This document discusses the experience of Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. navigating her daughter's diagnosis and treatment of pediatric pulmonary hypertension. It outlines her journey working with experts in the field like Drs. Roger Ruckman and Robyn Barst. It then details Rothblatt's efforts to research the condition at Glaxo-Wellcome and her work with Sir John Vane. The document concludes by outlining Rothblatt's efforts to develop new treatment approaches like ex vivo lung perfusion and 3D bioprinting of lung scaffolds as potential solutions to the limited supply of donor lungs.
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1. Grand Rounds:
A Parent’s Experience of
Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Children’s National Medical Center
3. Roger Ruckman, MD, 1990s Head of Pediatric
Cardiology at Children’s National Medical
Breathe Curiosity
4. Robyn Barst, MD, 1990s – 2000s Head of Pediatric
Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Columbia Presbyterian
16. 3D Lung Lobe
Printing Time
Reduced from 3
Months to 3 DaysAll From Bioink
Being Optimized for
Cellularization and,
Uses Only Human
Recombinant
Collagen from
Genetically
Modified Tobacco
Plants
18. Take Away Lessons
•Breathe Curiosity: The Library
•Question Authority: Impossible = I’m Possible
•Do Practically: Parenteral > Inhaled > Oral
•Manufacture Lungs By EVLP > Allogeneic Recell
•Manufacture Lungs By Autologous 3D Bioprint
•Act Lovingly –Make People Happier