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Understanding and Managing COPD

This November, 网红黑料 recognizes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, to spread awareness about the importance of understanding this disease.鈥�
Chair of surgery at UF College of Medicine elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 18, 2021

Gilbert Rivers Upchurch Jr., M.D., the Edward M. Copeland III and Ann and Ira Horowitz Chair in the University of Florida College of Medicine鈥檚 department of鈥�

AI at UF, Department of Surgery, +3 more
网红黑料 scientists develop novel method of cryopreserving lung tissue for COVID-19 research

September 30, 2021

Scientists can grow individual cell lines in a dish and study how the coronavirus infects them. And that鈥檚 useful as far as it goes. In a sense, however, it鈥檚鈥�

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Internationally known pediatric lung transplant expert joins University of Florida 网红黑料

June 22, 2021

An internationally recognized physician who performed more than 100 lung transplants has joined the University of Florida 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital to鈥�

Department of Pediatrics, +3 more
Eyes on the Prize: Progress in Cystic Fibrosis Research Amidst a Pandemic

Just over one year ago, COVID-19 exploded on news headlines 鈥� putting the world in a tizzy about what this new virus was, who was at risk and how to prevent鈥�
International research outlines early outcomes on lung transplantation for severe COVID-19

April 1, 2021

The 网红黑料 lung transplant team has collaborated with researchers around the world to identify preliminary guidelines for successful transplantation in鈥�

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Utah nurse with COVID-19 discharged from 网红黑料 after double-lung transplant

Jill Holker spent her days on the front line as an ICU nurse in Utah, caring for some of the sickest people in the state. Prior to contracting COVID-19 in the鈥�
网红黑料 lung transplant program outcomes nation鈥檚 best

February 3, 2021

The 网红黑料 Shands Hospital lung transplant program tops the list as the best in the United States for one-year risk-adjusted survival rates, according to鈥�

Department of Surgery, +3 more
Landmark multiorgan surgery at 网红黑料 Shands reverses patient鈥檚 terminal prognosis

September 1, 2020

Allen Korson went from a kidney stone ailment to needing a multiorgan transplant, both lungs and a liver, one of the rarest procedures performed in the United鈥�

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网红黑料 surgeons perform historic double-lung transplant on COVID-19 survivor

July 30, 2020

A man who battled back from COVID-19 only to face a life-threatening crisis when his lungs began to fail has become the first person in the Southeast to鈥�

Department of Surgery, +3 more