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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle (j QE Hospital first in Utah prepared New associate vice to perform single-lun- g transplants president appointed by U. administration U. Some patients, whose emphysema is brought on by a hereditary condition known as Alpha-- 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, lack an enzyme inhibitor and their lungs are destroyed at an early age, usually before 50. By Ode Lian Yeh Chronicle Staff Writer The University of Utah Hospital announced it is prepared to perform single-lun- g transplants, after conferring with physicians and getting administrative approval. "We have the operating rooms in place. We have the surgeons in place," Kevin McCusker, U. Hospital pulmonary internist, said. "The surgeons are trained. They have done heart-lun- g transplants before." thoracic surgeons Kay with McCusker, along Karwande, Wayne Richenbacher, William Gay and support teams, will perform single-lun- g transplants at the U. Hospital. "We're in our infancy. We. recognize that in the future, we'll have to expand and have system directors and other people involved," McCusker said. Because the U. Hospital possesses a world-renowne- d heart transplant program and because of the similarity among medications used for heart and lung transplants, "We have the opportunity for professional interaction that we'll find useful," McCusker said. The U.'s program will deal primarily with single-lun- g transplant patients who have emphysema. double-lun- g Eventually officials would like to offer transplants to cystic fibrosis patients, according to McCusker. Patients with cystic fibrosis, another hereditary condition, have an inability to clear their respiratory secretions and develop lung disease before of 20. the age typically "With a lung transplant they can do very well, although they require both lungs to be transplanted," k Dave Feuds Chronicle Staff Writer ng McCusker said. A typical organ donor is someone who has been in a traumatic accident, (i.e. automobile and motorcycle), and has a brain death. "After brain death is declared, we like to have the lung within six hours," McCusker said. "Unfortunately, many times the lung is injured at the same time and can't be used for donation, even though the heart and kidneys can," McCusker said. When a lung becomes available, a team of surgeons will go to the donor and carefully remove the lung, taking care not to damage the vessels or airways. The lung will be tested to make sure there is no active infection, (i.e. bacterial, pneumonia), placed in a preservative solution and transported to the U. Hospital, where the recipient will have the old lung removed and the new one put in, McCusker said. During this time, the recipient will be started on medications designed to prevent rejection. "From the time of the first cut in the skin to the last see "transplant" on page two A i" former chair of the economics department will take over the position of associate vice president of academic affairs at the University of Utah, under academic affairs vice president Jerilvn Mclntyre on Jan. 15. The Board of Trustees gave Kenneth Jameson the go-ahe- ad on Monday morning with a unanimous vote. "I'm looking forward to working with Jerilyn Mclntyre and with faculty colleagues," Jameson said of his new position attheU. In 1989 Jameson was recruited by the economics department to specifically fill the position of "Jameson on page two Kenneth Jameson Fund raising successful despite small budget, review says minimum amount being spent by the middle 50 percent of The University of Utah spends 1 percent of its less than educational general budget on fundraising, which is over 50 percent less than institutions, according spending, the U. still receives individual gift amounts that are comparable to those of the top five of eleven peer institutions administrative review affirmed U. spends half of the that the By Jason Wood Chronicle Staff Writer peer to a Development Office official. In a report submitted to. the Board of Trustees Monday, an comparable institutions in the studied. According to the report submitted to the Trustees, the U. spends approximately 6.5 cents to raise a dollar, compared with a median expenditure of 11 cents for all comparable institutions. nation on fundraising. The Administrative Review of the U. Development Office and Program concluded that roughly $3 million dollars is being spent directly on fundraising, which constitutes .86 percent of the U.'s educational general budget. Michael Mattson, vice president for development, cited a number of reasons for the U.'s Despite tne relative lack of success in raising funds without extreme expenditures. "The two biggest reasons for our success in fundraising are the fact that we have been able to reach a responsive cord with our alumni and friends and we have seen the creation of excellent local foundations," he said. He said there have been foundations created in Utah that have contributed greatly to the U. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of If tyt betterment of the U. He added they have been able to reach "masses and individuals" through fundraising. The Utah area is noted for its Ehilanthropy and regard for One concern Mattson said he had was that the increase of support for afundraising has followed with growing demand for increased funding by many see "budget" on page two Inside Sit down and relax... '""'w, volunteers working for the I i I ft v (til ' 1 Back to school. . . Ken Anderson . r,x It ' ' c ?v.i i f , J . a s is one of number increasing of University of Utah students who are returning to school after years in the "real world" in search of the degree they wished they had sought in the first place. Anderson is working towards CHROMini PHOTOJudd ....at the new and improved, easily surveyed and less than private stalls in the OSH bathrooms. our tuition money (wisely?) to make your reading pleasure more scenic. 1 Hnon Someone, in a moment of brilliance, invested a degree electrical engineering. in see page nine Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
