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Officers & Committees

Officers

Assembly Chair Kenneth N. Olivier, MD, MPH, ATSF, FCCP Chapel Hill , NC
Planning Chair Kristina A. Crothers, MD, ATSF Mercer Island , WA

Planning Committee

Chair Kristina A. Crothers, MD, ATSF Mercer Island , WA

Program Committee

Chair Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Chair-Elect Patricio Escalante, MD, MSc Rochester , MN
Committee Member Amjad N Kanj, MD, MPH ROCHESTER , MN
Committee Member Ashley Jane Losier, MD Fairfield , CT
Committee Member Bashar Samih Staitieh, MD, ATSF Decatur , GA
Committee Member Benjamin G Wu, MD, MSc New York , NY
Committee Member Carlos M. Luna, MD, PhD Buenos Aires , Argentina
Committee Member Chadi A. Hage, MD, ATSF Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Chiagozie Pickens, MD, MSci Chicago , IL
Committee Member Divya Reddy, MBBS, MPH Bronx , NY
Committee Member Emily Henkle, PhD, MPH Portland , OR
Committee Member Eva Otoupalova, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Francisco Sanz, MD, PhD Valencia , Spain
Committee Member Hemang Yadav, MBBS, MA, ATSF Rochester , MN
Committee Member Joseph Keane, MD Dublin 8 , Ireland
Committee Member Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MSCR, ATSF Boise , ID
Committee Member Keven M Robinson, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Laura Pulido Rosario , Argentina
Committee Member Lindsay Ayers Lucas Somerville, MD Charlottesville , VA
Committee Member Mansi Chaturvedi, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Martin Witzenrath, MD Berlin , Germany
Committee Member Monica Campo Patino, MD, MPH Minneapolis , MN
Committee Member Oleg Epelbaum, MD, ATSF Valhalla , NY
Committee Member Pamela J. Mcshane, MD Tyler , TX
Committee Member Rishi Chanderraj, MD, MSCR Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Samantha M Yeligar, MS, PhD, ATSF Decatur , GA
Committee Member Sara Auld, MD, MSc, ATSF Atlanta , GA
Committee Member Sebastian G Kurz, MD New Haven , CT
Committee Member Shashikant Srivastava, PhD Grand Prairie , TX
Committee Member Shelby Macrae, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Shoshana Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD San Francisco , CA
Apprentice Ioannis Konstantinidis, MD, MSc Pittsburgh , PA

Nominating Committee

Nominating Chair Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, ATSF Pittsburgh , PA

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Finance Committee
 Gregory Tino, MD, ATSF, FCCP, FACP Havertown , PA
Chair
Board Nominating Committee
 M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF Rochester , NY
Chair
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Vice Chair
International Health Committee
 Mark Cohen-Todd, MD Guatemala , Guatemala

Awards Committee

Committee Member Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, ATSF Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Kristina A. Crothers, MD, ATSF Mercer Island , WA
Committee Member Michael Bradley Drummond, MHS, MD, ATSF Durham , NC

Board Nominating Committee

Chair M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF Rochester , NY

Board of Directors

Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2027
 David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD, ATSF Portland , OR
Committee Member
Treasurer
 Gregory Tino, MD, ATSF, FCCP, FACP Havertown , PA
Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2028
 Sushma K. Cribbs, MD, MSCR, ATSF Atlanta , GA

Council of ATS (CATS)

Committee Member
Assembly on PI-TB
 Kenneth N. Olivier, MD, MPH, ATSF, FCCP Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Board Nominating Committee
 M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF Rochester , NY
Committee Member
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Committee Member
Public Advisory Roundtable
 Siri Vaeth, MSW Palo Alto , CA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representative
Oklahoma Thoracic Society Chapter
 Cory Damon Cross, MD Oklahoma City , OK
Representative
Washington Thoracic Society Chapter
 Kathleen L. Horan, MD Seattle , WA
Representative
Oregon Thoracic Society Chapter
 Svetlana Kotova Portland , OR

Digital Content Committee

Committee Member Catherine A. Gao, MD Chicago , IL

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Margareth P. Dalcolmo, MD, PhD Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Masfique Mehedi, PhD GRAND FORKS , ND

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD Ballito , South Africa

Finance Committee

Chair Gregory Tino, MD, ATSF, FCCP, FACP Havertown , PA

Health Equity and Diversity Committee

Committee Member
ATS Fellowship
 Kevin J Guzman, MD New York , NY
Committee Member
LGBTQIA+ Liaison
 Michael Bradley Drummond, MHS, MD, ATSF Durham , NC
Committee Member Shail Mehta, MD Kirkwood , MO

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Kathleen M. Akgun, MD, MS, ATSF Madison , CT
Committee Member Sumeet Soni, MBBS Marion , IL

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair-Elect
 Crystal M North, MD, MPH Boston , MA
Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair-Elect
 Jaime L. Hook, MD Larchmont , NY
Committee Member
PI-TB Program Chair
 Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-Elect
 Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, PhD, ATSF Toledo , Spain
Committee Member
PI-TB Program Chair-Elect
 Patricio Escalante, MD, MSc Rochester , MN

International Health Committee

Chair Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Vice Chair Mark Cohen-Todd, MD Guatemala , Guatemala
Committee Member Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member Joy Nkiru Eze, MBBS, ATSF Enugu , Nigeria
Committee Member Lisa L. Chen, MD Albany , CA

Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member
CHEST
 Michael E. Nelson, MD Merriam , KS

Membership Committee

Committee Member Dong Keon Yon, MD, ATSF Seoul , Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Committee Member Rachel Thomson, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, ATSF GREENSLOPES , Australia

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member A. Cole Burks, MD Chapel Hill , NC

Project Review Committee

Committee Member Deebya Raj Mishra, MD Dharan , Nepal
Committee Member Janet Lee, MD, ATSF St. Louis , MO
Committee Member Scott E. Evans, MD, ATSF Houston , TX

Public Advisory Roundtable

Chair Siri Vaeth, MSW Palo Alto , CA

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Wonder P. Drake, MD Baltimore , MD

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Barbara Ellen Jones, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Richa Nahar, MBBS, MD Wood-ridge , NJ

Research Advocacy Committee

Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Amy Skiba Susquehanna , PA
Committee Member Chad Steele, PhD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Kristina A. Crothers, MD, ATSF Mercer Island , WA

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Committee Member Jane E. Gross, MD, PhD, ATSF Chapel Hill , NC