Lung Transplant Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic

Introduction

The Lung Transplantation MDT Multidisciplinary Clinic is jointly operated by the Departments of Respiratory Medicine, Thoracic Surgery, and Respiratory Therapy to better screen patients for lung transplantation, formulate surgical plans, and follow up postoperative patients. The most common indications for lung transplantation are advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IPF), cystic fibrosis (cystic fibrosis, CF), emphysema caused by α-1 antitrypsin deficiency, pulmonary arterial hypertension (pulmonary arterial hypertension, PAH), as well as other diseases such as sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (lymphangioleiomyomatosis, LAM), and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.