A U.S. Navy veteran was the recipient of UW Health’s 1,000th lung transplant.
David Peabody received the transplant at UW’s Health Transplant Center in 2024 and has been able to resume his life one year after the transplant. Peabody became sick with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2010.
He was referred to the UW Health and William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in 2023. The veterans hospital is one of three VA hospitals in the country performing lung transplants.
“The patients benefit from the expertise at UW Health and the Madison VA, from our transplant surgeons to our pulmonary rehab team and from the advanced care we provide before, during and after surgery,” Dr. Robert Guzy, medical director of the VA Lung Transplant program, said in a statement. “That comprehensive approach ensures the best possible outcomes and lifelong support throughout their recovery.”
The UW Health Transplant Center performed its first lung transplant in 1988.
