Emily Larson

Jul 16, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alice Zhou |Emily Larson |Jessica Ruck |Jinny S. Ha

Lung transplantation is accepted as a well-established and effective treatment for patients with end-stage lung disease. While the number of candidates added to the waitlist continues to rise, the number of transplants performed remains limited by the number of suitable organ donors.

Mar 7, 2023 | jhltonline.org | Alice Zhou |Jessica Ruck |Emily Larson |Alfred J. Casillan

Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) has recently begun being utilized in the United States for recovery of cardiothoracic allografts from some donors after circulatory death (DCD), but data on lungs recovered in this method is limited to case reports. We conducted a national retrospective review of lung transplants from DCD donors recovered using TA-NRP. Of the 434 total DCD lung transplants performed between January 2020 and March 2022, 17 were recovered using TA-NRP.