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Officers

Assembly Chair Vinicio De Jesus Perez, MD, ATSF Palo Alto , CA
Incoming Assembly Chair Corey E. Ventetuolo, MD, MS, ATSF Providence , RI
Program Chair Andrea Lee Frump, MS, PhD Indianapolis , IN
Program Chair-Elect Soban Umar, MD, PhD, ATSF LOS ANGELES , CA
Planning Chair Natalie N. Bauer, PhD Mobile , AL
Nominating Chair Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Co-Web Director Sandeep Sahay, MD, ATSF Houston , TX
Working Group Chair
PhD and Basic and Translational Scientists Working Group
Jarrod Wesley Barnes, PhD, MBA Birmingham , AL
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
Justin K Lui, MD, MS, ATSF Boston , MA
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
Maryam Sharifi-Sanjani, PhD pittsburgh , PA
Journal Club Editor Roberto Bernardo, MD, MS, ATSF Zionsville , IN
Assembly Chair - Appointee Harm Jan Bogaard, MD, PhD Amsterdam , Netherlands
Assembly Chair - Appointee
Awards Representative
Wiltz W. Wagner, PhD Mobile , AL
International Member Representative Jurjan Aman, MD, PhD Amsterdam , Netherlands
Interest Group Co-Chair
Women's Working Group
Larissa A. Shimoda, PhD Baltimore , MD
Representative
Science and Innovation Center (SIC)
Daniela Valdez-Jasso, PhD LA JOLLA , CA
Representative
Mentoring Program Organizer
Dustin R Fraidenburg, MD Chicago , IL
Representative
Science Core
Eric P. Schmidt, MD, ATSF Boston , MA
Apprentice Sue Gu, MD, MScPH DENVER , CO

Planning Committee

Chair Natalie N. Bauer, PhD Mobile , AL
Committee Member Elizabeth O. Harrington, PhD Holliston , MA
Committee Member Eric P. Schmidt, MD, ATSF Boston , MA
Committee Member Jason M. Elinoff, MD, ATSF Bethesda , MD
Committee Member Jonas Christian Schupp, MD, ATSF Burgdorf , Germany
Committee Member Julie A. Bastarache, MD Nashville , TN
Committee Member Ke Yuan, PhD Boston , MA
Committee Member Kelsey D Sack, PhD, MD Belmont , MA
Committee Member Larissa A. Shimoda, PhD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Lindsay Michelle Forbes, MD Denver , CO
Committee Member Mahendra Damarla, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Margaret R Maclean, PhD, ATSF Glasgow , United Kingdom
Committee Member Patrick Belvitch, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Peter Joseph Leary, MD, PhD Seattle , WA
Committee Member Roberto F. Machado, MD Indianapolis , IN
Committee Member Soban Umar, MD, PhD, ATSF LOS ANGELES , CA
Committee Member Steven M. Dudek, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Thenappan Thenappan, MBBS Eden Prairie , MN
Committee Member Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member Vinicio De Jesus Perez, MD, ATSF Palo Alto , CA

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee Member Grazyna Kwapiszewska, NA Graz , Austria
Nominating Committee Member Laszlo Farkas, MD, ATSF Columbus , OH

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Publications Policy Committee
Stephanie D. Davis, MD, ATSF Chapel Hill , NC
Vice Chair
Research Advocacy Committee
Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Vice Chair
Publications Policy Committee
Paul T. Schumacker, PhD, ATSF Northbrook , IL

Board of Directors

President
President
Irina Petrache, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
President-Elect
President-elect
Raed A. Dweik, MD, MBA, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on PC
Vinicio De Jesus Perez, MD, ATSF Palo Alto , CA

Council of ATS (CATS)

Committee Member
Publications Policy Committee
Stephanie D. Davis, MD, ATSF Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Assembly on PC
Vinicio De Jesus Perez, MD, ATSF Palo Alto , CA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representative
Colorado Thoracic Society Chapter
Carolyn H. Welsh, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Representative
California Thoracic Society Chapter
Nicholas Andreas Kolaitis, MD, MS San Rafael , CA

Digital Content Committee Liaison

Committee Member
PC Web Director
Meghan May Cirulis, MD, MSc SALT LAKE CITY , UT
Committee Member
PC Co-Web Director
Sandeep Sahay, MD, ATSF Houston , TX

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Joshua Patrick Fessel, MD, PhD, ATSF Rockville , MD
Committee Member Mudiaga Sowho, MD, MPH Lawrenceville , NJ
Committee Member Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD Ellicott City , MD

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member Theodore F. Reiss, MD, MBE, ATSF New Hope , PA

Finance Committee

Committee Member Raed A. Dweik, MD, MBA, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Steven M. Dudek, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL

Health Policy Committee

Vice Chair
CCR Representative
Nicholas Andreas Kolaitis, MD, MS San Rafael , CA
Committee Member Nandini Sarma, MD Sacramento , CA

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
PC Program Chair
Andrea Lee Frump, MS, PhD Indianapolis , IN
Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair-Elect
Rachel S. Knipe, MD, ATSF Cambridge , MA
Committee Member
PC Program Chair-Elect
Soban Umar, MD, PhD, ATSF LOS ANGELES , CA

Membership Committee

Committee Member Alvaro U. Aranda, MD San Juan , PR
Committee Member Christian Bime, MD, MSc, ATSF Tucson , AZ

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member Priscilla De La Cruz, MD Albuquerque , NM

Project Review Committee

Committee Member Connie C. Hsia, MD, FCCP Dallas , TX
Committee Member Mahendra Damarla, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Stephen Y. Chan, MD, PhD, ATSF Pittsburgh , PA

Publications Policy Committee

Chair Stephanie D. Davis, MD, ATSF Chapel Hill , NC
Vice Chair Paul T. Schumacker, PhD, ATSF Northbrook , IL
Committee Member Connie C. Hsia, MD, FCCP Dallas , TX

Pulmonary Function Testing Committee

Committee Member Aparna Balasubramanian, MD, MHS Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Gerald Stanley Zavorsky, PhD, RCP, RPFT Davis , CA
Committee Member J Alberto Neder, MD, PhD Kingston , Canada

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Dana P. Albon, MD, ATSF Charlottesville , VA
Committee Member Hira Bakhtiar, MD Wilton , CT

Research Advocacy Committee

Vice Chair Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Committee Member Mallar Bhattacharya, MD, MSci San Francisco , CA

SCALe - Board Review and MOC

Committee Member Rania Esteitie, MD, ATSF, FCCP Midland , MI

SCALe - Core Curriculum

Committee Member
Critical Care
David Furfaro, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member
Critical Care
Rania Esteitie, MD, ATSF, FCCP Midland , MI
Committee Member
Sleep
Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Pembroke Pines , FL

SCALe - Education Technology

Committee Member David Furfaro, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Pembroke Pines , FL

SCALe - Professional Development

Committee Member David Chiasiang Chu, MD, ATSF Hummelstown , PA
Committee Member Rania Esteitie, MD, ATSF, FCCP Midland , MI

SCALe - Skills-Based Education

Vice Chair Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FACP, FCCP Rochester , MN
Committee Member Micah R. Fisher, MD Atlanta , GA

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Committee Member Andrew John Sweatt, MD Stanford , CA
Committee Member Ciara M. Shaver, MD, PhD Nashville , TN
Committee Member Corey E. Ventetuolo, MD, MS, ATSF Providence , RI
Committee Member Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF Denver , CO