As educators and researchers in the University of Minnesota Medical School, we seek better ways to treat lung problems, and we bring these innovations to you. For example, our pioneering efforts in preventing CF symptoms in children helped them achieve survival rates well above the national average.

Programs and Services

Our Lung Program's excellence is evident throughout its varied clinical programs. Here are a few examples:

• Our cystic fibrosis program, one of the largest in the nation, is nationally recognized for patients’ positive clinical outcomes, including a longer lifespan.
• We have the largest lung transplant program in the region. Our patient survival rates are significantly higher than the national average. In addition, we provide total lung care, including disease and disorder diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
• Our lung cancer screening program, part of University of Minnesota Cancer Care, provides patients with regular screenings to help detect cancer at its earliest stages when it is most treatable. Our program is also recognized by the Lung Cancer Alliance as a Screening Center of Excellence, the only one in Minnesota. If you are between the ages of 55 and 79, have smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 or more years, and are currently a smoker or have quit within the past 15 years, you may qualify for lung cancer screening. If you meet the criteria, ask your doctor if lung cancer screening is right for you.

If you don’t have a primary care physician, please call our information line at 1-855-486-7226 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Our intake specialists will help you schedule an appointment to talk to a doctor about lung cancer screening.

Our expert physicians are skillfully trained and can provide the latest in care innovations and offer patients clinical trial participation as appropriate.

Research and Education

University of Minnesota Medical Center is the main teaching hospital of one of the most respected educational institutions in the nation: University of Minnesota Medical School. Patient care is our primary focus, which complements the medical school’s mission of improving the health of Midwestern families and communities through discovering and delivering new treatments and cures.

Our patients have access to innovative treatments, technology and services, all while receiving superior care. These innovations have led to many medical breakthroughs, including the world’s first successful open-heart surgery, the world’s first bone marrow transplant, the Midwest’s first successful double-lung transplant and Minnesota’s first living donor pediatric liver transplant.