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