NYU Langone Performs the World's First HIV-Positive-to-HIV-Positive Lung Transplant
The surgery could expand transplant options for people with HIV as organs remain in short supply, doctors said.
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World’s first HIV-to-HIV dual lung and liver transplant achieved in US
For 26 years, Bertrand Nelson’s body was a battleground. He fought HIV and sarcoidosis. Then, a devastating bout of Legionnaires’ disease in 2021 left his lungs shattered and his liver failing. By 2024, the 56-year-old was tethered to an oxygen tank. He needed a miracle. On March 21, 2026, he got two and made medical history. In a marathon surgery at NYU Langone Health, surgeons performed the world’s first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive lung tran…
World's First Successful Lung Transplant Between HIV-Infected Individuals Opens Path to Solving Organ Shortage. A surgery to transplant the lungs of a patient infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to another HIV-infected individual has been successfully performed for the first time in the world. The Transplant Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital in the United States transplanted the lungs of an HIV-infected person to anothe…
The first lung transplant between two people with HIV in the world has been performed at NYU Langone Health (United States) This surgery offers new hope to HIV-positive patients who need lung transplants, as it opens up a group of potential donors who were previously not eligible.
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