Officers & Committees
Officers
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Chair
Science and Innovation Center |
Carmen Mikacenic, MD | Seattle , WA |
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Chair
AII International Relations Advisory |
Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH | Seattle , WA |
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Chair
Asthma Center |
Neha Solanki, MD | Cleveland , OH |
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CO-Chair
Science Core IC Project |
Benjamin D. Medoff, MD | Boston , MA |
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CO-Chair
Science Core IC Project |
Bethany B. Moore, PhD | Ann Arbor , MI |
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CO-Chair
Science and Innovation Center |
Filiz Tanja Korkmaz, PhD | Iowa City , IA |
| Assembly Chair | Fernando L Holguin, MD | Aurora , CO |
| Program Chair | Yvonne J. Huang, MD | Madison , WI |
| Program Chair-Elect | Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD | Cave Creek , AZ |
| Planning Chair | Josalyn L. Cho, MD, ATSF | North Liberty , IA |
| Nominating Chair | Angela Rogers, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
| Web Director | Sara Assaf, MD | Albuquerque , NM |
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Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals |
Dinah Foer, MD | Boston , MA |
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Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals |
Vickram Tejwani, MD | Cleveland , OH |
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Representative
PhD Working Group |
Megan N. Ballinger, PhD | Columbus , OH |
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Representative
AII Microbiome in Lung Disease Section on Genetics & Genomics (SGG) |
Stavros Garantziotis, MD | Research Triangle Park , NC |
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Committee Member
Asthma Center |
Jyoti Lenka, MD | Las Vegas , NV |
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Committee Member
Asthma Center |
Richard Paul Ramonell, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
Planning Committee
| Chair | Josalyn L. Cho, MD, ATSF | North Liberty , IA |
| Committee Member | Angela Rogers, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
| Committee Member | Arjun Mohan, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Dinah Foer, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Efthymia Matthaiou, PhD | Delmar , NY |
| Committee Member | Eric Douglas Morrell, MD | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc | Los Angeles , CA |
| Committee Member | Isaac Kirubakaran Sundar, PhD, ATSF | Kansas City , KS |
| Committee Member | Jason R Mock, MD, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Jennifer L. Ingram, PhD | Durham , NC |
| Committee Member | Jezreel Pantaleón García, BS, MD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD | Orange , CT |
| Committee Member | Lee J. Quinton, PhD | Worcester , MA |
| Committee Member | Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra, MD | Pondicherry , India |
| Committee Member | Miranda Curtiss, MD, PhD | Vestavia Hills , AL |
| Committee Member | Niki Ubags, PhD | Sullens , Switzerland |
| Committee Member | Ramsey R Hachem, MD | Salt Lake City , UT |
| Committee Member | Ridhwan Baba, MD, ATSF | Harrison , NY |
| Committee Member | Sarah Elizabeth Holton, MD, PhD | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Teal S Hallstrand, MD, MPH | Seattle , WA |
| Apprentice | Adam C Soloff, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
Program Committee
| Chair | Yvonne J. Huang, MD | Madison , WI |
| Chair-Elect | Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD | Cave Creek , AZ |
| Committee Member | Aaron Vose, MD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Alicia M.H. Casey, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Amali E. Samarasinghe, PhD | Madison , WI |
| Committee Member | Amit Gaggar, MD, PhD | Hoover , AL |
| Committee Member | Anukul Taranath Shenoy, MS, PhD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Benjamin D. Medoff, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Christen Vagts, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Daniel Paul Cook, MD, PhD | Iowa City , IA |
| Committee Member | Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Erica Michelle Orsini, MD, PhD | Pepper Pike , OH |
| Committee Member | Filiz Tanja Korkmaz, PhD | Iowa City , IA |
| Committee Member | Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Jeffrey Michael Sturek, MD, PhD | CHARLOTTESVILLE , VA |
| Committee Member | Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, ATSF | Saint Louis , MO |
| Committee Member | Jon L. Koff, MD | North Haven , CT |
| Committee Member | Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH | Saint Louis , MO |
| Committee Member | Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PhD | Durham , NC |
| Committee Member | Luisa Morales-Nebreda, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Manali Mukherjee, PhD | Hamilton , Canada |
| Committee Member | Matthew C. Exline, MD, MPH | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Meghan Dolan Althoff, MD, PhD | DENVER , CO |
