PACCM Transplant | Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Disease

The UPMC Lung Transplantation program is one of the oldest and largest lung transplantation programs in the country. The program continues to expand lung transplantation activity on a yearly basis and consistently performs more than 50 procedures per year. The program has one of the largest international patient cohorts followed prospectively post lung transplantation. Dr. Joseph Pilewski directs this program with participation by Dr. Bruce Johnson.

The Clinical Team

	Joseph Pilewski, MD Director			John McDyer, MD
	Jonathan D’Cunha, MD			Matt Morrell, MD
	Bruce Johnson, MD			Matthew Pipeling, MD
	Silpa Kilaru, MD			Keven Robinson, MD
	Elizabeth Lendermon, MD			Norihisa Shigemura, MD, PhD

	Intake Coordinator: Nancy Pepke, BSN, RN

Translational and Clinical Research

Current industry-sponsored clinical trials include:

Identifier	Title	Principal Investigator
NCT01630434	International Randomized Study of the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS Lung) for Lung Preservation and Transplantation (INSPIRE)	Christian Bermudez, MD
NCT01365429	Novel Lung Trial: Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (Evlp) as an Assessment of Extended/Marginal Donor Lungs	Christian Bermudez, MD
NCT01715883	Sodium Nitrite in Lung Transplant Patients to Minimize the Risk of Pulmonary Graft Dysfunction	Matthew Morrell, MD