Ideal candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Advanced lung disease
with limited 2-year survival
- Oxygen dependent
- Age generally 70 years or younger
- Ambulatory and/or potential for rehabilitation
- Abstinence from tobacco
use
- Adequate psychosocial support
- No significant associated comorbidities
 In
this clip, Sean M. Studer, MD, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation,
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center describes the ideal candidate for
lung transplant.
Click
here to watch.
Once listed
as a lung transplant candidate, the patient’s referring
primary care physician, pulmonologist and/or cardiologist
continue
to provide primary care while the patient waits
for a suitable donor
lung. Follow-up visits to Newark Beth Israel are
scheduled at
approximately three-month intervals to monitor
the candidate’s
medical status. Following transplantation, the
team collaborates
with the referring physician to support patients
in optimizing their
respiratory and overall health.
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