Since the first lung transplantation in 1990 at the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, more than 150 patients have successfully received lung transplants at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
Our extensive experience of lung transplant surgery leads to more positive outcomes:
- 79% one year lung transplant survival rate
- 56% three year lung transplant survival rate
- Average length of stay across all transplants of 6 days—4 days less than the national average
*Transplant survival rates through June 30, 2010
We now offer online organ transplant referral forms.
Why Lung Transplant Patients Choose INTEGRIS
The lung transplant center at the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute in Oklahoma City is thriving. We have one of the largest and most experienced transplant teams in the US and receive referrals for patients seeking lung transplants from physicians across the country. Our dedicated transplant intensive care unit has a full-time transplant/critical care specialist who manages the patients 24 hours a day.
See our full lung transplant referral criteria list.
We offer potential lung transplant patients:
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A streamlined patient evaluation process
- The team who conducted Oklahoma's first double lung transplant
- Multi-organ transplants including heart-lung transplants
- Medicare certified
- Learn about the lung transplant patient evaluation process.
Among the Best Transplant Survival Rates in the US
An analysis of the 1997 report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that among the 32 centers (of 99 total centers) that exceeded 60 transplants in the report's most recent two-year interval, Nazhi Zuhdi Transplant Institute in Oklahoma City ranked:
- 4th in the US in actual one-year survival (90 percent)
- 6th in the US in disease-severity-adjusted one-year survival.
Our current one-, two-, three- and five-year transplant survivals are 89 percent, 86 percent, 83 percent and 75 percent.
Lung transplant patients are referred to us from across the US, especially from surrounding states including: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska and Louisiana."
More Information On Our Lung Transplant Surgery Program