Officers & Committees
Officers
Chair-Appointee | Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH | Philadelphia , PA |
Chair-Appointee | R. John Kimoff, MD | Montreal , Canada |
Chair-Appointee | Sanjay R. Patel, MD, MS, ATSF | Wexford , PA |
Assembly Chair | Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF | La Jolla , CA |
Immediate Past Assembly Chair | Reena Mehra, MD, MSCR, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
Program Chair | Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF | Chicago , IL |
Program Chair-Elect | Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc | Seattle , WA |
Planning Chair | Sachin R. Pendharkar, MD, MSc, ATSF | Calgary , Canada |
Nominating Chair | Reena Mehra, MD, MSCR, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
Co-Web Director | Nancy H Stewart, DO | Kansas City , KS |
Co-Web Director | Refika Ersu, MD | Ottawa , Canada |
Working Group Chair
Advocacy Working Group |
Sanjay R. Patel, MD, MS, ATSF | Wexford , PA |
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professional |
Aesha M Jobanputra, MD | Piscataway , NJ |
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professional |
Priya Vassant Borker, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
Committee Chair
Sleep Fellowship PDs Committee |
Michelle R. Zeidler, MD | Santa Monica , CA |
Committee Chair
ASPIRE Program |
Richard J. Schwab, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
Representative
PhD and Basic & Translational Scientist Working Group |
Brian E Cade, PhD | Brighton , MA |
Representative
PEDS/SRN Sleep |
Raanan Arens, MD | Bronx , NY |
Planning Committee
Chair | Sachin R. Pendharkar, MD, MSc, ATSF | Calgary , Canada |
Committee Member | Anuja Bandyopadhyay, MD | Indianapolis , IN |
Committee Member | Arezu Najafi | Tehran , Iran (Islamic Republic Of) |
Committee Member | Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD | Forestville , Australia |
Committee Member | Ching Li Chai-Coetzer, MBBS, FRACP, PhD | Adelaide , Australia |
Committee Member | Chitra Lal, MD, ATSF | MT Plesant , SC |
Committee Member | Henry K. Yaggi, MPH | New Haven , CT |
Committee Member | Megan M Lowery, MD | Alachua , FL |
Committee Member | Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci | New York , NY |
Committee Member | Pedro Genta, MD, ATSF | Sao Paulo , Brazil |
Committee Member | Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF | La Jolla , CA |
Committee Member | Thomas M Tolbert, MD | Astoria , NY |
Committee Member | Zarmina Ehsan, MD | Kansas City , MO |
Apprentice | Kevin John Eng, MD | Los Angeles , CA |
Program Committee
Chair | Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF | Chicago , IL |
Chair-Elect | Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc | Seattle , WA |
Committee Member | Ali Azarbarzin, PhD | Boston , MA |
Committee Member | Andrey Zinchuk, MD, MHS, BS | Guilford , CT |
Committee Member | Anita V Shelgikar, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
Committee Member | Ankit Parekh, PhD | New York , NY |
Committee Member | Anna Michelle May, MD, MS | Chagrin Falls , OH |
Committee Member | Bastien Lechat, PhD | Adelaide , Australia |
Committee Member | Brendon J Yee, MBChB, PhD | Sydney , Australia |
Committee Member | Brian K. Gehlbach, MD | Iowa City , IA |
Committee Member | Candela Asensio Caballero Eraso, MD, PhD | Sevilla , Spain |
Committee Member | Christopher Nikolaus Schmickl, MD, PhD | SAN DIEGO , CA |
Committee Member | Diane C. Lim, MD | Miami , FL |
Committee Member | Diego Robles Mazzotti, PhD | Kansas City , KS |
Committee Member | Henry K. Yaggi, MPH | New Haven , CT |
Committee Member | Ikuyo Imayama | Chicago , IL |
Committee Member | Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Committee Member | Jason H. Mateika, PhD | Detroit , MI |
Committee Member | Jonathan C. Jun, MD | Baltimore , MD |
Committee Member | Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS | ISSAQUAH , WA |
Committee Member | Michelle Cao, DO | STANFORD , CA |
Committee Member | Ninotchka L. Sigua, MD, ATSF | Carmel , IN |
Committee Member | Omonigho Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD | Staten Island , NY |
Committee Member | Oren Cohen, MD | NEW ROCHELLE , NY |
Committee Member | Renaud Tamisier, MD, PhD, MBA | Grenoble , France |
Committee Member | Rene Cortese, PhD | Columbia , MO |
Committee Member | Saif A. Mashaqi, MD | Oro Valley , AZ |
Committee Member | Tetyana Kendzerska, MD, PhD | Ottawa , Canada |
Committee Member | Tianyi Huang, ScD, MSc | Needham , MA |
