Lung Transplant Surgery (IMAGE) Washington University in St. Louis Caption Varun Puri, MD, (center) and a surgical team perform a recent lung transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Associate surgical director of the lung transplant program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Puri is part of a research team that detailed unintended consequences of a new national policy on allocating donor lungs for transplant patients. Credit Washington University School of Medicine Usage Restrictions Please credit Washington University License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.