Conditions and Treatments

Excellence and Innovation in Lung Transplantation

For patients with severe lung diseases such as emphysema, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation may be a viable option.

In 1988, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center opened the first lung transplantation program of its kind in the western United States. Today, lung transplants at Cedars-Sinai are done under the multidisciplinary partnership of the and the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center.

The Women's Guild Lung Transplant Center treats patients with following severe lung diseases:

Conditions

• Emphysema
• Cystic fibrosis
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary fibrosis

Treatments

• Lung transplantation
• Diagnostics
• Donating organs
• Esophagectomy (Esophgeal Plication)