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Combine the very best in clinical training with innovative and structured research training at the bench as well as in the clinical arena.
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The highest quality, compassionate care for patients with lung disease by a formidable team of physicians who have been recognized repeatedly for their commitment.
Pittsburgh International Lung Conference
Abstracts and Registration are now open for the Pittsburgh International Lung Conference being held at the University Club on October 4-5, 2018.
Pitt, UPMC Plan $200 Million Immunotherapy Center, World-Class Innovation Hub in Bloomfield
The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC are partnering to create a UPMC Immune Transplant and Therapy Center (ITTC), which will be based in a world-class innovation hub to be developed in Bloomfield. UPMC has made an initial $200 million, three-year funding...
Lung Transplant Can Be Performed Safely in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
A team of UPMC researchers found that patients with coronary disease can safely undergo lung transplantation, according to a peer-reviewed article in Clinical Transplantation. Of 656 lung transplant recipients in the study, 324 had documented coronary...
VMI Researchers Uncover Molecular Origins of Pulmonary Hypertension to Help Speed Treatment
VMI investigators Elena Goncharova, PhD, and Stephen Chan, MD, PhD, study how pulmonary hypertension develops in order to design better therapeutic interventions to prevent, regress, or cure this devastating cardiopulmonary disease. During the past year,...
Setting a Trap to Rid the Body of Carbon Monoxide
Mark Gladwin, MD, and his research team have discovered a possible antidote to carbon monoxide poisoning. The toxic, odorless and colorless gas results in about 50,000 emergency department visits annually in the United States alone. It is one of the...
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