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“We are very happy that Victoria was able to share her story with the world,” says St. Joseph’s surgical director of lung transplantation, Michael Smith, MD, who is also featured in the piece and leads the clinical trial for the hospital. “With this technology, we’re not only able to keep the lungs living while outside the body, but we’re also able to monitor and potentially improve lung function prior to transplant.”
Currently, St. Joseph’s is the only hospital in Arizona providing lung transplantation services.
Publish date:
Wednesday, February 05, 2014