The Lung Transplant Program at Froedtert Hospital offers exceptional, high-quality care with an emphasis on personalized attention and long-term survival. Our highly experienced, multidisciplinary team designs comprehensive treatment plans to meet each patient’s needs. We care for the whole patient and understand that the treatment you receive before and after your transplant plays a vital role in your long-term well-being. 

We treat all forms of lung disease with a wide array of treatment options, including lung transplant and lung volume reduction surgery. As an academic medical center, we offer the latest treatments and can help you consider all of the options available to you. We assess each patient to determine if a transplant might be necessary or if other courses of treatment are more suitable. Even if you’ve been told a lung transplant is your only option, we can offer a second opinion on whether you might benefit from other treatment approaches.

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Lung Transplant Survival Outcomes

The Froedtert Hospital Lung Transplant Program has a history of excellence in survival outcomes. To review our lung transplant survival rate and compare it with lung transplant outcomes across the country, please visit the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

Multidisciplinary Approach and Continuity of Care

Our pulmonary and critical care physicians have broad experience in the evaluation and treatment of patients with advanced lung disease, and they remain closely involved in the care of patients after a transplant.

We are also committed to offering personalized care and tailoring leading-edge treatment to meet each patient’s needs. We were the first center in the state to use a small, highly portable heart-lung machine to support a patient’s blood circulation and/or lung function outside the body for several hours. This innovative equipment increases flexibility and safety while patients are being transported to our hospital for a lung transplant. Its remarkable portability also allows patients to walk around and begin rehabilitation while on heart and lung support. In addition, our team is highly experienced in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Our ECMO Program is a Designated Gold Level Center of Excellence by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).

Careful Evaluation for All Patients

Our specialized team treats and evaluates advanced lung disease. We know that not every patient will need a transplant, and some may not be eligible.

Each patient needs to be carefully evaluated and assessed before any treatment decisions can be made. We’re pleased to perform those assessments for patients with questions about their course of treatment. Because our program is part of an academic medical center, we are committed to offering a broad spectrum of options for treating advanced lung disease and to offering careful evaluation and comprehensive care.

If lung transplant is determined to be the best option, patients who list at Froedtert Hospital benefit from a program that utilizes the latest technology to make more donor lungs available locally.

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International Patients

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Recognized as High Performing by U.S. News & World Report

Froedtert Hospital is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as high performing in three adult specialties and 15 procedures and conditions, including cancer, pulmonology and lung surgery and lung cancer surgery.