Officers & Committees

Clinical Problems

2011-2012 Officers

Assembly Chair	Kevin K. Brown, MD	Denver, CO
Incoming Assembly Chair	Charlie Strange, MD	Charleston, SC
Program Chair	Gregory Tino, MD	Havertown, PA
Program Chair-Elect	Sanjay Sethi, MD	Buffalo, NY
Planning Chair	Harold R. Collard, MD	San Francisco, CA
Nominating Chair	Barry J. Make, MD	Denver, CO
Web Director	Jeremy A. Falk, MD	Los Angeles, CA
Section Co-Chair Section on Thoracic Oncology	James R. Jett, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Chair CP International Relations	Bartolome R. Celli, MD	Wellesley, MA
Committee Chair Trainee Working Group	Gilbert E. D'Alonzo, DO	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Chair Web Working Group	Victor Kim, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Assembly Liaison	Gilbert E. D'Alonzo, DO	Philadelphia, PA

Nominating Committee

Chair	Barry J. Make, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Meilan K. Han, MD, MS	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Marc A. Judson, MD	Albany, NY

Planning Committee

Chair	Harold R. Collard, MD	San Francisco, CA
Committee Member	Antonio Anzueto, MD	San Antonio, TX
Committee Member	Kevin K. Brown, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Jean E. Chastre, MD	75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
Committee Member	Gerard J. Criner, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Sonye K. Danoff, MD, PhD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	George A. Eapen, MD	Houston, TX
Committee Member	Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS	Sugar Land, TX
Committee Member	Peter J. Mazzone, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Keith C. Meyer, MD	Madison, WI
Committee Member	Marc Miravitlles, MD	Barcelona, Spain
Committee Member	Adam S. Morgenthau, MD	New York, NY
Committee Member	David E. Ost, MD	Houston, TX
Committee Member	M Patricia Rivera, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Gerard A. Silvestri, MD	Charleston, SC
Committee Member	Jeffrey J. Swigris, DO	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Gregory Tino, MD	Havertown, PA

Program Committee

Chair	Sanjay Sethi, MD	Buffalo, NY
Committee Member	Antonio Anzueto, MD	San Antonio, TX
Committee Member	Douglas A. Arenberg, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	John A. Belperio, MD	Los Angeles, CA
Committee Member	Nitin Y. Bhatt, MD	Westerville, OH
Committee Member	Kevin K. Brown, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Prashant N. Chhajed, MD	Mumbai 400052, India
Committee Member	Jason D. Christie, MD, MS	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Brendan James Clark, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Harold R. Collard, MD	San Francisco, CA
Committee Member	Gerard J. Criner, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Sonye K. Danoff, MD, PhD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Mark T. Dransfield, MD	Birmingham, AL
Committee Member	Kevin R. Flaherty, MD	Pinckney, MI
Committee Member	Michael K. Gould, MD, MS	La Canada Flintridge, CA
Committee Member	Meilan K. Han, MD, MS	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	James R. Jett, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Brent W. Kinder, MD	Batavia, OH
Committee Member	Maryl Kreider, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	David J. Lederer, MD	New York, NY
Committee Member	Barry J. Make, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Manoj J. Mammen, MD	Buffalo, NY
Committee Member	David M. Mannino, MD	Lexington, KY
Committee Member	Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Keith C. Meyer, MD	Madison, WI
Committee Member	Zab Mosenifar, MD	Los Angeles, CA
Committee Member	Ali I. Musani, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Anne E. O'Donnell, MD	Washington, DC
Committee Member	Scott M. Palmer, MD	Durham, NC
Committee Member	Karin A. Provost, DO, PhD	Orchard Park, NY
Committee Member	Frank C. Sciurba, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Charlie Strange, MD	Charleston, SC
Committee Member	Jeffrey J. Swigris, DO	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Gregory Tino, MD	Havertown, PA
Committee Member	William D. Travis, MD	New Rochelle, NY
Committee Member	Momen M. Wahidi, MD	Durham, NC
Committee Member	George R. Washko, MD	West Roxbury, MA
Committee Member	Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, MD	London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

