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Faculty

Chair and Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Laura H. Carnell Professor, Medicine

Director and Professor, Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation
Professor, Center for Substance Abuse Research
Professor, Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine

Aamir Ajmeri, MD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Fatima Anjum, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program

Charles T. Bakhos, MD, MBA, MS, FACS

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Quality and Improvement Officer, Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital
Director, Tracheobronchomalacia Program, Temple University Hospital
Vice Chief, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Kathleen Brennan, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Unit-Based Medical Director, 6 West, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus

Whitney Morgan Burrows, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Wissam Chatila, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

David Ciccolella, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Director, Respiratory Therapy, Inpatient
Epic Lead, Temple University Hospital

Francis Cordova, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program

Rachel N. Criner, MD

Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Gilbert D'Alonzo, DO

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Parag Desai, MD

Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Eduardo Dominguez, MD

Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

Sean P. Duffy, MD

Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Cherie P. Erkmen, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Professor, Center for Asian Health
Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Temple University Hospital

Gustavo Adolfo Fernandez Romero, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Joseph Friedberg, MD, FACS

Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief, Temple University Health System
Vice Chair, Surgical Services, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Co-Director, Temple Health Mesothelioma and Pleural Disease Program
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Andrew J. Gangemi, MD

Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

Medical Director, Bronchoscopy Suite, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus

Jamie Garfield, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Clinical Course Director

Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency, Temple University Hospital

Shameek Kumar Gayen, MD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Rohit Gupta , MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Director, Sarcoidosis Program, Temple University Hospital

Lijo C. Illipparambil, MS, MD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Steven G. Kelsen, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Laurie Kilpatrick, PhD

Associate Dean of Clinical Research
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Inflammation
Professor, Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
Professor, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Professor, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center

Victor Kim, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Beata Kosmider, PhD

Director of the Center for Inflammation and Lung Research (CILR)
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation
Professor, Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science
Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences

Samuel Krachman, DO

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Director, Sleep Center, Temple University Hospital and TUH – Jeanes Campus

Friedrich Kueppers, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Bilal Haider Lashari, MD

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

A. James Mamary, MD

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

David R. Manoff, MD

Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

Medical Director, Jeanes Campus Intensive Care Unit

Nathaniel Marchetti, DO

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Nicole Mills, DO

Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Medical Director, Temple Lung Center – Jeanes Campus outpatient office

Mario Naranjo-Tovar, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Thoracic Medicine & Surgery

Seyedmohammad (Omid) Pourshahid, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Parth Rali, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Director of Fellowship Wellness & Social Media, Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship

Umadevi Sajjan, PhD

Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation
Associate Professor, Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Associate Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science

Daniel Salerno, MD, MS

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Aditi Satti, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Professor, Center for Asian Health

Kartik Shenoy, MD

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

John Travaline, MD

Director, Pulmonary Procedure Unit, Temple University Hospital

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, MD

Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Sheila Weaver, DO

Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Director, Sleep Fellowship Program, Temple University Hospital

Marla R. Wolfson, MS, PhD

Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor, Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center (ACDC)
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Professor, Pediatrics
Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science
Professor, Physiology

Xiao-Feng Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA

Professor and Associate Director, Lemole Center for Integrated Lymphatics and Vascular Research
Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor, Center for Metabolic Disease Research
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Inflammation
Professor, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center
Professor, Biomedical Education & Data Science

Massa Zantah, MD

Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program

Samantha Pettigrew, MD
Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine & Surgery

Michaela Seigo, MD
Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Stephen Dachert, MD
Assistant Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Ashwin Karanam, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery

Jin Sun Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery