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Officers & Committees

Officers

Chair
Science and Innovation Center
 Carmen Mikacenic, MD Seattle , WA
Chair
AII International Relations Advisory
 Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH, ATSF Seattle , WA
Chair
Asthma Center
 Neha Solanki, MD Cleveland , OH
CO-Chair
Science Core IC Project
 Benjamin D. Medoff, MD Boston , MA
CO-Chair
Science Core IC Project
 Bethany B. Moore, PhD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Assembly Chair Angela Rogers, MD, MPH, ATSF Palo Alto , CA
Incoming Assembly Chair Fernando L Holguin Aurora , CO
Program Chair Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Program Chair-Elect Yvonne J. Huang, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Planning Chair Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Planning Co-Chair Josalyn L. Cho, MD North Liberty , IA
Nominating Chair Anne I. Sperling, PhD, ATSF Charlottesville , VA
Web Director Sara Assaf, MD Albuquerque , NM
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Dinah Foer, MD Boston , MA
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Vickram Tejwani, MD Cleveland , OH
Section Co-Chair
Section on Genetics & Genomics (SGG)
 Dawn L. Demeo, MD Boston , MA
Section Co-Chair
Section of Genetics and Genomics
 Russell P. Bowler, MD, PhD Cleveland , OH
Representative
PhD Working Group
 Megan N. Ballinger, PhD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Representative
AII Microbiome in Lung Disease
Section on Genetics & Genomics (SGG)
 Stavros Garantziotis, MD Research Triangle Park , NC
Committee Member
Asthma Center
 Jyoti Lenka, MD Las Vegas , NV
Committee Member
Asthma Center
 Richard Paul Ramonell, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Apprentice Patrick J Kramer, MD Columbus , OH

Planning Committee

Chair Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Angela Rogers, MD, MPH, ATSF Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member Arjun Mohan, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Dinah Foer, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Ehab Billatos, MD Milton , MA
Committee Member Eric Douglas Morrell, MD, MA Seattle , WA
Committee Member Isaac Kirubakaran Sundar, PhD, ATSF Kansas City , KS
Committee Member Jason R Mock, MD, PhD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Jennifer L. Ingram, PhD, ATSF Durham , NC
Committee Member Jezreel Pantaleón García, BS, MD Houston , TX
Committee Member Josalyn L. Cho, MD North Liberty , IA
Committee Member Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD, ATSF Orange , CT
Committee Member Lee J. Quinton, PhD Worcester , MA
Committee Member Miranda Curtiss, MD, PhD Vestavia Hills , AL
Committee Member Niki Ubags, PhD Sullens , Switzerland
Committee Member Ramsey R Hachem, MD St. Louis , MO
Committee Member Ridhwan Baba, MD, ATSF Harrison , NY
Committee Member Sarah Elizabeth Holton, MD, PhD Seattle , WA
Committee Member Teal S Hallstrand, MD, MPH, ATSF Seattle , WA
Apprentice Efthymia Matthaiou, PhD Delmar , NY
Apprentice Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra, MD Pondicherry , India

Program Committee

Chair Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Chair-Elect Yvonne J. Huang, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Aaron Vose, MD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Alicia M.H. Casey, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Amali E. Samarasinghe, PhD Memphis , TN
Committee Member Amy Attaway, MD Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Anukul Taranath Shenoy, PhD, MS, BS Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Benjamin D. Medoff, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Daniel Okin, MD, PhD Brookline , MA
Committee Member David Noel O'Dwyer, BM BCH, BMedSci, PhD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member Erica Michelle Orsini, MD Cleveland Heights , OH
Committee Member Filiz Tanja Korkmaz, PhD Iowa City , IA
Committee Member Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD New York , NY
Committee Member Janet Lee, MD, ATSF St. Louis , MO
Committee Member Jason Griffith, MD, PhD Winchester , MA
Committee Member Jeffrey C. Horowitz, MD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member Jeffrey Michael Sturek, MD, PhD CHARLOTTESVILLE , VA
Committee Member Jehan Alladina, MD Belmont , MA
Committee Member Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, ATSF Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member Jin-Ah Park, PhD, ATSF Boston , MA
Committee Member Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, ATSF Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member Kristie R. Ross, MD, MS Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Lauren Eggert, MD MENLO PARK , CA
Committee Member Luisa Morales-Nebreda Chicago , IL
Committee Member Manali Mukherjee, PhD Hamilton , Canada
Committee Member Matthew C. Exline, MPH, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Meghan Dolan Althoff, MD, PhD DENVER , CO
Committee Member Michael Onyebuchi Iroezindu, MD, ATSF Bonny , Nigeria
Committee Member Muhammad Adrish, MD, MBA Sugar Land , TX
Committee Member Nereida A. Parada, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Richard Paul Ramonell, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Ryan C Murphy, MD Seattle , WA
Committee Member Simon Couillard, MD, FRCPC, MSc Sherbrooke , Canada
Committee Member Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS San Francisco , CA
Committee Member Suzanne M Cloonan, PhD Dublin , Ireland
Committee Member Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD, ATSF Cave Creek , AZ
Committee Member William Bain, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Apprentice Daniel Paul Cook, MD, PhD Iowa City , IA
Apprentice Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PhD Durham , NC
Staff Observer Ashley Parent New York , NY
Staff Observer Carrie Smith, MS, CAE Ashburn , VA
Staff Observer D'Ann Brown-Janowiak New York , NY
Staff Observer Desiree Negron Carrero
Staff Observer Desiree Carrero
Staff Observer Liliana Rose New York , Afghanistan
Staff Observer Nancy Guerrero New York , NY

