies to treat patients with advanced lung disease.
UT Southwestern is one of fewer than two dozen U.S. centers using ex vivo perfusion, which helps physicians more thoroughly evaluate donor lungs and aims to improve their quality – expanding the number of available healthy lungs – before they are considered for transplantation. The technology runs artificial blood through the circulatory system of a lung after it has been removed from a donor’s body, thereby extending the time period that the lung is viable for evaluation and transplantation.
We also offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an established technology that is used outside the body to help diseased lungs and hearts more effectively deliver oxygen to the blood. ECMO allows patients to be mobile, which helps them remain as strong as possible while they await lung transplantation.
Clinical trials help patients access the most promising new treatments before they are available to the public. If you have lung disease, speak with your doctor to find out if taking part in a clinical trial might be right for you.
Our team includes pulmonologists (lung doctors), surgeons, intensive care physicians, and specialized nursing staff, as well as imaging and infectious diseases specialists, transplant coordinators, social workers, nutritionists, pharmacists, and financial coordinators.
These specialists work together to provide ongoing medical management and simplify every step of the process – from support for patients awaiting lung transplants to comprehensive outpatient treatment for transplant recipients.
For our patients’ convenience, UT Southwestern has satellite clinics in Amarillo, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland, and Tyler that allow us to perform an initial screening and evaluation – close to patients’ homes – to see if transplant is an option for them.
Meet our Lung Transplant team, see our new state-of-the-art facility, and learn how our multidisciplinary approach to caring for people with end-stage lung disease makes us one of the top-volume centers for lung transplant in the nation.
Transplantation can be an overwhelming and very emotional process. Having someone to talk to who has experienced every stage of the process can help. That’s the idea behind the Transplant Mentorship Program – a supportive community of people who have successfully been through, or are currently going through, the transplant journey. It is an opportunity to ask questions directly of someone who has been there and knows something of what you’re experiencing.
Comprehensive, World-Renowned Transplant Care
UT Southwestern provides the highest-quality care and helps restore patients to full and productive lives. Our transplantation teams are there for patients, from initial evaluation through the life of the organ
Patients can sign up to be a transplant donor with Donate Life or through their local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
We’re one of the world’s top academic medical centers, with a unique legacy of innovation in patient care and scientific discovery.
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