| Committee Member | Melody G. Duvall, MD, PhD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Muhammad Adrish, MD, MBA | Sugar Land , TX |
| Committee Member | Nereida A. Parada, MD | New Orleans , LA |
| Committee Member | Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD | Cleveland , OH |
| Committee Member | Richard Paul Ramonell, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Ryan C Murphy, MD | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Simon Couillard, MD, MSc | Sherbrooke , Canada |
| Committee Member | Stavros Garantziotis, MD | Research Triangle Park , NC |
| Committee Member | Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS | Glen Ellen , CA |
| Committee Member | Suzanne M Cloonan, PhD | Dublin , Ireland |
| Committee Member | Tianshi David Wu, MD, ATSF | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Tristan Kooistra, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | William Bain, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Apprentice | Jonathan Isaac Witonsky, MD | San Francisco , CA |
Web Committee
| Web Director | Sara Assaf, MD | Albuquerque , NM |
| Committee Member | Andrew Lewis, DO | Cleveland , OH |
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Committee Member
Apprentice |
Jeffrey Barry, MD, MPH | San Diego , CA |
| Committee Member | Jehan Alladina, MD | Belmont , MA |
| Committee Member | Jyoti Lenka, MD | Las Vegas , NV |
| Committee Member | Marc Gauthier, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Matthew C. Exline, MD, MPH | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Michelle L. Manni, PhD, ATSF | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Neha Solanki, MD | Cleveland , OH |
| Committee Member | Roomi Nusrat, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Shaun Pienkos, MD | Redwood City , CA |
| Apprentice | Mythri Anil Kumar, MBBS | San Antonio , TX |
Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees
ATS Committee Chairs
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Chair
International Health Committee |
Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD | Cape Town , South Africa |
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Chair
Research Advocacy Committee |
Thomas J. Mariani, PhD | Rochester , NY |
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Vice Chair
Membership Committee |
Farrah Kheradmand, MD | Houston , TX |
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Vice Chair
Awards Committee |
Jay K. Kolls, MD | New Orleans , LA |
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Vice Chair
Scientific Grant Review Committee |
Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS | Glen Ellen , CA |
ATS Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
| Committee Member | Claudia C. Dos Santos, MD | Toronto , Canada |
| Committee Member | Craig P. Hersh, MD, MPH | Canton , MA |
| Committee Member | Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD | Orange , CT |
| Committee Member | Maureen R. Horton, MD | San Francisco , CA |
ATS Task Force on Partnerships (ATP)
| Chair | Gregory P. Downey, MD | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Alana Clemens-Saliba, BS | Bridgewater , NJ |
| Committee Member | Colin Reisner, FCCP, ATSF | Sarasota , FL |
| Committee Member | Monica Kraft, MD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Sally Marie Seymour, NA | Huron , Ohio |
| Committee Member | Serpil C. Erzurum, MD | Cleveland , OH |
Awards Committee
| Vice Chair | Jay K. Kolls, MD | New Orleans , LA |
| Committee Member | Ana L. Mora, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Benjamin D. Medoff, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Peggy S. Lai, ATSF, MPH, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Richard A. Johnston, PhD | Morgantown , WV |
| Committee Member | Tomeka Lynette Suber, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
Board of Directors
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Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2027 |
Bethany B. Moore, PhD | Ann Arbor , MI |
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Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2027 |
David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD, ATSF | Portland , OR |
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Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2029 |
Erick Forno, MD, MPH | Indianapolis , IN |
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Committee Member
Secretary |
Jesse Mae Roman, MD | Atlanta , GA |
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Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2026 |
Patricia J Sime, MD, FRCP, FACP, ATSF | Richmond , VA |
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Committee Member
President |
Raed A. Dweik, MD, MBA | Cleveland , OH |
Council of ATS
| Chair | Terri A. Laguna, MD | Seattle , WA |
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Committee Member
Assembly on RCMB |
Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD | Denver , CO |
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Committee Member
Assembly on AII |
Fernando L Holguin, MD | Aurora , CO |
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Committee Member
Assembly on EOPH |
Mary Berlik Rice, MD, MPH | Boston , MA |
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Committee Member
