Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was initially diagnosed with a superficial blood clot, and then deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and bilateral pulmonary emboli. Temple Lung Center, Temple Health, and Fox Chase Cancer Center experts offered insight to media outlets covering the news:
- Parth M. Rali, MD, FCCP, Director of the Temple University Health System Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Program and Section Temple Lung Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, spoke with multiple media outlets resulting in coverage from CNN (main article), CNN (second article), The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Tribune, NPR, CBS News Philadelphia, PhillyVoice (main article), PhillyVoice (second article), Fox29, NBC10, and 6abc.
- Michael Seidman, MD, Director of Hematology/Oncology Network Sites at Fox Chase Cancer Center, spoke with The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Jamie Garfield, MD, Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, offered insight to NBC News.
- Sanjana Kashinath, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with Fox29 when Hurts was diagnosed with a superficial blood clot.
- Andrea L. Lubitz, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with 6abc and The Philadelphia Inquirer about the superficial blood clot diagnosis.
- Ryan D. Schreiter, DO, Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, was a guest on the 94.1 WIP show “Ike, Spike and Fritz,” where he explained a superficial blood clot.