Gerard J. Criner

Dr. Criner is Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at Temple Lung Center in Philadelphia. He has served as a section chief for the past 23 years and served as president of medical staff, president of Temple University Physicians, and associate dean of clinical affairs. Dr. Criner was appointed to the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Board of Directors to serve from 2014 to 2018, and to the Medical Advisory Board of the COPD Foundation in 2014. His research interests include respiratory failure, lung volume reduction surgery, bronchoscopic lung reduction, and the prevention and treatment of acute COPD exacerbations.