"Unprecedented Lung-Liver Transplant Success at Northwestern Medicine"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by WLS-TV
Dr. Gary Gibbon, a pulmonologist diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and irreparable liver damage, received an unprecedented combined lung-liver transplant at Northwestern Medicine after being told there were no other options. Within 12 days of being on the transplant list, two lungs and a liver became available from one donor, and a historic surgery was performed to remove cancerous cells and complete the triple transplant. Six months later, Gibbon is cancer-free and celebrating his 69th birthday, thanks to the gift of life from an organ donor and their family.