Temple Health and 6ABC-TV collaborated on a sponsored segment about it being five years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first valves to treat severe emphysema. 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 Sherrie Nichols.