International Health Committee |
Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD | Cape Town , South Africa |
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Committee Member
Research Advocacy Committee |
Thomas J. Mariani, PhD | Rochester , NY |
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Ex-Officio
Secretary |
Jesse Mae Roman, MD | Atlanta , GA |
Council of Chapter Representatives
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Representative
Washington Thoracic Society Chapter |
Kathleen L. Horan, MD | Seattle , WA |
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Representative
D.C.-Metro Thoracic Society Chapter |
Robin L. Gross, MD | Washington , DC |
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Representative
Massachusetts Thoracic Society Chapter |
Sydney B Montesi, MD | Weston , MA |
Documents Development and Implementation Committee
| Committee Member | Amisha Barochia, MBBS, MHS, ATSF | Bethesda , MD |
Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee
| Committee Member | Amir A. Zeki, MD | Rancho Cordova , CA |
| Committee Member | Benjamin T. Suratt, MD | Charlestown , MA |
| Committee Member | Masfique Mehedi, PhD | GRAND FORKS , ND |
| Committee Member | Michael Patrick Coughlin, DO | North Olmsted , OH |
| Committee Member | Nadine Mokhallati, MD | Overland Park , KS |
| Committee Member | Rebecca A. Shilling, MD | Cambridge , MA |
| Committee Member | Sydney B Montesi, MD | Weston , MA |
Environmental Health Policy Committee
| Committee Member | Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Emily Brigham, MD | North Vancouver , Canada |
| Committee Member | Jared Michael Radbel, MD, ATSF | East Brunswick , NJ |
| Committee Member | Maeve Georgia Macmurdo, MBChB, MPH | Cleveland Heights , OH |
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
| Committee Member | Ayodeji O. Adegunsoye, MD, MS, PhD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Neeta Thakur, MD, MPH, ATSF | San Francisco , CA |
| Committee Member | Refiloe Masekela, PhD | Ballito , South Africa |
| Committee Member | Robert Paine, MD, ATSF | Salt Lake City , UT |
| Committee Member | Theodore F. Reiss, MD, MBE, ATSF | New Hope , PA |
Finance Committee
| Committee Member | Anne I. Sperling, PhD | Charlottesville , VA |
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Jesse Mae Roman, MD | Atlanta , GA |
Health Equity and Diversity Committee
| Committee Member | Ariangela J Kozik, PhD | Dexter , MI |
| Committee Member | Natoushka Trenard, MD, MPH | Flushing , NY |
| Committee Member | Raksha Jain, MD, MSci, ATSF | Dallas , TX |
| Committee Member | Shail Mehta, MD | Kirkwood , MO |
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Committee Member
LGBTQIA+ Liaison |
Terri A. Laguna, MD | Seattle , WA |
Health Policy Committee
| Committee Member | Christopher Carlsten, MD, MPH | Vancouver , Canada |
| Committee Member | Folashade Afolabi, MD | Dallas , TX |
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Committee Member
PAR Representative |
Mary E. McGowan | Davis , WV |
International Conference Committee
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Committee Member
PC Program Chair-Elect |
Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD | Houston , TX |
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Committee Member
PEDS Program Chair-Elect |
Lael Yonker, MD, ATSF | Dallas , TX |
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Committee Member
PR Program Chair |
Neil James Greening, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, BMedSci | Leicester , United Kingdom |
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Committee Member
RSF Program Chair-Elect |
Peter James Niedbalski, PhD | Merriam , KS |
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Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair |
Rachel S. Knipe, MD | Cambridge , MA |
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Committee Member
RSF Program Chair |
Rodney D Britt, PhD | Columbus , OH |
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Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair |
Tara M. Nordgren, PhD | Omaha , NE |
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Committee Member
AII Program Chair-Elect |
Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD | Cave Creek , AZ |
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Committee Member
AII Program Chair |
Yvonne J. Huang, MD | Madison , WI |
International Health Committee
| Chair | Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD | Cape Town , South Africa |
| Committee Member | Bulent Taner Karadag, MD | Istanbul , Türkiye |
| Committee Member | Engi Farouk Attia, MD, MPH | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Fernando L Holguin, MD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH | Saint Louis , MO |
| Committee Member | Kiyoyasu Kurahashi, MD, PhD, ATSF | Kamakura , Japan |
| Committee Member | Ozge Yilmaz, MD | Izmir , Türkiye |
| Committee Member | Satoshi Konno, MD | Sapporo , Japan |
Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee
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Committee Member
ATS |
Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD | Solon , OH |
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Committee Member
