News | Dept. of Surgery

Last Year, He Caught COVID. Now, He’s Had Colorado’s First COVID-Related Lung Transplant

Written by Colorado Public Radio (CPR) | June 23, 2021

It was March 6, 2021. Bryan Raymond lay in an ICU at UCHealth in Aurora, sustained by two forms of life support. A surgeon walked into the room and delivered good news: the donor’s lungs looked good. The transplant was on.