The Lung Transplant Program at Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center has been active since the spring of 2008 following
the necessary approvals from the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services and the United Network for Organ
Sharing. Newark Beth Israel’s lung transplant team
has already performed 12 life-saving transplants successfully,
offering New Jersey residents access to the most sophisticated
treatment for severe, non-malignant pulmonary disease.
The
wait time for an organ transplant can vary greatly from center
to center. For example, the median wait time in 2008 for
a lung transplant in New Jersey was 1.9 months compared to
30.5 months at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University
Medical Center in New York and 15.5 months at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
“The positive effects of an in-state program
are twofold,” said Sean Studer, MD, MSc, Medical
Director of the Lung Transplant Program at Newark Beth
Israel. “Our work with the NJ Sharing Network is
helping to increase organ donation across the state and
the lungs that are donated in New Jersey are matched,
whenever possible, to transplant candidates in New Jersey.
These factors combine to create the shortest wait time
in the region for a lung transplant,” he explained.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint
Barnabas Health Care System, has been at forefront of organ
transplant for four decades. Newark Beth Israel is home to
one of the nation’s most active heart transplant centers
that has achieved short- and long-term survival outcomes
that match or exceed national benchmarks. In addition, the
combined Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Newark
Beth and Saint Barnabas Medical Center is among the largest,
most respected and progressive organ transplant programs
in the country. All of the transplant programs participate
in clinical research trials that are bringing cutting-edge
medicine to New Jersey residents.
For more information about the Lung Transplant Program,
call 973-926-4430 or visit www.lungtransplantnj.com.
Date: March 23, 2010
Contact: Caren Malone
Public Relations Department
Saint Barnabas Health Care System
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