Clinical Interests
Research Interests
- Advanced lung disease (COPD, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure)
- Critical care medicine
Highlights
Dr. Criner was featured in three 6 ABC "Moves in Medicine" video segments. The topics ranged from the AIRFLOW-3 trial that offers a new approach to treating COPD to the lung valve procedure known as bronchoscopic lung volume reduction that aired in both November 2019 and April 2019.
Education
- MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Training
- Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Memberships
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Thoracic Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Awards and Honors
- Top Doctors, Pulmonary Disease, Philadelphia magazine, 2016-2025
- Best Doctors in America®, Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care Medicine, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020
Patient Comments
Always leave with the information, clear and understandable
Dr Crinner, came in to talk to me and left. When I asked hs nurse Practioner to speak with I'm again, she said, "oh , he is gone, you know it is late and he is out the door. Really, this is what I get fromMy doctor?
Dr Crinner, came in to talk to me and left. When I asked hs nurse Practioner to speak with I'm again, she said, "oh , he is gone, you know it is late and he is out the door. Really, this is what I get fromMy doctor?
Dr Crinner, came in to talk to me and left. When I asked hs nurse Practioner to speak with I'm again, she said, "oh , he is gone, you know it is late and he is out the door. Really, this is what I get fromMy doctor?
There are no words for how relieved and GRATEFUL we were to get in to see the Director, of Tempel Lung - Dr. Gerard Criner. We knew he would stay focused on LUNGS and I have finally an ACCURATE diagnosis. We have been reading about the asthma shot. It has only been approved since 2017. [...], THANKS FOR THINKING. COPD seemed like a death sentence in slow motion. (Average age of death for the average copd pt is 76.) Asthma is nebulizers and a rescue inhaler. So GLAD the corrected diagnosis is asthma and NOT copd. BTW this is the original diagnosis of thirty plus years ago. Many thanks also to PA [...] who is the soul of professionalism.