Two UT Southwestern surgical teams perform rare lung-liver transplant, a first in north Texas and only 75th nationally (The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas)

(Source: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) Apr 19, 2016 DALLAS - April 19, 2016 - Surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital successfully completed the first combined lung and liver transplant in North Texas on a 25-year-old Gainesville man - the 75 patient nationwide to receive the rare double-organ transplant. Josiah Ferrell is recovering after receiving the first combined lung and liver transplant in North Texas. He is the 75th patient nationwide to receive the rare double-organ transplant, performed at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital Josiah Ferrell of Gainesville is now able to walk outside without the...