Committees

Committee

International Conference Committee

Chair Jennifer L. Taylor, MD, MSc, ATSF Denver, CO
Chair-Elect Paul D. Robinson, MD, PhD, ATSF Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Committee Member - PR Program Chair Alan L. Hamilton, PhD Waterdown, ON, Canada
Committee Member - PI-TB Program Chair Elect Amali E. Samarasinghe, PhD, ATSF Madison, WI
Committee Member - CC Program Chair Elect Andrew J. Admon, MD, MPH, MS Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member - PR Program Chair Elect Clarice Y. Tang, DPT St Helena, VIC, Australia
Committee Member - EOPH Program Chair Crystal M. North, MD, MPH Boston, MA
Committee Member - EOPH Program Chair Elect Daniel Croft, MD, MPH, ATSF Rochester, NY
Committee Member - NUR Program Chair Deena K. Costa, PhD, RN Orange, CT
Committee Member - TO Program Chair Fabien Maldonado, MD, MS Brentwood, TN
Committee Member - PC Program Chair Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD Houston, TX
Committee Member - BSHSR Program Chair Elect Jacqueline M. Kruser, MD, MS, ATSF Madison, WI
Committee Member - RCMB Program Chair Jaime L. Hook, MD New York, NY
Committee Member - CC Program Chair Jen-Ting T. Chen, MD San Francisco, CA
Committee Member - NUR Program Chair Elect Kelly M. Toth, PhD, RN Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member - CP Program Chair Elect Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MS, ATSF Boise, ID
Committee Member - PED Program Chair Lael Yonker, MD, ATSF Dallas, TX
Committee Member - PC Program Chair-Elect Lahouaria Hadri, PhD NEW YORK, NY
Committee Member - CP Program Chair Lida P. Hariri, MD, PhD, ATSF Boston, MA
Committee Member - SRN Program Chair Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, PhD Toledo, Spain, Spain
Committee Member - RCMB Program Chair Elect Mareike Lehmann, PhD Marburg Germany, Hesse, Germany
Committee Member - RSF Program Chair Elect Markus D. Weckmann, PhD, MS, ATSF Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Committee Member - PI-TB Program Chair Patricio Escalante, MD, MSc, ATSF Rochester, MN
Committee Member - RSF Program Chair Peter J. Niedbalski, PhD Kansas City, KS
Committee Member - PED Program Chair-Elect Reshma Amin, MD Toronto, ON, Canada
Committee Member - AII Program Chair Elect Robert M. Tighe, MD, ATSF Durham, NC
Committee Member - TO Program Chair Elect Seyed Javad Moghaddam, MD, ATSF Houston, TX
Committee Member - BSHSR Program Chair Thomas S. Valley, MD, MSc, ATSF Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member - SRN Program Chair Elect Vaishnavi N. Kundel, MD, MSc New York, NY
Committee Member - AII Program Chair Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD, ATSF Scottsdale, AZ
Staff Ashley Parent, MA New York, NY
Staff D'Ann Brown-Janowiak New York, NY

The International Conference Committee is responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing scientific and educational sessions and other programs of the ATS International Conference. This responsibility includes securing, reviewing and selecting proposals and abstracts for the scientific sessions, coordinating sessions devoted to continuing medical education, and supervising the conduct and content of collaboratively sponsored programs. The International Conference Committee evaluates the quality of each year's International Conference and proposes strategies to improve the conference in subsequent years.

Benchmarks, 2026-2027:
• Identify innovative, efficient and effective ways to present the International Conference content, and work with ATS leadership to facilitate implementation of new Society initiatives.
• Enhance international attendance by ensuring clinical and basic science sessions reflect a global approach to health and disease wherever possible.
• Encourage participation of younger professionals and trainees by increasing interaction between early career investigators and clinicians with more senior ATS members.
• Program non-Assembly symposia to cover committee activities and strategic initiatives of the Society.