Dr. Gerard Criner and Patient Discuss the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative during Sponsored Segment with NBC Sports Philadelphia

Temple Health and NBC Sports Philadelphia collaborated on a sponsored segment about the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative. The system-wide lung cancer screening program will combine and expand successful screening programs already in place at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center and will also simultaneously screen for other common comorbidities, such as undiagnosed lung or heart disease, osteoporosis, sleep apnea, diabetes, and other cancers. The segment featured Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of the Temple Lung Center, and patient Terry Levins.