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Officers & Committees

Officers

Chair
Science and Innovation Center
 Chiagozie Pickens, MD, MSci Chicago , IL
Chair
Pneumonia Advisory Group
 Scott E. Evans, ATSF, MD Houston , TX
CO-Chair
Science and Innovation Center
 Ioannis Konstantinidis, MD, MSc Pittsburgh , PA
Assembly Chair Kenneth N. Olivier, ATSF, MD, MPH Chapel Hill , NC
Assembly Chair-Elect Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc, PhD San Antonio , TX
Program Chair Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Program Chair-Elect Patricio Escalante, ATSF, MD, MSc Rochester , MN
Planning Chair Kristina A. Crothers, ATSF, MD Mercer Island , WA
Planning Co-Chair Maha Reda Farhat, CM, MD, MSc Newton , MA
Nominating Chair Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA
Web Director Eva Otoupalova, MD New Orleans , LA
Co-Web Director Andrew Thomas Roth, MD, MS Saint Louis , MO
Working Group Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Ashley Jane Losier, MD Fairfield , CT
Working Group Chair
Vaccines and Immunization Working Group
 Justin R. Ortiz, MD, MS Baltimore , MD
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals Working Group
 Ioannis Konstantinidis, MD, MSc Pittsburgh , PA
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals Working Group
 Zhenmei Zhang, MD ROCHESTER , MN
Liaison
CDC
 Philip A. Lobue, MD Okatie , SC
Representative
PhD and Basic and Translational Working Group
 Amali E. Samarasinghe, PhD Madison , WI
Representative
PhD and Basic and Translational Working Group
 Jennifer R. Honda, ATSF, PhD Tyler , TX

Planning Committee

Chair Kristina A. Crothers, ATSF, MD Mercer Island , WA
CO-Chair Maha Reda Farhat, CM, MD, MSc Newton , MA
Committee Member Andrew Thomas Roth, MD, MS Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member Andrew Thomas Roth, MD, MS Saint Louis , MO
Committee Member Barbara Ellen Jones, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Bashar Samih Staitieh, ATSF, MD Decatur , GA
Committee Member Benjamin G Wu
Committee Member Benjamin G Wu, MD, MSc New York , NY
Committee Member Crystal M North, MD, MPH Boston , MA
Committee Member David M. Lewinsohn, ATSF, MD, PhD Portland , OR
Committee Member Georgios D. Kitsios
Committee Member Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Committee Member Marc C. I. Lipman, MD London , United Kingdom
Committee Member Mark L. Metersky, MD Avon , CT
Committee Member Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH Durham , NC
Committee Member Sara Auld, ATSF, MD, MSc Atlanta , GA
Committee Member Wael Elmaraachli, MD San Diego , CA

Program Committee

Chair Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Chair-Elect Patricio Escalante, ATSF, MD, MSc Rochester , MN
Committee Member Amjad N Kanj, MD, MPH ROCHESTER , MN
Committee Member Ashley Jane Losier, MD Fairfield , CT
Committee Member Bashar Samih Staitieh, ATSF, MD Decatur , GA
Committee Member Benjamin G Wu, MD, MSc New York , NY
Committee Member Carlos M. Luna, MD, PhD Buenos Aires , Argentina
Committee Member Chadi A. Hage, ATSF, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Chiagozie Pickens, MD, MSci Chicago , IL
Committee Member Divya Reddy, MBBS, MPH Bronx , NY
Committee Member Emily Henkle, PhD, MPH Portland , OR
Committee Member Eva Otoupalova, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Francisco Sanz, MD, PhD Valencia , Spain
Committee Member Hemang Yadav, ATSF, MBBS Rochester , MN
Committee Member Joseph Keane, MD Dublin 8 , Ireland
Committee Member Ken M. Kunisaki, ATSF, MD, MSCR Boise , ID
Committee Member Keven M Robinson, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Laura Pulido Rosario , Argentina
Committee Member Lindsay Ayers Lucas Somerville, MD Charlottesville , VA
Committee Member Mansi Chaturvedi, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Martin Witzenrath, MD Berlin , Germany
Committee Member Monica Campo Patino, MD, MPH Minneapolis , MN
Committee Member Oleg Epelbaum, MD Valhalla , NY
Committee Member Pamela J. Mcshane, MD Bethesda , MD
Committee Member Rishi Chanderraj, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Samantha M Yeligar, ATSF, MS, PhD Decatur , GA
Committee Member Sara Auld, ATSF, MD, MSc Atlanta , GA
Committee Member Sebastian G Kurz, MD New Haven , CT
Committee Member Shashikant Srivastava, PhD, MBA Tyler , TX
Committee Member Shelby Macrae, MD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD San Francisco , CA
Apprentice Ioannis Konstantinidis, MD, MSc Pittsburgh , PA

