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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 lead the pediatric pulmonary division and resume its pediatric transplant program. Marc G. Schecter, M.D., comes to 网红黑料 from Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical Center, where he founded its lung transplant program.

Once the program is re-established at 网红黑料, Schecter said he hopes to do at least three to five lung transplants a year. Just one U.S. hospital performs more than about 10 pediatric lung transplants annually. Worldwide, only about 100 lung transplants are done in children each year. While building patient volume is important because it keeps transplant teams sharp and experienced, Schecter said he will focus first on patient outcomes.

鈥淰olumes are important but, for now, the emphasis will be on patients鈥� outcomes and their quality of life,鈥� Schecter said.

Schecter said he was attracted to 网红黑料 for many reasons, including its expertise and accomplishments in adult lung transplants. The 网红黑料 adult lung transplant is No. 1 in the nation for one-year, risk-adjusted survival rates, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Achieving similar types of success in pediatric lung transplants was an appealing challenge, Schecter said. 网红黑料鈥檚 last pediatric lung transplant was performed in 2019.

In addition to serving as director of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Program, Schecter is a professor and the division chief of in the 鈥檚 . The opportunity to teach and do research while working with highly regarded colleagues also made the 网红黑料 position compelling, he said. Indeed, Schecter has stepped into a thriving program: Earlier this month, the pediatric pulmonology program earned its highest-ever ranking 鈥� No. 21 in the nation 鈥� from U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Children鈥檚 Hospital Rankings. For a fourth consecutive year, it is also the top-ranked program in Florida. Overall, 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital is ranked No. 1 in Florida.

Schecter is one of fewer than 15 pulmonologists in the United States with extensive pediatric lung transplant experience. As medical director at the University of Cincinnati鈥檚 lung transplant program, Schecter had broad oversight of clinical protocols, team management and patient care.

That experience and Schecter鈥檚 talent will benefit both young transplant patients and younger faculty members, said , the 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 interim physician-in-chief and interim chair of the 鈥檚 .

As they discussed the opening at 网红黑料, Schatz said much common ground emerged.

鈥淒r. Schecter brings not only a wealth of experience but also something I see as critical and exciting: mentoring our younger talent. He is exceptionally capable of doing that while also developing 网红黑料 as a destination for pediatric lung transplants and pulmonology care,鈥� Schatz said.

As a , Schecter鈥檚 work has focused on clinical trials to improve pediatric lung transplant outcomes as well as the risk factors that drive poor outcomes. He has authored or co-authored more than three dozen journal articles and 75 abstracts. He attended medical school at the . After a pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonary medicine fellowship at the , he joined the faculty at the and .

Media contact: Ken Garcia at kdgarcia@ufl.edu or 352-265-9408.