Stanford Center for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology
Pediatric Lung & Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplantation: Program Overview
Our multidisciplinary care team evaluates candidates and treat their diseases at every stage, in one location, and attend to all related issues for patients and families. This comprehensive treatment ensures that every aspect of a child’s life is considered during treatment. Our patients stay at or nearby the hospital for several months after treatment and are followed daily to ensure the best possible outcome.
Pediatric Conditions Treated:
With one of the best post-operative outcomes for pediatric patients in the world, our lung transplant team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has performed more than 99 pediatric lung transplants and combined heart-lung transplants since 1988. Our team works closely with the Center for Advanced Lung (CEAL) Therapies and experts from our Pulmonary & Cystic Fibrosis Center. Together, we provide treatment for the full range of chronic diseases that may require lung transplantation, from cystic fibrosis to complex congenital pulmonary vascular and cardiac diseases, interstitial lung disease, severe pulmonary hypertension leading to end stage lung disease, genetic defects, and more.
Lung and heart-lung transplantation is a highly specialized and generally rare option for treatment for children with end-stage lung disease. We are one of the 17 hospitals in the U.S. that participate in the International Pediatric Lung Transplant Collaborative (IPLTC).
Our Care Team
When transplant is necessary, our experts in cardiothoracic transplant surgery, transplant pulmonology and transplant cardiology, along with a multidisciplinary team composed of highly specialized transplant nurse coordinators, social workers, psychologists, dietitians, and pharmacists, offer comprehensive, whole child & family support to lung & heart-lung transplant candidates before, during, and after transplantation.
Our Services
The Multidisciplinary Program in Lung Transplantation provides the following services:
- Complex Case Consultations related to potential Lung or Combined Heart-Lung Transplant Evaluation Candidacy
- Lung or Combined Heart-Lung Transplant Evaluations
- Consideration of Bridge to Transplant therapies via our Center for Advanced Lung (CEAL) Therapies
- Bilateral Lung Transplantation
- Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
To Make a Referral or Request a Consultation
Contact us at our Lung & Combined Heart-Lung Transplant Office:
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program
725 Welch Road, Mail Code 5873
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-498-2568
Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Clinic:
770 Welch Road, Suite #370
Palo Alto, CA, 94304
Phone: (650) 498-2568
Pediatric Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program Directors
Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program
Cissy Xin Si, MD
Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program
Elisabeth Martin, MD
Surgical Director of the Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant program
Transplant Outcomes Report
Heart I Kidney I Liver & Intestinal I Lung & Heart-Lung I Multi-organ
As this report demonstrates, our approach to solid organ transplant has achieved some of the best outcomes in the country for the more than 2,000 solid organ transplants we have conducted since our founding. Many of these transplants were for the youngest, smallest, and most acutely ill organ-failure patients.