CHEST |
Shyamsunder Subramanian, MD | san ramon , CA |
Membership Committee
| Vice Chair | Farrah Kheradmand, MD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Alvaro U. Aranda, MD | San Juan , PR |
| Committee Member | Cedric James Rutland, MD, FCCP | Newport Beach , CA |
| Committee Member | Lisa A. Maier, MD | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Mark A. Malesker, PharmD | Omaha , NE |
| Committee Member | Rachel Thomson, MBBS, PhD | BRISBANE , Australia |
Patient and Family Education Committee
| Committee Member | Elif Isik, PhD | Denton , TX |
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Committee Member
PAR Representative |
Joyce A. Kullman, BS | Kansas City , MO |
| Committee Member | Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH | Saint Louis , MO |
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Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Robin L. Gross, MD | Washington , DC |
Project Review Committee
| Committee Member | Alex Gileles-Hillel, MD, ATSF | Jerusalem , Israel |
| Committee Member | Arjun Mohan, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Janet Lee, MD | St. Louis , MO |
| Committee Member | Janette K. Burgess, BSc, PhD, ATSF | Groningen , Netherlands |
| Committee Member | Jeffrey C. Horowitz, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Jessica Bon, MD, MS | Winston-Sale , NC |
| Committee Member | Kristina L. Bailey, MD | Omaha , NE |
| Committee Member | Scott E. Evans, MD | Houston , TX |
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Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair |
Scott H. Randell, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Shivanthan Shanthikumar, MBBS, PhD | Kensington , Australia |
| Committee Member | Theo J. Moraes, MD, PhD, BSc | Toronto , Canada |
Public Advisory Roundtable
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Committee Member
Membership Chair |
Joyce A. Kullman, BS | Kansas City , MO |
| Committee Member | Mary E. McGowan | Davis , WV |
Publications Policy Committee
| Committee Member | Ana L. Mora, MD | Columbus , OH |
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Committee Member
Editor, AJRCMB |
Andrew J. Halayko, PhD | Winnipeg , Canada |
| Committee Member | Connie C. Hsia, MD | Dallas , TX |
| Committee Member | Fernando L Holguin, MD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, MD, MSc | Los Angeles , CA |
| Committee Member | Ian C. Davis, DVM, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Ilona Jaspers, PhD | Carrboro , NC |
| Committee Member | Megan N. Ballinger, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Robert M. Tighe, MD | Durham , NC |
| Committee Member | Sharon D Dell, BSc, MD | Vancouver , Canada |
Pulmonary Function Testing Committee
| Committee Member | Silpa Dhoma Krefft, MD, MPH | Aurora , CO |
Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee
| Committee Member | Dana P. Albon, MD, ATSF | Charlottesville , VA |
| Committee Member | Jennifer W. Mccallister, MD | Dublin , OH |
| Committee Member | Jihane A. Faress, MD | Moreland Hills , OH |
Research Advocacy Committee
| Chair | Thomas J. Mariani, PhD | Rochester , NY |
| Committee Member | Chad Steele, PhD | New Orleans , LA |
| Committee Member | Hara Levy, MD | Madison , WI |
| Committee Member | Jay K. Kolls, MD | New Orleans , LA |
SCALe - Board Review and MOC
| Committee Member | Josalyn L. Cho, MD, ATSF | North Liberty , IA |
SCALe - Core Curriculum
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Chair
Pulmonary |
Josalyn L. Cho, MD, ATSF | North Liberty , IA |
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Vice Chair
Pediatric |
Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD | Gainesville , FL |
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Committee Member
Pediatric |
Fei Jamie Dy, MD, MS | Shrewsbury , New Zealand |
SCALe - Late-Breaking Education
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
SCALe - Professional Development
| Chair | Christine Marie Bojanowski, MD, MSc | New Orleans , LA |
| Committee Member | Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD | Gainesville , FL |
| Committee Member | Joshua Lee Denson, MD | New Orleans , LA |
Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)
| Vice Chair | Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS | Glen Ellen , CA |
| Committee Member | Andrew John Sweatt, MD | Stanford , CA |
| Committee Member | Angela Rogers, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
| Committee Member | Ciara M. Shaver, MD, PhD | Nashville , TN |
| Committee Member | Ivana Verona Yang, ATSF, BS, PhD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Jose L. Gomez, MS, MD | Orange , CT |
| Committee Member | Kelan G. Tantisira, MD, MPH | San Diego , CA |
| Committee Member | Kimberley C. W. Wang, PhD, MPP, ATSF | Crawley , Australia |
| Committee Member | Leonard B. Bacharier, MD | Nashville , TN |
| Committee Member | Lisa A. Miller, PhD, ATSF | Davis , CA |
| Committee Member | Michael B. Fessler, MD, ATSF | Research Triangle Park , NC |
| Committee Member | Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Theresa W. Guilbert, MD, MS | Cincinnati , OH |
Tobacco Action Committee
| Committee Member | Sairam V Jabba, DVM, PhD | Durham , NC |
