1st Consultation, Transplant Eligibility and Clinical Location
Your first visit, qualifying for a transplant, and where we are
Consultation Scheduling
Patients and referring physicians have three options for scheduling an initial consultation with the Adult Lung Transplantation Service:
Referring physicians may also call The Emory Physician Consult Line at 404-778-5050 or 1-800-22-EMORY (1-800-223-6679). For more information about referring a patient to Emory, please click here.
A financial assessment will be performed prior to confirming an appointment. The following information will expedite the scheduling process:
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Referral from the primary care physician (if surgery is medically necessary), as well as the physician's name, address and telephone number |
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Patient's name, address and telephone number |
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Patient's date of birth |
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Patient's social security number |
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Diagnosis and date of diagnosis |
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Prior treatment, if any |
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Insurance information |
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Consultation and Evaluation Process
During the initial consultation and follow-up visits, patients will be evaluated by lung transplantation staff as well as representatives of Emory psychiatric, nutritional, social and financial services. Prior to being accepted as a candidate for a lung transplant, the patient will undergo a series of tests to determine the extent of disease, whether transplantation will be beneficial, the functionality of other organs and evaluation of the body's ability to withstand the rigors of transplant surgery. Tests will include a ventilation/perfusion scan, chest x-ray, chest CT scan, right heart catheterization, transthoracic echocardiogram, bone density scan and a series of pulmonary function and hematologic and electrolyte laboratory tests.
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Lung Transplant Eligibility Criteria
Please contact the McKelvey Center at 404-727-9650 with any questions or concerns regarding this information:
Single Lung Transplantation
- Age less than 65 years
- End-stage pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, possibly pulmonary hypertension
- Failure of medical therapy
- Medical disability
- Oxygen dependency
- Minimal corticosteroids within the preceding month
- Adequate right ventricular and left ventricular function
- No significant co-existing illness
Double Lung Transplantation
- Age less than 50 years (relative)
- Cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, emphysema, pulmonary hypertension
- Failure of medical therapy
- Medical disability
- Oxygen dependency
- Minimal corticosteroids within the preceding month
- Adequate right ventricular and left ventricular function
- No significant co-existing illness
Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Age less than 45 years (relative)
- End-stage pulmonary vascular disease (i.e. primary pulmonary hypertension or Elsenmenger's Syndrome)
- Inadequate right and/or left ventricular function to qualify for single or double lung transplantation
- Failure of medical therapy
- Medical disability
- Oxygen dependency (for primary lung disease)
- Minimal corticosteroids within the preceding month
- No significant co-existing illness
- Please note that patients who are ventilator dependent and/or have a tracheostomy are not acceptable transplantation candidates. All transplantation candidates must be psychosocially stable. Former cigarette smokers may be considered after 12 months of smoking cessation.
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Clinical Location for Initial Consultations
Pre-transplant evaluation and post-transplant follow-up care are done at the Mason Outpatient Transplant Clinic, located on the sixth floor of The Emory Clinic Building B.
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