Lung Transplant A-Z: From Referring a Patient to the Impact of COVID-19

Dr. Marie Budev, director of the Cleveland Clinic Lung Transplant Program, tackles the huge subject of Lung Transplant, covering a range of topics that includes when the right time to refer a patient is and what the contraindications are for transplant. She discusses the Lung Allocation Score, lung transplant survival rate and how long it takes to get a patient ready for transplant. Dr. Budev also talks about new ways in which the donor lung pool is being expanded and the impact of COVID-19 on lung transplant patients.