Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridge to lung transplant with a patient transported from Hawaii to Nashville, TennesseeCentral Message

• Enock Adjei, MD,
• Whitney D. Gannon, MS, MSN,
• Brandon S. Petree, DO,
• John W. Stokes, MD,
• Caitlin T. Demarest, MD, PhD,
• Mark Petrovic, MS,
• Cecily Wang, MD,
• Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc,
• David Erasmus, MD,
• Anil J. Trindade, MD,
• Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA,
• Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Enock Adjei, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Address for reprints: Enock Adjei, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave S, MCN D-5237, Nashville, TN 37232-2730.

Whitney D. Gannon, MS, MSN

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Brandon S. Petree, DO

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

John W. Stokes, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Caitlin T. Demarest, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Mark Petrovic, MS

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn

Cecily Wang, MD

Department of Trauma and Critical Care, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu, Hawaii

Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

David Erasmus, MD

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Anil J. Trindade, MD

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn

Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn

Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn