Treatment and Care Medical Facilities

Medical Facilities at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

In addition to the facilities listed below, the Lung Transplant Program also works in conjunction with other parts of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital system.

The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Lung Transplant Program's surgeries are performed at state-of-the-art Beverly & Arthur Shorin Comprehensive Outpatient Transplant Center, where patients may take advantage of comprehensive follow-up care, including evaluation and follow-up, blood and diagnostic testing, and infusion treatments for special medications. The Center has its own immunogenetics laboratory for blood and tissue typing and antibody testing to match donor organs to recipients. This laboratory rapidly provides results of blood studies, which is particularly important in monitoring medications. This quick turn-around enables the transplant team to immediately respond to problems that may arise.

The registration and care process at the Shorin Center is managed with the latest technology to enhance convenience and precision.

Columbia University Medical Center houses the Division of GeneralThoracic Surgery, where patients make office visits for lung cancer, hyperhydrosis, cystic fibrosis, COPD, esophageal disease, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, thoracic outlet syndrome, and other thoracic problems.

The Shorin Center for Immediate Care

The Shorin Center for Immediate Care, which opened in January 2006, is an evening and weekend service for lung, heart, liver, and kidney transplant patients. It serves as an urgent care center, enabling transplant patients to avoid the delays of a busy emergency room. The Center is available to transplant patients from 8pm to 8 am, Monday through Friday, and 24 hours on weekends. The Shorin Center for Immediate Care is located on 7 Hudson South, the inpatient transplant unit of the NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein Hospital Building.

The Jo-Ann F. LeBuhn Center for Chest Disease and Respiratory Failure

This a state-of-the-art facility for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease features computerized testing and data retrieval, an enhanced exercise physiology laboratory, and on-site examination and treatment rooms, as well as access to other NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital services. Patients receiving treatment at the LeBuhn Center are sometimes referred to the Transplant Program.