Lung Allocation System: Improving Patient Access with Kenneth McCurry, MD & Maryam Valapour, MD, MPP

0:16 Intro2:28 Recent modifications to the lung allocation score5:11 Monitoring chronic graft rejection9:23 The rising use of ex vivo lung perfusion 16:17 The presence of post-COVID patients on the lung transplant waitlist21:01 Impact of long Covid on transplant rehabilitation22:51 Double lung transplant in bilateral lung cancer—what’s the future?26:52 Effect of LAS on lung transplant survival racial disparity31:05 What lies ahead in the practice of lung transplantation35:00 OutroCleveland Clinic’s Maryam Valapour, MD, MPP, rejoins the broadcast, along with her colleague Kenneth McCurry, MD to discuss optimization of the lung allocation system to continue reducing waitlist times and patient mortality. It includes commentary on how recent changes to scoring protocols are expected to impact ongoing disparities related to race and socioeconomic status. They additionally talk about the role of transplantation in patients who have severely damaged lungs resulting from COVID-19 infection, an update since our April 2021 conversation.Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast