Officers & Committees

2011-2012 Officers

Assembly Chair	Gordon Rubenfeld, MD	Toronto, Canada
Immediate Past Assembly Chair	Jesse B. Hall, MD	Chicago, IL
Program Chair	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA
Program Chair-Elect	B Taylor Thompson, MD	Jamaica Plain, MA
Planning Chair	Renee D. Stapleton, MD, MSc	Burlington, VT
Nominating Chair	Mitchell M. Levy, MD	Providence, RI
Web Director	Nitin Seam, MD	Bethesda, MD
Committee Chair Young Academicians Working Group	Nuala Meyer, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Chair CC International Relations	Antoine Vieillard-Baron	Boulogne 92104, France
Assembly Liaison	Shannon S. Carson, MD	Chapel Hill, NC

Nominating Committee

Chair	Mitchell M. Levy, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member	Laurent J. Brochard, MD	, France
Committee Member	Amal Jubran, MD	Hines, IL

Planning Committee

Chair	Renee D. Stapleton, MD, MSc	Burlington, VT
Committee Member	Ellen L. Burnham, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Carolyn S. Calfee, MD	San Francisco, CA
Committee Member	Shannon S. Carson, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Annette M. Esper, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Valdelis N. Okamoto, MD, PhD	Sao Paulo 01304001, Brazil
Committee Member	Damon C. Scales, MD, PhD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Nitin Seam, MD	Bethesda, MD
Committee Member	Jean-Louis Teboul, MD	Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France
Committee Member	Douglas B. White, MD	Pittsburgh, PA

Program Committee

Chair	B Taylor Thompson, MD	Jamaica Plain, MA
Committee Member	Naeem A. Ali, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member	Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD	Temple, TX
Committee Member	Rebecca M. Baron, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	F Javier Belda, MD, PhD	Valencia, Spain
Committee Member	Alexander B. Benson, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Roy G. Brower, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Carolyn S. Calfee, MD	San Francisco, CA
Committee Member	Jason D. Christie, MD, MS	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Colin R. Cooke, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Christopher E. Cox, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Daniel P. De Backer, MD	Brussels B-1070, Belgium
Committee Member	Annette M. Esper, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Elisa Estenssoro, MD	Buenos Aires 1900 BA, Argentina
Committee Member	Eddy Fan, MD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Robert Fowler, MD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Timothy D. Girard, MSc, MD	Nashville, TN
Committee Member	Michelle Ng Gong, MD	Bronx, NY
Committee Member	Kathryn Hibbert, MD	Cambridge, MA, MA
Committee Member	Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, PhD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Janice M. Liebler, MD	Los Angeles, CA
Committee Member	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Damon C. Scales, MD, PhD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Christopher W. Seymour, MD	Pittsburg, PA
Committee Member	Peter E Spronk, MD	Apeldoorn 7334DZ, Netherlands
Committee Member	Douglas B. White, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Hannah Wunsch, ABA	New York, NY

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

Awards Committee

Chair-Appointee	John W. Christman, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Meinhard P. Kneussl, MD	A-1171 Wien, Austria
Committee Member	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Sharon I. S. Rounds, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member PAR Representative	Eileen Rubin, JD	Northbrook, IL
Ex-Officio	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Board of Directors

President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Executive Director	Stephen C. Crane, PhD, MPH	New York, NY
Committee Member Education Committee Chair	James M. Beck, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member Presidential Appointee	Roy G. Brower, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member Presidential Appointee	Michael B. Green, MD	Charlotte, NC
Committee Member Chair, SRN Assembly	James A. Rowley, MD	Detroit, MI
Committee Member Chair, CC Assembly	Gordon Rubenfeld, MD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member Chair, Assembly on RCMB	Lynn M. Schnapp, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member CCR Past Chair	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Clinical Practice Committee

Chair	Stephen P. Hoffmann, MD	Columbus, OH
Vice Chair	Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Jarrod T. Bruce, MD	Baltimore, OH
Committee Member	Melissa Bruce Rhodes, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Brett J. Gerstenhaber, MD	New HAven, CT
Committee Member	Richard A. Helmers, MD	Phoenix, AZ
Committee Member	Kevin L. Kovitz, MD	Elk Grove Village, IL
Committee Member	Scott Manaker, MD, PhD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Alan L. Plummer, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member CCR Representative	H. Thomas Robertson, MD	Seattle, WA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Clinicians Advisory Committee

Chair	Michael B. Green, MD	Charlotte, NC
Committee Member	James M. Beck, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Martha E. Billings, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Karen A. Fagan, MD	Daphne, AL
Committee Member	Umur S. Hatipoglu, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	David L. Hotchkin, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Louis S. Libby, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Rebecca Logiudice, BScN, RN, MN, MS	Watertown, MA
Committee Member	James R. Patterson, MD	Portland, WA
Committee Member	Michael H. Ries, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Michael D. Schwartz, MD	Englewood, CO
Committee Member	Jaspal Singh, MD	Charlotte, NC
Committee Member CCR Representative	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Stephen M. Winter, MD	Ridgefield, CT

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representatives	John I. Gotchall, MD	Corvallis, OR
Representatives	Robin L. Gross, MD	Washington, DC
Representatives	Stephen P. Hoffmann, MD	Columbus, OH
Representatives	Kellie R. Jones, MD	Edmond, OK
Representatives	Jeffrey L. Kupperman, MD	Santa Barbara, CA
Representatives	Michael W. Peterson, MD	Fresno, CA
Representatives	H. Thomas Robertson, MD	Seattle, WA
Representatives	Anthony T. Scardella, MD	New Brunswick, NJ
Representatives	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Council of Chapter Representatives Officers

Immediate Past Chair

Carolyn H. Welsh, MD

Denver, CO

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Chair	Michael K. Gould, MD, MS	La Canada Flintridge, CA
Committee Member	Colin R. Cooke, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Gerard J. Criner, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Min J. Joo, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA
Committee Member	Robert A. Wise, MD	Baltimore, MD
Ex-Officio ATS IImmediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member	Mark D. Eisner, MD	South San Francisco, CA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Neil R. Macintyre, MD	Durham, NC
Committee Member	Gregory R. Porta	Mason, OH
Committee Member	Theodore F. Reiss, MD	New Hope, PA
Committee Member	Amy R. Simon, MD	Cambridge, MA
Committee Member	Duncan J. Stewart, MD	Ottawa, Canada
Ex-Officio	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Education Committee

Chair	James M. Beck, MD	Denver, CO
Vice Chair	Carey C. Thomson, MD	Cambridge, MA
Committee Member	Alice M. Boylan, MD	Charleston, SC
Committee Member	Steven M. Dudek, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Scott K. Epstein, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Armin Ernst, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Marc B. Hershenson, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Andrew Luks, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Jason T. Poston, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Theodore F. Reiss, MD	New Hope, PA
Committee Member	David H. Roberts, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Larry A. Sonna, MD, PhD	Great Falls, MT

Environmental Health Policy Committee

Committee Member

Anthony M. Szema, MD

East Setauket, NY

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Chair	Douglas B. White, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Vice Chair	Leonard Sicilian, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Sangeeta M. Bhorade, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Gabriel T. Bosslet, MD	Indianapolis, IN
Committee Member	Bradford J Glavan, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, M(ASCP)	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Mithya Lewis-Newby, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Philip A. Lobue, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Constantine A. Manthous, MD	Hamden, CT
Committee Member	Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc	Nashville, TN
Committee Member CCR Representative	Anthony T. Scardella, MD	New Brunswick, NJ
Committee Member	Hasan Shanawani, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Mark D. Siegel, MD	New HAven, CT
Committee Member	Nicholas S. Ward, MD	Providence, RI
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Finance Committee (formerly Audit & Finance / Program & Budget Committee)

Committee Member	Antonio Anzueto, MD	San Antonio, TX
Committee Member	James M. Beck, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	John H. Hansen-Flaschen, MD	Wynnewood, PA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Polly E. Parsons, MD	Burlington, VT
Committee Member	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Health Policy Committee

Chair	Ivor S. Douglas, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Cynthia J. Gries, MD, MSc	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Chadi A. Hage, MD	Indianapolis, IN
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Erin K Kross, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD	Denver, CO
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

International Conference Committee

Committee Member RSF Program Chair	Jason H. T. Bates, PhD, DSc	Burlington, VT
Committee Member	James M. Beck, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member MTPI Program Chair	Kristina A. Crothers, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member PC Program Chair-elect	James R. Klinger, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member CC Program Chair	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member PR Program Chair-elect	Michael David L Morgan, MD	Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom
Committee Member SRN Program Chair-elect	Susheel P. Patil, MD, PhD	Ellicott City, MD
Committee Member CC Program Chair-elect	B Taylor Thompson, MD	Jamaica Plain, MA
Committee Member BSA Program Chair-elect	John D Thornton, MD, MPH	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member CP Program Chair	Gregory Tino, MD	Havertown, PA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

International Health Committee

Chair	Gustavo Matute-Bello, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Neill Adhikari, MD, FRCP(C)	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	V Theodore Barnett, MD	Melbourne, FL
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Fernando Holguin, MD, MPH	Pittsburgh, PA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Members In Transition and Training Committee

Chair	Renee D. Stapleton, MD, MSc	Burlington, VT
Committee Member	Sushma K. Cribbs, MD	Decatur, GA
Committee Member	Dee W. Ford, MD	Charleston, SC
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Prema R. Menon, MBBS	South Burlington, VT
Committee Member	Tanmay Panchabhai, MD	Louisville, KY
Committee Member	Polly E. Parsons, MD	Burlington, VT
Committee Member	Jeremy B Richards, MA, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Kari E. Roberts, MD	Boston, MA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Membership Committee

Committee Member	Vijay Balasubramanian, MD	Fresno, CA
Committee Member	Annette M. Esper, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Erik Garpestad, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Jeffrey A. Gold, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Jeffrey R Jacobson, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Lisa A. Maier, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Elizabeth A. Miller, MD	Shoreview, MN
Committee Member	Robert Naeije, MD, PhD	1070 Brussels, Belgium
Committee Member	Theodore F. Reiss, MD	New Hope, PA
Committee Member	Brent P. Riscili, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member	Laurie D. Snyder, MD	Durham, NC
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Nominating Committee

Chair	Molly L. Osborne, MD, PhD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	J Randall Curtis, MD, MPH	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Jesse B. Hall, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Louis S. Libby, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Marc Moss, MD	Aurora, CO

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member	John H. Hansen-Flaschen, MD	Wynnewood, PA
Committee Member	David H. Roberts, MD	Boston, MA

Planning and Evaluation Committee

Committee Member	Charles L. Daley, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Timothy D. Girard, MSc, MD	Nashville, TN
Committee Member	Michael B. Green, MD	Charlotte, NC
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Robert Duncan Hite, MD	Winston Salem, NC
Committee Member	James A. Rowley, MD	Detroit, MI
Committee Member CCR Representative	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Christine H. Wendt, MD	Minneapolis, MN
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Presidential Commission on Patient Involvement

Chair	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Marc Moss, MD	Aurora, CO

Proficiency Standards Committee

Chair	Bruce H. Culver, MD	Mercer Island, WA
Committee Member	Mohammed Al Faiyumi, MBBS	Royal Oak, MI
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Neil R. Macintyre, MD	Durham, NC
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Program Review Subcommittee

Committee Member	Naeem A. Ali, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	James R. Klinger, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member	Jess Mandel, MD	La Jolla, CA
Committee Member	Eugene J. Sullivan, MD	Olney, MD
Committee Member	Timothy R. Watkins, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Public Advisory Roundtable

Committee Member	Gregory R. Porta	Mason, OH
Committee Member	Eileen Rubin, JD	Northbrook, IL

Publications Policy Committee

Chair	Roy G. Brower, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Edward Abraham, MD	Winston-Salem, NC
Committee Member Executive Director	Stephen C. Crane, PhD, MPH	New York, NY
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Manu Jain, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	John P. Kress, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Patricia A. Kritek, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Louis S. Libby, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Polly E. Parsons, MD	Burlington, VT
Committee Member Editor, Website	Thomas B. Stibolt, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member Editor, AJRCCM	Jacob I. Sznajder, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member Interim Documents Editor	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Quality Improvement Committee

Chair	Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Laura M. Cecere, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Colin R. Cooke, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Carolyn M. Fruci, MD, PhD	Chesapeake, VA
Committee Member	John E. Heffner, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	David Hiestand, MD	Louisville, KY
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Robert C. Hyzy, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Damon C. Scales, MD, PhD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Larry A. Sonna, MD, PhD	Great Falls, MT
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Research Advocacy Committee

Committee Member	Eric J. Adkins, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member	Shannon S. Carson, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	James R. Klinger, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member	Roberto F. Machado, MD	Chicago, IL
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Scientific Advisory Committee

Committee Member	Patrick G. Arndt, MD	Minneapolis, MN
Committee Member	Rodney J. Folz, MD, PhD	Louisville, KY
Committee Member	Andrew P. Fontenot, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Mark T. Gladwin, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Gokhan M. Mutlu, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Karen M. Ridge, PhD	Villa Park, IL
Committee Member	Victor J. Thannickal, MD	Birmingham, AL
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Tobacco Control Committee

Committee Member	Mark D. Eisner, MD	South San Francisco, CA
Committee Member	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Alfred Munzer, MD	Takoma Park, MD
Ex-Officio	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL

Training Committee

Committee Member	Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD	San Diego, CA
Committee Member	Carolyn M. D'Ambrosio, MD, MS	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Henry E. Fessler, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Hussein D. Foda, MD, MBChB	Stony Brook, NY
Committee Member ATS President	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Danai Khemasuwan, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Sucharita R. Kher, MD	Newton, MA
Committee Member	Maryl Kreider, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Patricia A. Kritek, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Jennifer W. Mccallister, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member	Richard D. Minshall, PhD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Arthur W. Sung, MD	New York, NY
Ex-Officio ATS Immediate Past President	Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD	Chicago, IL