Transplant Talk: The NEW Lung Composite Allocation Score
Continuous distribution will improve the organ matching process by considering all factors about each transplant candidate in a single score. Source: OPTN On March 9, 2023 a new continuous allocation score for lungs will be implemented. We held a Transplant Talk on March 2, 2023 with expert speakers from OPTN that discussed the new changes. Here are a […]
Transplant Talk: Transplant, Chronic Illness, and Your Relationships
Katie Willard Virant is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She writes a monthly column for Psychology Today about living with chronic illness. On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST, expert speaker: Katie Willard Virant joined us for our monthly Transplant Talk series to discuss Transplant, Chronic Illness, and Your Relationships. Here […]
Transplant Talk: Environmental Factors and Lung Health
Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases (Indoor Air and Health) Yuh-Chin T. Huang, MD, MHS, Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Indoor Air Pollution Individuals spend a large fraction of their time indoors (up to 95%) Air conditioning is warmer climates and heater in colder climates Many sources of various airborne pollutants are present […]
Transplant Talk- All About Spirometry
What is spirometry? Spirometry is a test that measures lung function It is used in both disease diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression Spirometry is relevant for a number of respiratory diseases: ○ Asthma, COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Cystic fibrosis, etc. Spirometry in a clinic: Traditionally, a spirometry test is performed in a healthcare clinic. During […]
PFDD Press Release Announcement
The Lung Transplant Foundation to Host Externally-Led Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting to Help Educate FDA on Living with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) Meeting to be Held Wed., June 22, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET in Washington DC.; Event will be Livestreamed for Virtual Attendees Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) is One of the […]
Make an impact, share your BOS story
The backstory on why we need your story by Lung Transplant Foundation Executive Director, Amy Skiba Eighteen months, 3 weeks and two days. That is exactly how long our organization had been urging the FDA to let us hold an Externally-Led Patient-Focused Drug Development (or EL-PFDD) meeting. And finally, on June 22, 2022, it happened and […]
Lung Transplant Foundation is joining forces with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA)
Lung Transplant Foundation is joining forces with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) to assist lung transplant patients in need of fundraising expertise and guidance. The Lung Transplant Foundation (LTF) receives many requests for funding support for lung transplant patients. Unfortunately, we do not provide patient funding as our mission is to support research, education, […]
Paragonix Announces First-in-Man use of LUNGguardTM Donor Lung Preservation System by Duke Hospital
Paragonix Technologies, the leading hypothermic cardiothoracic organ preservation provider, announced today the first-in-man clinical use of the only FDA cleared cold storage device for donor lungs, its LUNGguardTM Donor Lung Preservation System, by Duke University Hospital. “Donor lungs are sensitive to injury and the current ice storage of lungs risks cellular injury, especially with the […]