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Gerald Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP

Pulmonology

Gerald Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP

Clinical Interests
  • Advanced lung disease
  • Airway disorders
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Lung volume reduction
  • Lung transplantation
Research Interests
  • Advanced lung disease (COPD, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure)
  • Critical care medicine
Highlights

Dr. Criner was featured in three 6 ABC "Moves in Medicine" video segments. The topics ranged from the AIRFLOW-3 trial that offers a new approach to treating COPD to the lung valve procedure known as bronchoscopic lung volume reduction that aired in both November 2019 and April 2019.

Education
  • MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Training
  • Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
Memberships
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
Awards and Honors
  • Top Doctors, Pulmonary Disease, Philadelphia magazine, 2016-2022
  • Best Doctors in America®, Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care Medicine, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020

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