Whether you’re suffering from asthma, COPD, sleep apnea or lung cancer, the Temple Lung Center experts can help. Our team of pulmonary specialists and thoracic surgeons are internationally known for their extensive research efforts and innovative clinical care.
Lung Center Doctors
Aamir Ajmeri, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology, Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Fatima Anjum, MD, MHA
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Kathleen Brennan, MD
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Unit-Based Medical Director, 6 West, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Wissam Chatila, MD, PhD
- Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
David E. Ciccolella, MD
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Director, Respiratory Therapy, Inpatient
- Epic Lead, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Francis C. Cordova, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP
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Chair and Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, Temple Lung Center
Specialties
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Rachel N. Criner, MD
- Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Gilbert D'Alonzo, DO
- Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology
Stephen R. Dachert, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Parag Desai, MD
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Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Unit Based Medical Director, CT Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Temple University Hospital
- Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Eduardo Dominguez, MD
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Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus
Sean P. Duffy, MD
- Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Gustavo Adolfo Fernandez Romero, MD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Joseph Franzen, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology
Andrew J. Gangemi, MD
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Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
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Medical Director, Bronchoscopy Suite, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
- Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus
Jamie Garfield, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency, Temple University Hospital
- Clinical Course Director, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Shameek Gayen, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology, Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Rohit Gupta, MD
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, Sarcoidosis Program, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Bilal Haider Lashari, MD, MScPH
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Lijo C. Illipparambil, MS, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Steven G. Kelsen, MD
- Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Jin Sun Kim, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Victor Kim, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Samuel Krachman, DO
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, Sleep Center, Temple University Hospital and TUH – Jeanes Campus
Specialties
Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology, Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
A. James Mamary, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine & Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Assistant Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
David R. Manoff, MD
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Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
- Medical Director, Jeanes Campus Intensive Care Unit
Specialties
Pulmonology, Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus
Nathaniel Marchetti, DO
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Medical Director, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Nicole Mills, DO, RD, CNSC
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Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Medical Director, Temple Lung Center – Jeanes Campus outpatient office
Specialties
Pulmonology, Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus
Mario Naranjo-Tovar, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus
Samantha Pettigrew, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pediatric Pulmonary Critical Care
Seyedmohammad Pourshahid, MD, MPH
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Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus, TUH – Main Campus
Parth M. Rali, MD, FCCP
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Director of Fellowship Wellness and Social Media, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Temple University Hospital
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Director, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Program, Temple University Hospital
- Chair, Temple University Hospital Anticoagulation Stewardship Committee
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Daniel A. Salerno, MD, MS
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Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine & Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, RICU (Critical Care Services), Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonology
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Aditi G. Satti, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Professor, Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Michaela A. Seigo, DO, MS
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Kartik V. Shenoy, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
John M. Travaline, MD
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Director, Pulmonary Procedure Unit, Temple University Hospital
- Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
Locations
Temple Health Oaks
Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, MD
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Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Sheila Weaver, DO
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Director, Sleep Fellowship Program, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
Massa Zantah, MD
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Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus
Charles T. Bakhos, MD, MBA, MS, FACS
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Quality and Improvement Officer, Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital
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Director, Tracheobronchomalacia Program, Temple University Hospital
- Vice Chief, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Locations
TUH – Main Campus, Temple Health Oaks
Whitney Morgan Burrows, MD
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Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Locations
TUH – Jeanes Campus, Fox Chase Cancer Center at TUH – Main Campus, Fox Chase Cancer Center – Main Campus
Cherie P. Erkmen, MD
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Professor, Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Temple University Hospital
- Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program, Temple University Hospital
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Joseph Friedberg, MD, FACS
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Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief, Temple University Health System
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Vice Chair, Surgical Services, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
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Co-Director, Temple Health Mesothelioma and Pleural Disease Program
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Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Locations
Fox Chase Cancer Center – Main Campus
Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD
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Professor, Surgery and William Maul Measey Chair, Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital
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Surgical Director of Thoracic Transplantation, Temple University Hospital
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Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Temple University Hospital
- Physician Executive, Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
Specialties
Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Roh Yanagida, MD, PhD, FACS
- Associate Professor, Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery
Locations
TUH – Main Campus
Pulmonary Nurse Practitioners
Susan Estrella-Eades, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC
Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Specialties
Advanced lung disease, asthma, COPD
Education
BSN, University of Scranton; MSN, Temple University
Eileen McDonnell, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC
Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Specialties
Advanced lung disease, interstitial lung disease
Education
BSN, University of Scranton; MSN, Temple University
Michelle Vega-Olivo, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC
Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Specialties
Advanced lung disease, interstitial lung disease
Education
BSN, Gwynedd Mercy University; MSN, Temple University