For patients facing advanced or end-stage lung disease, choosing the right transplant program can mean getting a second chance at life. At Temple Health, lung transplant care is defined by unmatched experience, a willingness to take on the most complex cases, and a multidisciplinary team of experts dedicated to supporting patient outcomes. This is what sets Temple Lung Center apart - and why patients from across the country turn to Temple for hope.
Leading the Nation in Volume and Complex Care
Temple Health’s Lung Transplant Program is one of the nation’s most active, experienced and innovative. As a top destination for lung transplant care, each year, thousands of patients around the country receive a lung transplant to treat advanced or end-stage lung disease, and more patients choose the Temple Lung Center than any other lung transplant program in the country.
For people with irreversible lung disease, a transplant can offer something priceless: a second chance at life. But for patients with complicated medical conditions or those who are typically considered too high-risk for a transplant, that chance can feel out of reach. Many transplant programs are simply not equipped to handle the additional challenges of complex cases.
At the Temple Lung Center, patients who are high-risk, older adults, individuals with a high BMI, or those turned away elsewhere for lung transplant evaluation are finding hope.
Rewriting What’s Possible in Lung Transplant
In 2025, the Temple Lung Center broke an all-time highest volume record in lung transplants, performing 179 transplants in a single calendar year. Since 1994, experts at the Temple Lung Center have performed over 1,700 lung or heart-lung transplants, making it one of the most experienced lung transplant centers in the U.S. And, despite frequently taking on complex cases and high-risk patients, Temple routinely outperforms national averages in post-transplant survival rates and clinical outcomes.
Discover the Temple Difference
- Personalized, Comprehensive Care
Patients receive care from a team of doctors, surgeons, nurses, transplant coordinators and other specialists dedicated to walking patients and their caregivers through every step of the transplant process — from initial lung transplant evaluation to surgery and lifelong post-transplant care. - Faster Time to Transplant
At the Temple Lung Center, patients are evaluated quickly and tend to have shorter lung transplant wait times than any other regional transplant program. Our goal is to help our patients breathe easier and live more fully—faster. - Expanding Possibilities
Patients who have been deemed ineligible for transplant at other institutions, including those of advanced age, with a high BMI, or with complex medical conditions, may still qualify for a lung transplant at Temple.
Experience. Innovation. Results.
Led by internationally recognized pulmonologists and cardiothoracic surgeons advancing the standard of care through breakthrough lung transplant research, surgical innovation and evidence-based protocols, the Temple Lung Center offers patients unmatched experience and a patient-first, outcomes-driven approach to care.
Our Lung Transplant team consists of:
- Cardiothoracic surgeons
- Pulmonologists
- Critical care/Anesthesia specialists
- Transplant infection specialists
- Immunologists
- Physiatrists
- Transplantation nurses
- Pharmacists
- Nutritionists
- Physical therapists
- Speech pathologists
- Clinical psychologists
- Social workers
- Financial coordinators
Ready for an Appointment?
Find out if you or a loved one are eligible for a lung transplant. Request an appointment with a lung transplant specialist or call 800-TEMPLE-MED (855-419-7145) to see a pulmonologist today.
