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Mayo Clinic doctors and surgeons have diagnosed and treated thousands of people who have lung disease. The Mayo Clinic Lung Transplant Program has expert teams at Mayo's campuses in Florida and Minnesota. The Minnesota program was established in 1990, Florida's in 2001.

People with challenging health situations come to Mayo Clinic for help because our doctors and surgeons are experts in specialized lung transplant techniques, including:

Mayo Clinic lung transplant outcomes compare favorably with the national average.

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Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Ariz., have been recognized among the top Pulmonology hospitals in the nation for 2018-2019 by U.S. News & World Report.

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