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Officers & Committees

Officers

Assembly Chair Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH, ATSF Newton , MA
Assembly Chair-Elect Valerie G Press, MD, MPH, ATSF Chicago , IL
Program Chair Curtis H. Weiss, MD Chicago , IL
Program Chair-Elect Andrea S. Gershon, MD, MSc, ATSF Toronto , Canada
Planning Chair Katie Artis, MD, MPH Portland , OR
Nominating Chair Susan J. Bartlett, PhD Beaconsfield , Canada
Web Director Chad H Hochberg, MD, MHS Baltimore , MD
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Christopher Worsham, MD, MPH Boston , MA
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Representative
PhD Working Group
 Jean-Marie Bruzzese, PhD New York , NY
Representative
PhD Working Group
 Melissa A Valerio, PhD, MPH Brownsville , TX
Representative
Science and Innovation Center (SIC)
 Russell Buhr, MD, PhD Los Angeles , CA

Planning Committee

Chair Katie Artis, MD, MPH Portland , OR
Apprentice Sandra E Zaeh, MD Woodbridge , CT
Committee Member Anand S Iyer, MD, MSPH Birmingham , AL
Committee Member Curtis H. Weiss, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Donald R Sullivan, MD, MA, MRes Portland , OR
Committee Member Eyal Oren, PhD, MS, ATSF San Diego, CA , CA
Committee Member Isaretta L. Riley, MD, MPH Durham , NC
Committee Member Jacqueline Marie Kruser, MD, MS Madison , WI
Committee Member Jared Chiarchiaro, MD, MSCR Portland , OR
Committee Member Jennifer Stevens, MD, MS Belmont , MA
Committee Member Justin K Lui, MD, MS Boston , MA
Committee Member Laura C Myers, MD, MPH Oakland , CA
Committee Member Melanie Dalton Cincinnati , OH
Committee Member Michelle Eakin, PhD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Morgan Soffler, MD Chappaqua , NY
Committee Member Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Rachel Strykowski, DM Chicago , IL
Committee Member Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH, ATSF Newton , MA

Program Committee

Chair Curtis H. Weiss, MD Chicago , IL
Chair-Elect Andrea S. Gershon, MD, MSc, ATSF Toronto , Canada
Apprentice John Henry Brems, MD, MBE Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Anand S Iyer, MD, MSPH Birmingham , AL
Committee Member Andrea Arlene Pappalardo, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Ann L. Jennerich, MD, MS, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member Anna Norweg, PhD, BS, MS New York , NY
Committee Member Ashley Anne Lowe, PhD, MSPH Tucson , AZ
Committee Member Avraham Cooper, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Chad H Hochberg, MD, MHS Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Crystal Elizabeth Brown, MD, MA Seattle , WA
Committee Member Deepshikha Charan Ashana, MD, MBA, MS Raleigh , NC
Committee Member Diana Kelm, MD, ATSF Rochester , MN
Committee Member Eduardo Ramon Nunez, MD, MS Easthampton , MA
Committee Member Emily A Harlan, MD, MA ANN ARBOR , MI
Committee Member Erin K. Kross, MD Seattle , WA
Committee Member James G Krings, MD, MSc SAINT LOUIS , MO
Committee Member James Womer Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Jennifer Stevens, MD, MS Belmont , MA
Committee Member Joanna Hart, MD, MS Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Kari R Gillmeyer, MD, MSc Natick , MA
Committee Member Kathleen M. Akgun, MD, MS, ATSF Madison , CT
Committee Member Kelly C. Vranas, MD, MSCR Lake Oswego , OR
Committee Member Laura J Spece, MD, MS Seattle , WA
Committee Member Logan J Harper, MD, MSCR Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Matthew F Griffith, MD, MPH Centennial , CO
Committee Member Matthew Franklin Mart, MD Nashville , TN
Committee Member Matthew E Modes, MD, MS Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Committee Member Rachel Quaney, MD, MEd Denver , CO
Committee Member Robert Ying-Fu Lee, MD, MS Seattle , WA
Committee Member Russell Buhr, MD, PhD Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Ryan Perkins, MD Melrose , MA
Committee Member Sarah Cook, PhD, BM, MBBS, BMedSci London , United Kingdom
Committee Member Sinthia Zrinka Bosnic-Anticevich, BPharm, PhD Glebe , Australia
Committee Member Soumya J Niranjan, PhD, MS, BPharm Birmingham , AL
Committee Member Sucharita R. Kher, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Xuan Han, MD, MSc Boston , MA

Web Committee

Web Director Chad H Hochberg, MD, MHS Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Bhavika Kaul, MD Katy , TX
Committee Member Christopher Worsham, MD, MPH Boston , MA
Committee Member Elizabeth Marie Viglianti, MD, MPH, MSc Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Jamie Rachel Felzer, MD, MPH Rochester , MN
Committee Member Jeremy B. Richards, MD, MA, FACP, ATSF Jamaica Plain , MA
Committee Member Mark H. Adelman, MD Brooklyn , NY
Committee Member Michelle Eakin, PhD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Mindy Ross, MD, MBA Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Committee Member Sucharita R. Kher, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member Timothy M Dempsey, MD, MPH Sacramento , CA

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

Ad Hoc Task Force on International Conference Venues

Committee Member Basak Coruh, MD, MSc, ATSF, FCCP Seattle , WA
Committee Member Christopher Francis Chesley, MD, MSCE Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Dona J. Upson, MD, MA, ATSF Albuquerque , NM
Committee Member Isaretta L. Riley, MD, MPH Durham , NC
Committee Member James K. O'Brien, MD Denver , CO
Committee Member Sakshi Dua, MBBS, ATSF New York , NY
Committee Member Samya Z. Nasr, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD Saint Louis , MO

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Patient and Family Education Committee
 Doranne M. Donesky, PhD, ANP-BC, ATSF Vallejo , CA
Chair
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
 Erin Sullivan Demartino, MD Rochester , MN
Chair
Tobacco Action Committee
 Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, ATSF Needham , MA
Chair
Health, Equity and Diversity Committee
 Juan P. Wisnivesky, MD, DrPH Hastings on Hudson , NY
Chair
Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee
 Laura C. Feemster, MSc, MD Seattle , WA
Chair
International Health Committee
 Samya Z. Nasr, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Chair
Health Policy Committee
 Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD Saint Louis , MO
Vice Chair
Documents Development and Implementation Committee
 Ann L. Jennerich, MD, MS, ATSF Seattle , WA
Vice Chair
Digital Content Committee
 Ann Chen Wu, MD, MPH Lexington , MA
Vice Chair
Tobacco Action Committee
 Anne Catherine Melzer, MD, MS, ATSF Minneapolis , MN
Vice Chair
Patient and Family Education Committee
 Catherine Chen, MD Dallas , TX
Vice Chair
Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee
 Katie Artis, MD, MPH Portland , OR
Vice Chair
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Vice Chair
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
 Sarah Beesley, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Vice Chair
Health Policy Committee
 Sharron J. Crowder, PhD, RN, ATSF Fishers , IN

Awards Committee

Committee Member Emily Brigham, MD, MHS North Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Michelle Sharp, MD, MHS Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Renee D. Stapleton, MD, PhD, ATSF Burlington , VT
Committee Member Smita Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSCE Ottawa , Canada

Board of Directors

Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
 Karen J. Collishaw New York , NY
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on CC
 C. Terri Hough, MD, MSc, ATSF Portland , OR
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on TO
 Christopher G. Slatore, MD Portland , OR
Committee Member
Presidential Appointee, Health Equity and Diversity
 Juan P. Wisnivesky, MD, DrPH Hastings on Hudson , NY
Committee Member
Chair, CCR
 Ni-Cheng Liang, MD, ATSF Encinitas , CA
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on PR
 Rachael A Evans, MBChB, FRCP, PhD Market Harborough , United Kingdom
Committee Member
Chair Assembly on BSHSR
 Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH, ATSF Newton , MA

Digital Content Committee

Vice Chair Ann Chen Wu, MD, MPH Lexington , MA
Committee Member Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member Jeremy B. Richards, MD, MA, FACP, ATSF Jamaica Plain , MA
Committee Member Viren Kaul, MD La Fayette , NY

Digital Content Committee Liaison

Committee Member
Patient and Family Education Committee
 Fahid Alghanim, MD Oak Ridge , NC

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Vice Chair Ann L. Jennerich, MD, MS, ATSF Seattle , WA
Committee Member Joanna Hart, MD, MS Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Prashant Jarhyan, MD, PhD Gurgaon , India
Committee Member Renda Soylemez Wiener, MD, MPH, ATSF Newton , MA

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Kingman P. Strohl, MD Shaker Heights , OH
Committee Member Michelle Eakin, PhD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Nirupama Putcha, BA, MD Baltimore , MD

