100% Board Pass Rate
1,000 Major Cases Per Graduate
Highest Lung Transplant Volume in the U.S.
1,500 Total Heart Transplants Performed
Duke Annual Operative Volumes
- Lung cancer resection: 350-400
- Esophagectomy: 50-60
- Benign esophagus: 300
- Congenital heart surgery: 300-350
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): 350
- Aortic valve replacement (AVR): 200
- Mitral valve replacement (MVR): 250
- Aortic surgery: 150
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR): 250
- Pulmonary endarterectomy: 40-50
Duke Annual Transplant Volumes
Duke Health has the highest volume of thoracic organ transplants in the United States.
- Heart transplant: 100-120
- Lung transplant: 130-140
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): 200-250