30th anniversary: World's 1st single lung transplant

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​On November 7, 1983, Toronto General Hospital surgeons made medical history when they performed a single lung transplant on Toronto's Tom Hall.

 

Forty-four previous attempts at the surgery had been unsuccessful - Hall was the first single lung transplant survivor.

 

Watch the video to see the story of a courageous patient and the medical staff who performed this ‘world-first’ 30 years ago.

 

Celebrate the legacy of the achievement that lives on today at UHN’s Toronto Lung Transplant Program, led by Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, who is also Surgeon-in-Chief, at UHN’s Sprott Department of Surgery.​

 

 

 

Globe and Mail: Lung transplant 30 years ago opened a door that saved thousands of lives

 

Toronto Star: TGH celebrates 30 years of lung-transplant success