Surgical Innovations in Lung Cancer Treatments
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery and a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, discusses the latest advances in lung cancer treatment, and…
How double lung transplants are breathing new life into COVID-19 patients
In June 2020, Northwestern Memorial Hospital conducted the first double lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient in the US, in what was described as a “milestone”. The patient was young, in their twenties, yet had spent 6 weeks on a ventilator. A series of double lung transplants has been completed si…
Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort
Lung transplantation has become an option of last resort for a small subset of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or pulmonary fibrosis. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery and director of Lung Transplant and ECMO at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in C…
Lung Transplants for COVID-19—The Option of Last Resort
Lung transplantation has become an option of last resort for a small subset of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or pulmonary fibrosis. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery and director of Lung Transplant and ECMO at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in C…
COVID-19 Double Lung Transplant with Ankit Bharat, MD
The chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program discusses his unprecedented procedure during the pandemic, and what the current state of thoracic surgery looks like across diseases.
Double lung transplants successfully treat late-stage lung cancer, in a first with new technique
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(NEW YORK) — A new double lung transplant technique was successful for two patients with lung cancer, Northwestern Medicine announced. The hospital said it’s leveraging that success into a new clinical program that will offer transplants to patients with end-stage lung …
Two patients receive double-lung transplants due to rare 'flipped organs' condition
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(NEW YORK) — Two Illinois patients have successfully undergone double-lung transplants after being born with “flipped organs.”
Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer, 50, and Yahaira Vega, 27, both have a rare genetic condition known as situs inversus, in which organs in the…
Is there a connection between COVID-19 and cancer regression?
Dr. Ankit Bharat, Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Director of the Canning Thoracic Institute at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent on the show to share details surrounding a study that shows there is a connection between COVID-19 and cancer regression.
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Surviving without lungs for 48 hours
How a patient survived for 48 hours without lungs. Too ill to receive a lung transplant straight away, the man relied on an artificial lung while his body recovered from an infection. As he prepares to repeat the procedure for the first time, Dr Ankit Bharat, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Northweste…
Montezuma resident receives a first-of-its-kind lifesaving surgery
Elizabeth Wehrle of Montezuma went into the hospital in February and this week she gets to go home. In March, she received a first-of-its-kind lifesaving surgery, a quadruple organ transplant. On this episode, we talk with Wehrle and Dr. Ankit Bharat of Northwestern Medicine, the lead surgeon for t…
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