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Departments with related expertise Cardiovascular Surgery Critical Care Lung Transplant Program Pulmonary Medicine Thoracic Surgery Transplant Center Doctors who perform this procedure Edit search filters close Narrow your search By location Rochester, MN By last name Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter A A Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter B B There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter C C Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter D D Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter E E Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter F F Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter G G Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter H H There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter I I There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter J J active Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter K K Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter L L Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter M M Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter N N Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter O O Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter P P There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter Q Q Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter R R Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter S S Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter T T There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter U U Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter V V Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter W W There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter X X There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter Y Y There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter Z Z Reset all filters Search Tips Use quotes for phrases. Even if there are no auto-suggestions within the search field, hit "Search" anyway, as you may still get results. Displaying 1-1 out of 1 doctors available Last Name Initial: K Cassie C. Kennedy, M.D. Internist Critical Care Specialist Pulmonologist Rochester, MN Areas of focus: Intensive care, Heart transplant, Lung transplant, Advanced lung disease ResearchMayo Clinic pulmonologists, lung transplant surgeons and other specialists research lung transplant and other treatments for lung conditions. Mayo Clinic pulmonary scientists in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Research actively research lung diseases and conduct clinical trials. Researchers in the Transplant Center study lung transplant and other types of transplants. You may have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials. Areas of research include: Ex vivo lung perfusion to preserve and restore donor lungs Stem cell therapy in lung regeneration research Improving tests that match donors and recipients (HLA antibody testing) Reducing the risk of rejection New immunosuppressant medications Improving outcomes for people who have had lung transplants Lung regeneration PublicationsSee a list of publications about lung transplant by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine. Research Profiles Edit search filters close Narrow your search By location Arizona Florida Minnesota View all View all physicians • Florida Alvarez, Francisco M.D. Florida By Mayo Clinic Staff Lung transplant care at Mayo Clinic Request an appointment AboutCare at Mayo Clinic Aug. 24, 2024 Print Show references Lung disease treatments. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/lung-treatments. Accessed April 21, 2022. Broaddus VC, et al. Lung transplantation. In: Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2022. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 21, 2022. AskMayoExpert. Lung transplantation. Mayo Clinic; 2021. Goldman L, et al., eds. Interventional and surgical approaches to lung disease. In: Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Elsevier; 2020. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 22, 2022. Vincent JL, et al. Intensive care unit management of lung transplant patients. In: Textbook of Critical Care. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2017. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hachem RR. Lung transplantation: An overview. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hachem RR. Lung transplantation: General guidelines for recipient selection. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Partnering with your transplant team: The patient's guide to transplantation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/media/1536/partneringwithtransplantteam_508v.pdf. Accessed Jan. 30, 2019. Fernandez-Castillo JC, et al. Immunosuppressive therapy in lung transplantation. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2020; doi:10.2174/1381612826666200628023150. Kotloff RM, et al. Induction immunosuppression following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Diamond JM, et al. Maintenance immunosuppression following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Talking about transplantation: What every patient needs to know. United Network for Organ Sharing. https://transplantliving.org/community/. Accessed April 22, 2022. Bos S, et al. Survival in adult lung transplantation: Where are we in 2020? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2020; doi:10.1097/MOT.0000000000000753. Zaas A, et al. Bacterial infections following lung transplantation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Pulmonary rehabilitation. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/pulmonary-rehabilitation. Accessed April 22, 2022. Hartwig MG, et al. Lung transplantation: Procedure and postoperative management. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed April 22, 2022. Tests for lung disease. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/lung-tests. Accessed April 22, 2022. Keller CA, et al. Feasibility, safety, and tolerance of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for obstructive chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2018; doi:10.1002/sctm.17-0198. Lung transplant research program. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/transplant-research-center/research-programs/lung-transplant-research-program. Accessed April 22, 2022. 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