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee Member Christine M. Freeman, PhD Ann Arbor , MI
Nominating Committee Member Tomeka Lynette Suber, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA

Web Committee

Web Director Sara Assaf, MD Albuquerque , NM
Committee Member
Apprentice
 Jeffrey Barry, MD, MPH San Diego , CA
Committee Member Jehan Alladina, MD Belmont , MA
Committee Member Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD, ATSF Orange , CT
Committee Member Jyoti Lenka, MD Las Vegas , NV
Committee Member Marc Gauthier, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Matthew C. Exline, MPH, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Michelle L. Manni, PhD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Neha Solanki, MD Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Richard Paul Ramonell, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Roomi Nusrat, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Shaun Pienkos, MD Redwood City , CA
Apprentice Andrew Lewis, DO Cleveland , OH

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Chiefs

Committee Member Diane Gern New York , NY

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Finance Committee
 Jesse Mae Roman, MD, ATSF Philadelphia , PA
Chair
Project Review Committee
 Scott H. Randell, PhD Chapel Hill , NC
Chair
Health Policy Committee
 Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD Saint Louis , MO
Chair
Research Advocacy Committee
 Thomas J. Mariani, PhD Rochester , NY
Vice Chair
Scientific Grant Review Committee
 Erick Forno, MD, MPH, ATSF Indianapolis , IN
Vice Chair
Pulmonary Function Testing Committee
 Nirav R. Bhakta, MD, PhD San Francisco , CA
Vice Chair
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa

Awards Committee

Committee Member Ana L. Mora, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Benjamin D. Medoff, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Blanca Camoretti-Mercado, PhD Tampa , FL
Committee Member Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD New York , NY
Committee Member Jay K. Kolls, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Patricia J Sime, MD, FRCP, FACP, ATSF Richmond , VA
Committee Member Peggy S. Lai, MPH, MD, ATSF Boston , MA
Committee Member Richard A. Johnston, PhD, ATSF Morgantown , WV
Committee Member Smita Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSCE Ottawa , Canada
Committee Member Tomeka Lynette Suber, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA

Board Nominating Committee

Chair Gregory P. Downey, MD, ATSF, FRCP(C) Denver , CO
Committee Member James M. Beck, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member Juan C. Celedon, MD, DrPH, ATSF Wexford , PA

Board of Directors

Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on AII
 Angela Rogers, MD, MPH, ATSF Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on RCMB
 Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member
Treasurer
 Jesse Mae Roman, MD, ATSF Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member
President-elect
 Raed A. Dweik, MD, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on PEDS
 Terri A. Laguna, MD, MSci, ATSF Seattle , WA

Council of ATS (CATS)

Chair Lynn M. Schnapp, MD, ATSF Madison , WI
Committee Member
Assembly on AII
 Angela Rogers, MD, MPH, ATSF Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member
Assembly on RCMB
 Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member
Board Nominating Committee
 Gregory P. Downey, MD, ATSF, FRCP(C) Denver , CO
Committee Member
Project Review Committee
 Scott H. Randell, PhD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Health Policy Committee
 Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member
Assembly on PEDS
 Terri A. Laguna, MD, MSci, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member
Research Advocacy Committee
 Thomas J. Mariani, PhD Rochester , NY