Awards Committee

Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA

Board of Directors

President-Elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Executive Director	Stephen C. Crane, PhD, MPH	New York, NY
Committee Member Chair, Assembly on CP	Kevin K. Brown, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member Chair, AII Assembly	Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member Chair, Foundation of ATS	James F. Donohue, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member Chair, PEDS Assembly	Howard B. Panitch, MD	Elkins Park, PA
Committee Member Chair, SRN Assembly	James A. Rowley, MD	Detroit, MI
Committee Member Chair, CC Assembly	Gordon Rubenfeld, MD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member CCR Chair	Dona J. Upson, MD	Albuquerque, NM
Committee Member CCR Past Chair	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Clinical Practice Committee

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 ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Scott Manaker, MD, PhD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Alan L. Plummer, MD	Atlanta, GA

Clinicians Advisory Committee

Committee Member	Martha E. Billings, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member CCR Representative	Christine S. Fukui, MD	Honolulu, HI
Committee Member	Umur S. Hatipoglu, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Louis S. Libby, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	James R. Patterson, MD	Portland, WA
Committee Member	Michael H. Ries, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Jaspal Singh, MD	Charlotte, NC
Committee Member	Lynn T. Tanoue, MD	New Haven, CT
Committee Member CCR Representative	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member	Stephen M. Winter, MD	Ridgefield, CT

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representatives	Rajesh Bhagat, MD	Jackson, MS
Representatives	Christine S. Fukui, MD	Honolulu, HI
Representatives	John I. Gotchall, MD	Corvallis, OR
Representatives	Michael W. Peterson, MD	Fresno, CA
Representatives	Jean T. Santamauro, MD	New York, NY
Representatives	Anthony T. Scardella, MD	New Brunswick, NJ
Representatives	Frank C. Sciurba, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Representatives	Diane E. Stover, MD	New York, NY
Representatives	Dona J. Upson, MD	Albuquerque, NM
Representatives	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Council of Chapter Representatives Officers

Chair	Dona J. Upson, MD	Albuquerque, NM
Immediate Past Chair	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Chair	Michael K. Gould, MD, MS	La Canada Flintridge, CA
Vice Chair	Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Gerard J. Criner, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Maureen R. George, PhD, RN	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Milo A. Puhan, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Gerard M. Turino, MD	New York, NY
Committee Member	Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, MD	London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom
Committee Member	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA
Committee Member	Robert A. Wise, MD	Baltimore, MD

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Chair	Theodore J. Witek, DrPH	Burlington, Canada
Committee Member	Gregory B. Diette, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	John G Matthews, MBBS, PhD, MRCP(UK)	San Francisco, CA
Committee Member CCR Representative	Frank C. Sciurba, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Amy R. Simon, MD	Cambridge, MA

Education Committee

Committee Member	Scott K. Epstein, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Armin Ernst, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Andrew Luks, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	David H. Roberts, MD	Boston, MA

Environmental Health Policy Committee

Committee Member	Kari C. Nadeau, MD, PhD	Los Altos Hills, CA
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 ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Philip A. Lobue, MD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member CCR Representative	Anthony T. Scardella, MD	New Brunswick, NJ
Committee Member	Mark D. Siegel, MD	New HAven, CT
Committee Member	Nicholas S. Ward, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member	Theodore J. Witek, DrPH	Burlington, Canada

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

Chair	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Antonio Anzueto, MD	San Antonio, TX
Committee Member	John H. Hansen-Flaschen, MD	Wynnewood, PA
Committee Member	Polly E. Parsons, MD	Burlington, VT

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member	Cynthia J. Gries, MD, MSc	Seattle, WA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Laura J. H. Milgram, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD	Denver, CO
Committee Member CCR Representative	Dona J. Upson, MD	Albuquerque, NM

International Conference Committee

Committee Member MTPI Program Chair	Kristina A. Crothers, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member PEDS Program Chair	Robin R. Deterding, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member RCMB Program Chair-elect	Martin RJ Kolb, MD	Hamilton, Canada
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member CC Program Chair	Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member SRN Program Chair-elect	Susheel P. Patil, MD, PhD	Ellicott City, MD
Committee Member CP Program Chair-elect	Sanjay Sethi, MD	Buffalo, NY
Committee Member CP Program Chair	Gregory Tino, MD	Havertown, PA

International Health Committee

Committee Member	V Theodore Barnett, MD	Melbourne, FL
Committee Member	Eric D. Bateman, MD	Cape Town 7700, South Africa
Committee Member	E Jane Carter, MD	Providence, RI
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Robert Loddenkemper, MD	14169 Berlin, Germany
Committee Member	Ayse Arzu Yorgancioglu, MD	Izmir, Turkey

Members In Transition and Training Committee

Chair	Renee D. Stapleton, MD, MSc	Burlington, VT
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Polly E. Parsons, MD	Burlington, VT

Membership Committee

Committee Member PAR Representative	Willard A. Fry, MD	Winnetka, IL
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Parameswaran Krishnan Nair, MD	Hamilton, Canada
Committee Member	Mark B. Parshall, PhD	Albuquerque, NM
Committee Member	Laurie D. Snyder, MD	Durham, NC

Nominating Committee

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	Bonnie F. Fahy, RN, MN, CNS	Phoenix, AZ
Committee Member	John H. Hansen-Flaschen, MD	Wynnewood, PA
Committee Member	Cynthia S. Rand, PhD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	David H. Roberts, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Christopher G. Slatore, MD	Portland, OR

Planning and Evaluation Committee

Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Susanna A. Mccolley, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	James A. Rowley, MD	Detroit, MI
Committee Member	William D. Travis, MD	New Rochelle, NY
Committee Member CCR Representative	Carolyn H. Welsh, MD	Denver, CO

Presidential Commission on Patient Involvement

Committee Member	Marc Moss, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Christopher G. Slatore, MD	Portland, OR

Proficiency Standards Committee

Chair	Bruce H. Culver, MD	Mercer Island, WA
Committee Member	Mohammed Al Faiyumi, MBBS	Royal Oak, MI
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC

Program Review Subcommittee

Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Jess Mandel, MD	La Jolla, CA
Committee Member	Susanna A. Mccolley, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Eugene J. Sullivan, MD	Olney, MD
Committee Member	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA

Public Advisory Roundtable

Committee Member

Willard A. Fry, MD

Winnetka, IL

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Executive Director	Stephen C. Crane, PhD, MPH	New York, NY
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
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 Interim Documents Editor	Kevin C. Wilson, MD	Westwood, MA

Quality Improvement Committee

Committee Member CCR Representative	Christine S. Fukui, MD	Honolulu, HI
Committee Member	John E. Heffner, MD	Portland, OR
Committee Member	Robert C. Hyzy, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Adrienne L. Prestridge, MD	Chicago, IL

Research Advocacy Committee

Committee Member	Eric J. Adkins, MD	Columbus, OH
Committee Member	Veena B. Antony, MD	Birmingham, AL
Committee Member CCR Representative	Rajesh Bhagat, MD	Jackson, MS
Committee Member	Naftali Kaminski, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC

Scientific Advisory Committee

Vice Chair	M Safwan Badr, MD	Detroit, MI
Committee Member	Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Christopher H. Goss, MD, MSc	Seattle, WA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC

Tobacco Control Committee

Committee Member	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Alfred Munzer, MD	Takoma Park, MD
Committee Member	David P.L. Sachs, MD	Palo Alto, CA
Committee Member	Alexander C. White, MS, MD	Stoughton, MA

Training Committee

Chair	Brian W. Carlin, MD	Savickloy, PA
Committee Member CCR Representative	Rajesh Bhagat, MD	Jackson, MS
Committee Member	Sucharita R. Kher, MD	Newton, MA
Committee Member ATS President-elect	Monica Kraft, MD	Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member	Maryl Kreider, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Patricia A. Kritek, MD	Seattle, WA