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St. Joseph's Hospital Celebrates A Decade Of Lung Transplants

St. Joseph’s Hospital recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its lung-transplant program.

As part of that, the hospital said it’s the busiest lung-transplant program in the country, having performed 114 last year.

Dr. Michael Smith is a thoracic surgeon and surgical director for the Lung Transplantation Program at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

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