Jamie Garfield, MD, Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Clinical Faculty for Internal Medicine Residency at Temple University Hospital, offered insight to KYW and the Philadelphia Inquirer for articles explaining how wildfire smoke exposure can affect the lungs and heart. In addition to the KYW and Philadelphia Inquirer articles, Dr. Garfield also offered comments to NBC10.
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