Committee Member | Yuksel Peker, MD, PhD, ATSF | Istanbul , Turkey |
Apprentice | Ana Sanchez Azofra, MD | La Jolla , CA |
Web Committee
Web Director | Nancy H Stewart, DO | Kansas City , KS |
Co-Web Director | Refika Ersu, MD | Ottawa , Canada |
Committee Chair
Education Sub Committee |
Ashesha Mechineni, MD | Lombard , IL |
Committee Chair
Social Media (Twitter) |
Brandon Nokes, MD | Carlsbad , CA |
Committee Chair
Journal Club |
Helena Schotland, MD, ATSF, FAASM | New York , NY |
Committee Chair
Funding |
Madalina Macrea, MD | Roanoke , VA |
Committee Chair
Education Sub Committee |
Melissa A Maloney, MD, FAAP | Salt Lake City , UT |
Committee Co-Chair
Journal Club |
Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Committee Co-Chair
Education Sub Committee |
Sonal Malhotra, MD, MPH | HOUSTON , TX |
Committee Member
Journal Club Funding |
Alex Gileles-Hillel, MD | Jerusalem , Israel |
Committee Member | Anna Michelle May, MD, MS | Chagrin Falls , OH |
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee |
Aylin Ozsancak | Altunizade/ Istanbul , Turkey |
Committee Member
Journal Club |
Brandon Nokes, MD | Carlsbad , CA |
Committee Member
Journal Club |
Chana Ivy Chantawansri Chin, MD | Santa Ana , CA |
Committee Member
Journal Club |
Erin Eschbach, MD | New York , NY |
Committee Member
Social Media (Twitter) |
Gita Gupta, MS | Ann Arbor , MI |
Committee Member
Journal Club |
Malvika Sagar, MD | belton , TX |
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee Social Media (twitter) |
Marie-Anne Melone | Rouen , France |
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee |
Marlene Typaldos, MD | The Woodlands , TX |
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee |
Mary Anne Arcilla Tablizo, MD | Fresno , CA |
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee |
Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu, MD | Grand Rapids , MI |
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee |
Mohammed Sami Saleh Alzoubaidi, MD, MPH, FACP, ATSF | Lake Forest , IL |
Committee Member | Moshe Yaakov Prero, MD | Cleveland , OH |
Committee Member
Outgoing Web Director Journal Club |
Ninotchka L. Sigua, MD, ATSF | Carmel , IN |
Committee Member
Journal Club |
Rakesh Bhattacharjee, MD | San Diego , CA |
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee |
Shazia M. Jamil, MD, FCCP, FAASM, ATSF | La Jolla , CA |
Committee Member
Social Media |
Solmaz Ehteshami-Afshar, MD, MSc | Stanford , CA |
Committee Member
Apprentice |
Vesna Buntak, MD | Bridgeport , CT |
Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees
ATS Committee Chairs
Chair
Learning Council |
Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
CO-Chair
Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee |
Omar Hussain, DO, MS | Downers Grove , IL |
Vice Chair
Research Advocacy Committee |
Indu A. Ayappa, PhD | New York , NY |
Awards Committee
Committee Member | J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
Committee Member | Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci | New York , NY |
Board of Directors
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on SRN |
Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF | La Jolla , CA |
Committee Member
Chair, Education Committee |
Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Council of Chapter Representatives
Representative
Colorado Thoracic Society Chapter |
Carolyn H. Welsh, MD, ATSF | Denver , CO |
Representative
Oklahoma Thoracic Society Chapter |
Cory Damon Cross, MD | Oklahoma City , OK |
Representative
New Jersey Thoracic Society Chapter |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
Digital Content Committee
Committee Member | Anna Michelle May, MD, MS | Chagrin Falls , OH |
Digital Content Committee Liaison
Committee Member
Training Committee |
Kathleen Doo, MD, MEd, ATSF | Oakland , CA |
Committee Member
SRN Web Director |
Nancy H Stewart, DO | Kansas City , KS |
Committee Member
SRN Co-Web Director |
Refika Ersu, MD | Ottawa , Canada |
Documents Development and Implementation Committee
Committee Member | Jeremy Elliot Orr, MD | San Diego , CA |
Committee Member | Madalina Macrea, MD | Roanoke , VA |
Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee
Committee Member | Kingman P. Strohl, MD | Shaker Heights , OH |
Committee Member | Xavier Soler, MD, PhD | Rancho Santa Fe , CA |
Education Committee
Chair
Learning Council Steering Committee |
Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Committee Member
Chair, Pediatric Core Working Group |
Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
Committee Member
Vice Chair, Educational Outcomes Working Group |
Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
Committee Member
Pediatric Core Working Group |
Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group |
Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF | Los Angeles , CA |
Committee Member
Sleep Core Working Group |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
Committee Member
Researcher Education Working Group |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group |
Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH | Chestnut Hill , MA |
Committee Member
Chair, Sleep Core Working Group |
Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH | Chestnut Hill , MA |
Committee Member
Pulmonary Core Working Group |
Krishna M. Sundar, MD | Salt Lake City , UT |
Committee Member
Sleep Core Working Group |
Krishna M. Sundar, MD | Salt Lake City , UT |
Committee Member
Practical Skills Working Group |
Maria Elena Vega Sanchez, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
Committee Member
Educational Consulting Working Group |
Maria Elena Vega Sanchez, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
Committee Member
Sleep Core Working Group |
Melissa Lipford, MD | ROCHESTER , MN |
Committee Member
Vice Chair, Sleep Core Working Group |
Michelle R. Zeidler, MD | Santa Monica , CA |
Committee Member
Educational Outcomes Working Group |
Michelle R. Zeidler, MD | Santa Monica , CA |
Committee Member
Sleep Core Working Group |
Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF | Pembroke Pines , FL |
Environmental Health Policy Committee
Committee Member
PAR Representative |
Kathy Page, AD | Smithton , MO |
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
Committee Member | Margaret Carno, PhD, MBA, RN, CPNP, ATSF | Rochester , NY |
Committee Member | Matthew F Griffith, MD, MPH | Centennial , CO |
Finance Committee
Committee Member | M. Safwan Badr, MD, MBA | Detroit , MI |
Health Equity and Diversity Committee
Committee Member | Ignacio E Tapia, MD, MS | Miami , FL |
Health Policy Committee
Committee Member | Helena Schotland, MD, ATSF, FAASM | New York , NY |
Committee Member | Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH | Philadelphia , PA |
International Conference Committee
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair |
Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF | Chicago , IL |
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-Elect |
Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc | Seattle , WA |
International Health Committee
Committee Member | Sofia Konstantinopoulou | Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee
CO-Chair
ATS |
Omar Hussain, DO, MS | Downers Grove , IL |
Committee Member | Peter C. Gay, MD | Rochester , MN |
Members In Transition and Training Committee
Committee Member | Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS | ISSAQUAH , WA |
Nominating Committee
Committee Member | Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
Committee Member | Elizabeth Wilcox, MD, PhD, FRCPC | Edmonton , Canada |
Patient and Family Education Committee
Committee Member | Sairam Parthasarathy, MD | Tucson , AZ |
Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair |
Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
Project Review Committee
Committee Member | Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MSCR, ATSF | Minneapolis , MN |
Committee Member | Marta Kaminska, MD | Montreal , Canada |
Publications Policy Committee
Committee Member | Abdulghani Sankari, PhD, MD | Bloomfield Hills , MI |
Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee
Committee Member | Hira Bakhtiar, MD | Wilton , CT |
Research Advocacy Committee
Vice Chair | Indu A. Ayappa, PhD | New York , NY |
Committee Member | Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD | Philadelphia , PA |
Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)
Committee Member | Jonathan C. Jun, MD | Baltimore , MD |
Committee Member | Najib Ayas, MPH, MD | Vancouver , Canada |
Committee Member | Vsevolod Seva Polotsky, MD, PhD | Baltimore , MD |
Training Committee
Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Carolyn H. Welsh, MD, ATSF | Denver , CO |
Committee Member | Janaki Paskaradevan, MD | Chicago , IL |
Committee Member | Kathleen Doo, MD, MEd, ATSF | Oakland , CA |
Committee Member | Morgan Soffler, MD | Chappaqua , NY |
Committee Member | Rachel Quaney, MD, MEd | Denver , CO |
Committee Member | Vaishnavi Kundel, MD | New York , NY |