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Pulmonology
Aamir Ajmeri

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

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4.9
116 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Fatima Anjum

Fatima Anjum, MD, MHA

  • 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

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4.6
125 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Francis C. Cordova

Francis C. Cordova, MD

  • 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

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4.8
202 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Gerard J. Criner

Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP

  • 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

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4.8
1027 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Rachel N. Criner

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

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4.9
216 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Bilal Haider Lashari

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

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4.7
118 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
A. James Mamary

A. James Mamary, MD

  • 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

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5.0
155 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Kartik V. Shenoy

Kartik V. Shenoy, MD

  • 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, Temple Health – Chestnut Hill Hospital

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4.9
275 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Thoracic Surgery
Yoshiya Toyoda

Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD

  • Professor, Surgery and William Maul Measey Chair, Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital
  • Surgical Director of Thoracic Transplantation, Temple University Hospital
  • Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Temple University Hospital
  • Physician Executive, Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
Specialties

Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery

Locations

TUH – Main Campus

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Roh Yanagida

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

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Posted June 13, 2025

6abc highlighted the journey of Temple Lung Center patient, Kevin Christ, who received a double lung transplant in April 2025 at just 35 years old. 

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In this free support group, members share their lung transplant journey with others and learn more about lung disease, the lung transplant process and recovery.

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Virtual Lung Transplant Support Group

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 FROM
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In this free support group, members share their lung transplant journey with others and learn more about lung disease, the lung transplant process and recovery.

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