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representative
D.C.-Metro Thoracic Society Chapter
 Robin L. Gross, MD Washington , DC
Representative
Massachusetts Thoracic Society Chapter
 Sydney B Montesi, MD Boston , MA

Digital Content Committee

Committee Member Blanca E. Himes, PhD, ATSF Philadelphia , PA

Digital Content Committee Liaison

Committee Member
PI-TB Web Director
 Amjad N Kanj, MD, MPH ROCHESTER , MN
Committee Member
AII Section on Genetics and Genomics Web Director
 Kaity Kaitlynn Allen, PhD Memphis , TN
Committee Member
RCMB Web Director
 Mark Eugene Snyder, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member
RSF Web Director
 Richard A. Johnston, PhD, ATSF Morgantown , WV
Committee Member
AII Web Director
 Sara Assaf, MD Albuquerque , NM
Committee Member
TID Web Director
 Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD, DABT Durham , NC

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Amisha Barochia, MBBS, MHS, ATSF Bethesda , MD
Committee Member Gautam George, MD Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Sonye K. Danoff, MD, PhD, FCCP, ATSF Baltimore , MD

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Benjamin T. Suratt, MD Charlestown , MA
Committee Member Heidi M. Mansour, PhD, RPh Port St. Lucie , FL
Committee Member Michael Patrick Coughlin, DO North Olmsted , OH
Committee Member Nadine Mokhallati, MD Overland Park , KS
Committee Member Neeraj Vij, MS, PhD, ATSF Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD Ellicott City , MD
Committee Member Sydney B Montesi, MD Boston , MA

Environmental Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD Denver , CO
Committee Member Emily Brigham, MD, MHS North Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Hasan Bayram, MD, PhD, ATSF Ä°stanbul , Turkey
Committee Member Jared Michael Radbel, MD East Brunswick , NJ
Committee Member Maeve Georgia Macmurdo, MBChB, MPH Cleveland Heights , OH
Committee Member Rebecca Sharon Chinthrajah, MD Stanford , CA
Committee Member Silpa Dhoma Krefft, MD, MPH Aurora , CO

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member Neeta Thakur, MD, MPH San Francisco , CA
Committee Member Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD Ballito , South Africa
Committee Member Robert Paine, MD Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Theodore F. Reiss, MD, MBE, ATSF New Hope , PA

Finance Committee

Chair Jesse Mae Roman, MD, ATSF Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Meilan K. Han, MD, MS, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Patricia J Sime, MD, FRCP, FACP, ATSF Richmond , VA
Committee Member Raed A. Dweik, MD, ATSF Cleveland , OH

Health Equity and Diversity Committee

Committee Member Ariangela J Kozik, PhD Dexter , MI
Committee Member Ayodeji O. Adegunsoye, MD, MS, PhD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Kanyetta Wansley, PharmD South San Francisco , CA
Committee Member Natoushka Trenard, MD, MPH Flushing , NY
Committee Member
LGBTQIA+ Liaison
 Terri A. Laguna, MD, MSci, ATSF Seattle , WA

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Christopher Carlsten, MD, MPH Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Folashade Afolabi, MD Dallas , TX
Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Mary E. McGowan Davis , WV

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
PED Program Chair
 Deepa Rastogi, MBBS, MS, ATSF Bronx , NY
Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair
 Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD, ATSF Houston , TX
Committee Member
PI-TB Program Chair
 Pamela J. Mcshane, MD Tyler , TX
Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair-Elect
 Rachel S. Knipe, MD, ATSF Cambridge , MA
Committee Member
AII Program Chair
 Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
RSF Program Chair-Elect
 Rodney D Britt, BS, PhD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair
 Silpa Dhoma Krefft, MD, MPH Aurora , CO
Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair-Elect
 Tara M. Nordgren, PhD Fort Collins , CO
Committee Member
AII Program Chair-Elect
 Yvonne J. Huang, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI

International Health Committee

Vice Chair Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Committee Member Bulent Taner Karadag, MD Istanbul , Turkey
Committee Member Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member Fernando L Holguin Aurora , CO
Committee Member Kiyoyasu Kurahashi, MD, PhD, ATSF Kamakura , Japan
Committee Member Satoshi Konno Sapporo , Japan
Committee Member William Ofuti Worodria, MBChB Kampala , Uganda

Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member
ATS
 Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD Solon , OH
Committee Member
CHEST
 Shyamsunder Subramanian san ramon , CA

Membership Committee

Committee Member Alvaro U. Aranda, MD San Juan , PR
Committee Member Farrah Kheradmand, MD Houston , TX
Committee Member Jennifer W. Mccallister, MD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member Kymberly Mae Gowdy, BS, MS, PhD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Lisa A. Maier, MSPH, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member Mark A. Malesker, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM Omaha , NE
Committee Member Patricia J Sime, MD, FRCP, FACP, ATSF Richmond , VA
Committee Member Rachel Thomson, MBBS, PhD, FRACP GREENSLOPES , Australia

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Joyce A. Kullman, BS Kansas City , MO
Committee Member Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, ATSF Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member
CCR Representative
 Robin L. Gross, MD Washington , DC

Project Review Committee

Chair Scott H. Randell, PhD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Arjun Mohan, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD, ATSF Portland , OR
Committee Member Jeffrey C. Horowitz, MD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member Jessica Bon, MD, MS, ATSF Winston-Sale , NC
Committee Member Kristina L. Bailey, MD, ATSF Omaha , NE
Committee Member Robyn T. Cohen, MD, MPH Newton , MA
Committee Member Scott E. Evans, MD, ATSF Houston , TX
Committee Member Theo J. Moraes, MD, PhD, BSc Toronto , Canada

Public Advisory Roundtable

Committee Member Joyce A. Kullman, BS Kansas City , MO
Committee Member Mary E. McGowan Davis , WV

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Ana L. Mora, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member
Editor, AJRCMB
 Andrew J. Halayko, PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), ATSF Winnipeg , Canada
Committee Member Fernando L Holguin Aurora , CO
Committee Member Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Ilona Jaspers, PhD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Megan N. Ballinger, PhD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair
 Robert M. Tighe, MD, ATSF Durham , NC
Committee Member Sharon D Dell, BSc, MD, FRCP(C), ATSF Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Stephanie Joan London, MD, MPH, DrPH Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Susanne Herold, MD, PhD, ATSF Giessen , Germany

Pulmonary Function Testing Committee

Vice Chair Nirav R. Bhakta, MD, PhD San Francisco , CA
Committee Member Loretta G. Que, MD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Silpa Dhoma Krefft, MD, MPH Aurora , CO

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Dana P. Albon, MD Charlottesville , VA
Committee Member Jihane A. Faress, MD Moreland Hills , OH
Committee Member Njira Lucia Lugogo, MD Ann Arbor , MI

Research Advocacy Committee

Chair Thomas J. Mariani, PhD Rochester , NY
Committee Member Hara Levy, MD Madison , WI
Committee Member Priyadarshini Kachroo, PhD Boston , MA

SCALe - Board Review and MOC

Committee Member Josalyn L. Cho, MD North Liberty , IA

SCALe - Core Curriculum

Chair
Pulmonary
 Josalyn L. Cho, MD North Liberty , IA
Vice Chair
Pediatric
 Carmen Leon Astudillo Gainesville , FL

SCALe - Late-Breaking Education

Committee Member Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, ATSF Pittsburgh , PA

SCALe - Professional Development

CO-Chair Christine Marie Bojanowski, MD, MSCR, ATSF New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Carmen Leon Astudillo Gainesville , FL
Committee Member Joel Moss, MD, PhD, ATSF Bethesda , MD
Committee Member Joshua Lee Denson, MD, MSCR New Orleans , LA

SCALe - Skills-Based Education

Committee Member Robin L. Gross, MD Washington , DC

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Vice Chair Erick Forno, MD, MPH, ATSF Indianapolis , IN
Committee Member Andrew John Sweatt, MD Stanford , CA
Committee Member Blanca E. Himes, PhD, ATSF Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Ivana Verona Yang, BS, PhD, ATSF Aurora , CO
Committee Member Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD, ATSF Orange , CT
Committee Member Kelan G. Tantisira, MD, MPH San Diego , CA
Committee Member Leonard B. Bacharier, MD Nashville , TN
Committee Member Lisa A. Miller, PhD Davis , CA
Committee Member Michael B. Fessler, MD, ATSF Research Triangle Park , NC
Committee Member Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH Denver , CO
Committee Member Theresa W. Guilbert, MD, MS Cincinnati , OH