Expanding Opportunities for Lung Transplant for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis – Joseph Pilewski, MD

Dr. Joseph M. Pilewski, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh and Co-director of the Cystic Fibrosis Program at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, presents on advances in lung transplantation for individuals with cystic fibrosis. His presentation provides an overview of the transplant process - from discussion of prognosis and referral to a transplant center, to transplant evaluation, to listing, transplant surgery and care after transplant – as well as criteria to be a transplant candidate, survival after transplant, and quality of life after transplant. This presentation was part of CFRI's Virtual 35th National CF Education Conference on July 31, 2022.

CFRI's 35th National CF Education Conference was sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Chiesi USA, AbbVie, and Ionis Pharmaceuticals.