Simmons Fund for Idopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Lung Transplant Data

Currently, the ultimate best treatment for IPF is lung transplantation, and no hospital performed more lung transplants in 2005 than the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). As a matter of fact, UPMC is the largest lung transplant center in the United States, with survival rates well above the national average.

The Simmons Fund is located at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Lung Transplant Statistics
Institution
Wait List End '06
Removals for Transplant 2006
Removals for Transplant 2005
Removals for Transplant 2004
3 Year Total
Wait List % IPF 2006
University of Pittsburgh, PA 116 93 87 58 238 41.9
Cleveland Clinic, OH 46 62 64 63 189 29
Duke Medical Center, NC 20 60 67 58 185 33.3
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MO 323 58 54 58 170 32.8
Univ. of California- LA Medical, CA 68 60 54 37 151 55
Hospital of Univ. of Pennsylvania, PA 184 51 59 40 150 31.4
Univ. of Washington Medical Center, WA 37 52 42 43 137 50
Clarian Health/Methodist, IN 39 38 51 42 131 26.3
NY Presbyterian Hospital–Columbia, NY 159 51 43 35 129 31.4
Shands Hospital– Univ. of Florida, FL 66 53 39 31 123 45.3
Univ. of Minnesota Medical Center, MN 104 47 45 19 111 23.4
Univ. of Colorado Hospital/HSC, CO 143 28 42 29 99 14.3
Loyola University Medical Center, IL 55 26 38 33 97 46.2
Univ. of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, WI 73 29 43 25 97 41.4
Univ. of Virginia HSC, VA 54 34 36 25 95 29.4
Univ. of Southern California U. Hospital, CA 102 16 37 40 93 43.8
Univ. of California-San Francisco, CA 49 29 32 31 92 55.2
Univ. of Michigan Medical Center, MI 40 29 32 25 86 44.8
St. Luke Hospital, (Mayo), FL 40 26 32 23 81 26.9
Emory University Medical Center, GA 14 27 26 27 80 44.4
Univ. Alabama Hospital, Birmingham 44 34 20 22 76 50
             
Totals 1776 903 943 764 2610
Percentage of National Totals   64.5 67 65.2    

Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients—2007

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