Press Conference 10 a.m. (Chicago time), Sept. 13

WHAT: Important development in Loyola University Health System's lung-transplant program.

WHO: -Robert Love, MD, vice chair and surgical director of transplantation, Loyola

-Charles G. Alex, MD, medical director, lung transplant program, Loyola

-Mamdouh Bakhos, MD, chair of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Loyola

-Anthony L. Barbato, MD, president & CEO of Loyola University Health System

-several key members of the lung transplant team

-Loyola lung transplant patients and their families from Joliet, Grayslake and Elgin, Illinois.

WHEN: 10-10:30 a.m. (Chicago time), Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006

WHERE: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine " Tobin Hall (first floor) Loyola University Medical Center 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, Ill. (Chicago suburb)

Visuals will be available at the press conference. Media: Park in garage near Loyola's main hospital entrance. Stritch School of Medicine is the first building south of the hospital garage.

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