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Assembly Working Groups

Assemblies can choose to form working groups under the purview and approval of the current Assembly Chair. Working groups should include a minimum of five assembly members, but be no larger than twelve. Working groups have a maximum two-year term. Working Groups must complete their goals within the two-year term and cannot be renewed after goals are completed.

Working Groups may be utilized to meet the following goals:

  • Facilitate effective collaboration between Assembly Executive Committees and Assembly Members in a particular
    area within the Assembly;
  • To gain knowledge in a specific topic area under an Assembly;
  • Identify learning gaps in specific disease categories; and
  • Assess assembly membership needs.

Working Groups should not be created if the main objectives of the group are to:

  • Develop an official ATS statement
  • Program sessions at the conference
  • Plan networking events

These are the functions of both the Planning and Program Committees of the Assemblies and those committees must be utilized.

Current Assembly Working Groups

Allergy Immunology & Inflammation

AII Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Dinah Foer, MD
Dr. Vickram Tejwani, MD

Behavioral Science and Health Services Research

BSHSR Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Andrew J. Admon, MD, MPH, MS
Dr. Dustin Krutsinger, MD, MSCE, ATSF
Dr. Kari R Gillmeyer, MD, MSc

Clinical Problems

CP Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Abigail L Koch, MD
Dr. Alyssa Soskis, MD

Critical Care

CC Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Joseph Alan Hippensteel, MS, MD
Dr. Nicholas Elliott Ingraham, MD

Environmental, Occupational and Population Health

EOPH Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Christina Eckhardt, MD, MS
Dr. Ranu Surolia, PhD

Nursing

NUR Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Kelly M Potter, PhD, RN, CNE

Pediatrics

PEDS Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Kristie R. Ross, MD, MS
Dr. Seyni Gueye-Ndiaye, MD

Pulmonary Circulation

PC Early Career Working Group
Dr. Justin K Lui, BSc, MD, MS
Dr. Maryam Sharifi-Sanjani

Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis

PI-TB Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Ashley Jane Losier, MD

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

PR Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Bryan A Ross, MD, FRCPC, MSCE, MSc, BSc(Hons)
Dr. Ruth E. Barker, PhD, MRes

Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology

RCMB Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Scott John Denstaedt, MD
Dr. Elizabeth Anne Middleton, MD

Respiratory Structure & Function

RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Alane Blythe C Dy, PhD, MSPH

Sleep Respiratory & Neurobiology

SRN Early Career Professionals Working Group
Dr. Brandon Nokes, MD

Thoracic Oncology

TO Early Career Professional Working Group
Dr. Roger Y. Kim, MD, MSCE
Dr. Tejaswi R Nadig, MBBS