Under the leadership of Mani Daneshmand, MD, Emory has been making transformational changes to its heart and lung failure and transplant programs. They have been brought together into one comprehensive program to improve care and coordination for patients and their families, along with providing the highest quality of care.
The goal — create a future where no Georgia resident will need to leave the state to get advanced heart and lung failure care.
Organ Transplant Program Leader
Dr. Daneshmand joined Emory in June after leaving Duke University Medical Center where he served as surgical director of lung and heart-lung transplantation and surgical director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program. He has been eager to apply his experiences and insights here at Emory.
When asked what his vision is for the programs, Dr. Daneshmand says, “I see a bright future for Emory Healthcare and for the heart transplant, lung transplant and mechanical circulatory support programs at Emory. We are working towards becoming a national leader in high quality, high volume clinical care, but we also want to be a national leader in innovation and development.”
