Duke Lung Transplant Clinic
Medical Center
Why pick this one
Duke Lung Transplant Clinic has performed more than 2,500 lung transplants since 1992 and reports a median wait time of about 15 days.
Best for
- people being evaluated for a lung transplant
- patients waiting for donor lungs
- post-lung-transplant medication and recovery monitoring
- complex cardiopulmonary conditions requiring transplant evaluation
- patients needing telehealth transplant follow-up
Look elsewhere if
- people seeking care unrelated to lung transplantation or pulmonary hypertension
- patients needing Saturday or Sunday clinic appointments
Specialties
- lung transplant candidacy evaluation
- lung transplant waitlist care
- post-lung-transplant follow-up
- single-lung transplantation
- double-lung transplantation
- robot-assisted lung transplantation
- pulmonary hypertension care
What makes them different
- Duke reports more than 2,500 lung transplants performed since 1992
- Duke describes the program as the largest lung transplant program in the United States by number of transplants
- The team includes pulmonologists, transplant surgeons, nutritionists, rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, and specially trained nurses
- The program treats complex cases including multidrug-resistant infections, immunologic deficiencies, coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease
- Telehealth options are available for many follow-up visits
- Response time
- Median lung transplant wait time of about 15 days, compared with 39 days nationwide
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
- Phone
- (919) 613-7777
- Website
- https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-pulmo...
Services
- comprehensive lung transplant evaluation
- transplant coordination
- post-transplant medication monitoring
- wound management
- specialist consultations
- telehealth follow-up visits
- on-site blood testing
- infusion treatments