World's first fully robotic lung transplant patient (IMAGE)

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World's first fully robotic lung transplant patient

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World's first fully robotic double lung transplant patient Cheryl Mehrkar with husband Shahin and surgeon Stephanie Chang, MD, surgical director of lung transplantation for the NYU Langone Transplant Institute. Pictured in Cheryl's hospital room on Nov. 18, 2024, in NYU Langone's Kimmel Pavilion in New York, NY.

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