February 7, 2019
UC San Diego Health performed its 4,000th pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), a lifesaving surgery to clear the lung’s arteries of scar-like tissue that robs patients of their ability to breathe.
January 5, 2021
UC San Diego Health’s lung, heart, kidney and liver transplant programs rank at the top nationally in the latest biannual Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) report. Innovative treatment and multi-disciplinary care contribute to the high rankings for one-year survival outcomes.
April 12, 2022
How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in life give rise to lung malfunction and disease? UC San Diego researchers developed a single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development that could help answer these questions.
May 26, 2020
UC San Diego Health has deployed a mobile ECMO life support system to help sustain critically-ill patients during the pandemic.
June 2, 2020
Located just 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, the University of California San Diego is a critical partner in supporting a binational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC San Diego and Mexico have forged strong partnerships that have proven to be lifesaving in this time of need.
August 24, 2021
After more than 50 days on advanced life support, a multi-disciplinary team at UC San Diego Health helps a patient who contracted COVID-19 become a candidate for a successful double lung transplant. The transplant surgery was the first in the region performed on a COVID-19 patient.
February 7, 2023
UC San Diego Health’s Center for Transplantation is among the nation’s best in lung, heart, kidney and liver programs, powered by long experience and deep expertise.
