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. Mr. Christ was on supplemental oxygen his whole life, but now he is enjoying life untethered to oxygen. His pulmonologist Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Director of the Temple Lung Center, was interviewed about Mr. Christ’s decade-long medical journey.
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