Officers & Committees

Pediatrics

2011-2012 Officers

Assembly Chair	Howard B. Panitch, MD	Elkins Park, PA
Immediate Past Assembly Chair	Thomas W. Ferkol, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Program Chair	Robin R. Deterding, MD	Aurora, CO
Program Chair-Elect	Carolyn M. Kercsmar, MD	Cincinnati, OH
Planning Chair	James Chmiel, MD, MPH	Cleveland, OH
Nominating Chair	Susanna A. Mccolley, MD	Chicago, IL
Web Director	Wan Chong Tsai, MD	Toledo, OH
Committee Chair Working Group on the Shortage of Academic Pediatric Pulmonologists	Thomas W. Ferkol, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Committee Chair PEDS International Relations	Enrico Lombardi, MD	Florence, Italy
Committee Chair PEDS Membership Working Group	Clement L. Ren, MD	Rochester, NY

Nominating Committee

Chair	Susanna A. Mccolley, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Gwendolyn Kerby, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Gregory J. Redding, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member International	Heather J. Zar, MD, PhD	Cape Town, South Africa

Planning Committee

Chair	James Chmiel, MD, MPH	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Julian L. Allen, MD	Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member	Debra M. Boyer, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Stephanie D. Davis, MD	Indianapolis, IN
Committee Member	Marie E. Egan, MD	New HAven, CT
Committee Member	Albert Faro, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Committee Member	Thomas W. Ferkol, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Committee Member	Anne M. Fitzpatrick, PhD	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Theresa W. Guilbert, MD	Madison, WI
Committee Member	Susanna A. Mccolley, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Samya Z. Nasr, MD	Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member	Mary A. Nevin, MD	Chicago, IL
Committee Member	Howard B. Panitch, MD	Elkins Park, PA
Committee Member	Felix A. Ratjen, MD	Toronto, Canada
Committee Member	Clement L. Ren, MD	Rochester, NY
Committee Member	Kristie R. Ross, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Michael S. Schechter, MD, MPH	Atlanta, GA
Committee Member	Peter D. Sly, MD	Herston Qld, Australia
Committee Member	Dennis C. Stokes, MD	Memphis, TN
Committee Member	Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, PhD	Baltimore, MD

Program Committee

Chair	Carolyn M. Kercsmar, MD	Cincinnati, OH
Committee Member	Hans Bisgaard, MD	Gentofte, Denmark
Committee Member	Ira M Cheifetz, ABP, MD	Durham, NC
Committee Member	James Chmiel, MD, MPH	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Cori L. Daines, MD	Tucson, AZ
Committee Member	Jason S. Debley, MD	Seattle, WA
Committee Member	Robin R. Deterding, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Marie E. Egan, MD	New HAven, CT
Committee Member	Ann C. Halbower, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Aaron Hamvas, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Committee Member	Gesine Hansen, MD	Hannover, Germany
Committee Member	Gunilla L. Hedlin, MD, PhD	Sollentuna 19133, Sweden
Committee Member	Meyer Kattan, MD	New York, NY
Committee Member	Anastassios Constantin Koumbourlis, MD, MPH	Washington, DC
Committee Member	Geoffrey Kurland, MD	Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Member	Enrico Lombardi, MD	Florence, Italy
Committee Member	Karen M. Mcdowell, MD	Blue Ash, OH
Committee Member	Brian M. Mcginley, MD	Baltimore, MD
Committee Member	Gary L. Mcphail, MD	Cincinnati, OH
Committee Member	Wayne J. Morgan, MD	Tucson, AZ
Committee Member	Peter M. Mourani, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member	Carlos M. Perez-Velez, MD	Medellin, Colombia
Committee Member	Adrienne G. Randolph, MD	Boston, MA
Committee Member	Sarath C. Ranganathan, PhD	Parkville, Australia
Committee Member	Clement L. Ren, MD	Rochester, NY
Committee Member	Lawrence M. Rhein, MD	Waban, MA
Committee Member	Sejal Saglani, BSc(Hons), MD, MBChB, MRCP(UK)	London, United Kingdom
Committee Member	Nanci Yuan, MD	Palo Alto, CA

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

Board of Directors

Secretary-Treasurer	Thomas W. Ferkol, MD	Saint Louis, MO
Executive Director	Stephen C. Crane, PhD, MPH	New York, NY
Committee Member Chair, PEDS Assembly	Howard B. Panitch, MD	Elkins Park, PA

Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member

Burton L. Lesnick, MD

Atlanta, GA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representatives

Samya Z. Nasr, MD

Ann Arbor, MI

Council of Chapter Representatives Officers

Secretary

Samya Z. Nasr, MD

Ann Arbor, MI

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member

Marianna Martin Sockrider, MD, DrPH

Houston, TX

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member

Gregory R. Porta

Mason, OH

Education Committee

Committee Member	Margaret Ann Carno, PhD, MBA, RN, CPNP, FNAP	Rochester, NY
Committee Member	Marc B. Hershenson, MD	Ann Arbor, MI

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member	Wanda M. Gibson-Scipio, PhD, FNP	West Bloomfield, MI
Committee Member	Mithya Lewis-Newby, MD	Seattle, WA

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

Committee Member

Thomas W. Ferkol, MD

Saint Louis, MO

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member	Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD	Houston, TX
Committee Member	Laura J. H. Milgram, MD	Cleveland, OH
Committee Member	Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD	Denver, CO

International Conference Committee

Committee Member PEDS Program Chair	Robin R. Deterding, MD	Aurora, CO
Committee Member NUR Program Chair	Wanda M. Gibson-Scipio, PhD, FNP	West Bloomfield, MI
Committee Member PEDS Program Chair-elect	Carolyn M. Kercsmar, MD	Cincinnati, OH
Committee Member BSA Program Chair-elect	Kristin A. Riekert, PhD	Baltimore, MD