Education Committee

Committee Member
Learning Council Steering Committee
 Andrew J. Admon, MD, MPH, MS Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member
Educational Outcomes Working Group
 Ashley G. Henderson, MD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group
 Ashley G. Henderson, MD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Learning Council Steering Committee
 Basak Coruh, MD, MSc, ATSF, FCCP Seattle , WA
Committee Member
Vice Chair, Educational Consulting Working Group
 Basak Coruh, MD, MSc, ATSF, FCCP Seattle , WA
Committee Member
Critical Care Core Working Group
 David Furfaro, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member
Practical Skills Working Group
 David Furfaro, MD Boston , MA
Committee Member
Vice Chair, Overall Core Curriculum Working Group
 Diana Kelm, MD, ATSF Rochester , MN
Committee Member
Chair, Practical Skills Working Group
 Diana Kelm, MD, ATSF Rochester , MN
Committee Member
Chair, Overall Core Curriculum Working Group
 Garth William Garrison, MD Burlington , VT
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group
 Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH Chestnut Hill , MA
Committee Member
Chair, Sleep Core Working Group
 Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH Chestnut Hill , MA
Committee Member
Chair, Educational Consulting Working Group
 Margaret M. Hayes, MD, ATSF Boston , MA
Committee Member
Conference MOC Working Group
 Margaret M. Hayes, MD, ATSF Boston , MA
Committee Member
Learning Council Steering Committee
 May M. Lee, MD, FCCP, FACP, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member
Sleep Core Working Group
 Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Pembroke Pines , FL
Committee Member
Chair, Educational Outcomes Working Group
 Tristan J. Huie, MD Denver , CO

Environmental Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Laura C Myers, MD, MPH Oakland , CA
Committee Member Laura Marie Paulin, MD, MHS Lebanon , NH

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Chair Erin Sullivan Demartino, MD Rochester , MN
Vice Chair Sarah Beesley, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Brandon Corbett Walsh, MD, MBE Beverly Hills , CA
Committee Member Deepshikha Charan Ashana, MD, MBA, MS Raleigh , NC
Committee Member John Henry Brems, MD, MBE Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Matthew F Griffith, MD, MPH Centennial , CO
Committee Member Michael Nurok, MBChB, PhD Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Neeta Thakur, MD, MPH San Francisco , CA

Finance Committee

Committee Member Meilan K. Han, MD, MS, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Renee D. Stapleton, MD, PhD, ATSF Burlington , VT

Governance Implementation Task Force

CO-Chair
Leadership Development Committee Working Group
 James M. Beck, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Committee Member
Leadership Council Working Group
 C. Terri Hough, MD, MSc, ATSF Portland , OR
Committee Member
Leadership Development Committee Working Group
 Siri Vaeth, MSW Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member
Leadership Council Working Group
 W. Graham Carlos, MD, MSCR, ATSF Brownsburg , IN

Health Equity and Diversity Committee

Chair Juan P. Wisnivesky, MD, DrPH Hastings on Hudson , NY
Committee Member Aaron Dorian Baugh, MD San Francisco , CA
Committee Member Alejandro A Diaz, MD Arlington , MA
Committee Member Ann M Rusk, MD Cave Creek , AZ
Committee Member Ariangela J Kozik, PhD Dexter , MI
Committee Member Christopher Francis Chesley, MD, MSCE Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Jamuna K. Krishnan, MD, MS New York , NY
Committee Member Juliana C. Ferreira, MD, PhD, ATSF Sao Paulo , Brazil
Committee Member Kimberly Joan Arcoleo, PhD, MPH VICTOR , NY
Committee Member Lynn B. Gerald, PhD, MSPH Tucson , AZ
Committee Member Soumya J Niranjan, PhD, MS, BPharm Birmingham , AL

Health Policy Committee

Chair Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD Saint Louis , MO
Vice Chair Sharron J. Crowder, PhD, RN, ATSF Fishers , IN
Committee Member Anna Volerman, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Beverley J. Sheares, MD, MS New Haven , CT
Committee Member Donald R Sullivan, MD, MA, MRes Portland , OR
Committee Member Kathleen M. Akgun, MD, MS, ATSF Madison , CT
Committee Member Laura C Myers, MD, MPH Oakland , CA
Committee Member Sarah M. Lyon, MD, MSCE Philadelphia , PA

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
BSHSR Program Chair-Elect
 Andrea S. Gershon, MD, MSc, ATSF Toronto , Canada
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair
 Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member
BSHSR Program Chair
 Curtis H. Weiss, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member
NUR Program Chair
 Jennifer Burgher Seaman, PhD, RN, CHPN Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member
CC Program Chair
 Lauren E Ferrante, MD, MHS, ATSF Guilford , CT
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-Elect
 Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc Seattle , WA
Committee Member
CP Program Chair
 Nirupama Putcha, BA, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member
PR Program Chair-Elect
 Tania Janaudis-Ferreira Montreal , Canada
Committee Member
NUR Program Chair-Elect
 Tania T. Von Visger, PhD, APRN, ATSF Amherst , NY

International Health Committee

Chair Samya Z. Nasr, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Vice Chair Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, MBChB, PhD, ATSF Cape Town , South Africa
Committee Member Kristina Elizabeth Rudd, MD, MPH Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member
MECOR Steering Committee Chair
 Shannon S. Carson, MD Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member Thomas Bice, MD, MSc Chapel Hill , NC

Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member
ATS
 Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD Cleveland , OH

Members In Transition and Training Committee

Committee Member Bridget Collins, MD Kirkland , WA
Committee Member David Chiasiang Chu, MD Hummelstown , PA
Committee Member Erica Lin, MD La Jolla , CA
Committee Member Jamuna K. Krishnan, MD, MS New York , NY
Committee Member Joshua Lee Denson, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS ISSAQUAH , WA
Committee Member Megan A Koster, MD, PharmD ARLINGTON , MA
Committee Member Melissa New, MD DENVER , CO
Committee Member Sheetal Gandotra, MD BIRMINGHAM , AL
Committee Member Snigdha Jain, MD, MHS Fairfield , CT
Committee Member Viren Kaul, MD La Fayette , NY

Membership Committee

Committee Member Christian Bime, MD, MSc Tucson , AZ
Committee Member Eileen G. Collins, PhD, ATSF Mount Prospect , IL
Committee Member Francesca Christina Duncan, MD, MS INDIANAPOLIS , IN
Committee Member Jennifer W. Mccallister, MD, ATSF Columbus , OH
Committee Member Molly L. Osborne, MD, PhD, ATSF Portland , OR
Committee Member Sande O. Okelo, MD, PhD Los Angeles , CA

Patient and Family Education Committee

Chair Doranne M. Donesky, PhD, ANP-BC, ATSF Vallejo , CA
Vice Chair Catherine Chen, MD Dallas , TX
Committee Member Carme Hernandez, PhD, RN, MSc Barcelona , Spain
Committee Member Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member Sairam Parthasarathy, MD Tucson , AZ
Committee Member Timothy Amass, MD, MSci Denver , CO
Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair
 Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF Cleveland , OH

Project Review Committee

Committee Member Emily Brigham, MD, MHS North Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, FCCM, FCCP, ATSF Atlanta , GA
Committee Member Henry E. Fessler, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Jennifer Stevens, MD, MS Belmont , MA
Committee Member
Senior Advisor (Emeritus)
 Kristin A. Riekert, PhD Ellicott City , MD
Committee Member Michael K. Gould, MD, MS La Canada Flintridge , CA
Committee Member Narayan Prabhu Iyer, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Robyn T. Cohen, MD, MPH Newton , MA

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Abdulghani Sankari, PhD, MD Bloomfield Hills , MI
Committee Member
Editor, Annals ATS
 Colin R. Cooke, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Wanda M. Gibson-Scipio, PhD, FNP-BC, ATSF West Bloomfield , MI

Pulmonary Function Testing Committee

Committee Member Denitza P. Blagev, MD Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Kristen Miller, MD Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair
 Meredith C. Mccormack, MHS, MD Towson , MD

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Chair Laura C. Feemster, MSc, MD Seattle , WA
Vice Chair Katie Artis, MD, MPH Portland , OR
Committee Member Barbara Ellen Jones, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Isaretta L. Riley, MD, MPH Durham , NC
Committee Member Shewit Giovanni, MD, MSCE Portland , OR
Committee Member Valerie G Press, MD, MPH, ATSF Chicago , IL

Research Advocacy Committee

Committee Member Kristina A. Crothers, MD Mercer Island , WA
Committee Member Meghna Shukla, MSN, RN TROY , MI
Committee Member Nichole T. Tanner, MD, MSCR Charleston , SC

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Committee Member Jacqueline Marie Kruser, MD, MS Madison , WI
Committee Member Susan J. Bartlett, PhD Beaconsfield , Canada

Tobacco Action Committee

Chair Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, ATSF Needham , MA
Vice Chair Anne Catherine Melzer, MD, MS, ATSF Minneapolis , MN
Committee Member Adam Edward Lang, PharmD Richmond , VA
Committee Member Dona J. Upson, MD, MA, ATSF Albuquerque , NM
Committee Member Janaki Deepak, MD, MBBS, FACP Baltimore , MD
Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Kristen Willard, MS Miami , FL
Committee Member Megan Elizabeth Piper Madison , WI
Committee Member Panagis Galiatsatos, DrMed Baltimore , MD

Training Committee

Committee Member Anna K Brady, MD Portland , OR
Committee Member Darlene Nelson, MD Rochester , MN
Committee Member
Fellow
 Hugo Carmona, MD Seattle , WA
Committee Member Kathleen Doo, MD, MEd, ATSF Oakland , CA
Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair
 Kristin M. Burkart, MD, MSc, ATSF New York , NY
Committee Member Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MEd SAN FRANCISCO , CA
Committee Member Morgan Soffler, MD Chappaqua , NY
Committee Member Rachel Quaney, MD, MEd Denver , CO