Medical Breakthroughs From Penn Medicine

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Christian A. Bermudez, MD Christian A. Bermudez, MD is the Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation and ECMO, Director of Thoracic Transplantation, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bermudez discusses current technologies used in lung transplantation, including mechanical support as a bridge to oxygenation during the procedures themselves. He also reviews the role of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in lung transplantation.