Nominating Committee

Nominating Chair Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Finance Committee
 Gregory Tino, ATSF, MD Havertown , PA
Chair
Board Nominating Committee
 M. Patricia Rivera, ATSF, MD Rochester , New York
Chair
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, ATSF, MBChB, PhD Cape Town , South Africa
Vice Chair
International Health Committee
 Mark Cohen-Todd, MD Guatemala , Guatemala

ATS Task Force on Partnerships (ATP)

Committee Member Alana Clemens-Saliba, BS Bridgewater , NJ

Awards Committee

Committee Member Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Kristina A. Crothers, ATSF, MD Mercer Island , WA
Committee Member Michael Bradley Drummond, ATSF, MD Durham , NC

Board Nominating Committee

Chair M. Patricia Rivera, ATSF, MD Rochester , New York

Board of Directors

Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2027
 David M. Lewinsohn, ATSF, MD, PhD Portland , OR
Committee Member
Treasurer
 Gregory Tino, ATSF, MD Havertown , PA
Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2028
 Sushma K. Cribbs, ATSF, MD, MSc Decatur , GA

Council of ATS

Committee Member
Assembly on PI-TB
 Kenneth N. Olivier, ATSF, MD, MPH Chapel Hill , NC
Committee Member
Board Nominating Committee
 M. Patricia Rivera, ATSF, MD Rochester , New York
Committee Member
International Health Committee
 Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, ATSF, MBChB, PhD Cape Town , South Africa
Committee Member
Public Advisory Roundtable
 Siri Vaeth, MPH Palo Alto , CA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representative
Oklahoma Thoracic Society Chapter
 Cory Damon Cross, MD Oklahoma City , OK
Representative
Washington Thoracic Society Chapter
 Kathleen L. Horan, MD Seattle , WA
Representative
Oregon Thoracic Society Chapter
 Svetlana Kotova Portland , OR

Digital Content Committee

Committee Member Catherine A. Gao, MD Chicago , IL

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Margareth P. Dalcolmo, MD, PhD Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Masfique Mehedi, PhD GRAND FORKS , ND

Environmental Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Helena Chapman, MD, PhD, MPH Arlington , VA

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member Refiloe Masekela, PhD Ballito , South Africa

Finance Committee

Chair Gregory Tino, ATSF, MD Havertown , PA
Committee Member Anne I. Sperling, ATSF, PhD Charlottesville , VA
Committee Member Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA

Health Equity and Diversity Committee

Committee Member
ATS Fellowship
 Kevin J Guzman, MD New York , NY
Committee Member
LGBTQIA+ Liaison
 Michael Bradley Drummond, ATSF, MD Durham , NC
Committee Member Shail Mehta, MD Kirkwood , MO

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Kathleen M. Akgun, ATSF, MD, MS Madison , CT
Committee Member Sumeet Soni, MBBS Marion , IL

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair-Elect
 Crystal M North, MD, MPH Boston , MA
Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair-Elect
 Jaime L. Hook, MD Larchmont , NY
Committee Member
PI-TB Program Chair
 Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester , MN
Committee Member
PI-TB Program Chair-Elect
 Patricio Escalante, ATSF, MD, MSc Rochester , MN

International Health Committee

Chair Richard N. Van Zyl Smit, ATSF, MBChB, PhD Cape Town , South Africa
Vice Chair Mark Cohen-Todd, MD Guatemala , Guatemala
Committee Member Engi Farouk Attia, ATSF, MD, MPH Seattle , WA
Committee Member Joy Nkiru Eze, ATSF, MBBS, MPH, MSc Enugu , Nigeria
Committee Member Lisa L. Chen, MD Albany , CA

Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member
CHEST
 Michael E. Nelson, MD Merriam , KS

Membership Committee

Committee Member Dong Keon Yon, ATSF, MD Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
Committee Member Rachel Thomson, ATSF, MBBS, PhD BRISBANE , Australia

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member A. Cole Burks, MD Keswick , VA

Project Review Committee

Committee Member Deebya Raj Mishra, ATSF, MD Dharan , Nepal
Committee Member Janet Lee, ATSF, MD St. Louis , MO
Committee Member Scott E. Evans, ATSF, MD Houston , TX

Public Advisory Roundtable

Chair Siri Vaeth, MPH Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member Amy Skiba, NA Susquehanna , PA
Committee Member Steve Scott Park, BS LAKEWOOD , CO

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, ATSF, MD, MSc Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Wonder P. Drake, MD Baltimore , MD

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Barbara Ellen Jones, MD, MSc Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Member Richa Nahar, MBBS, MD Wood-ridge , NJ

Research Advocacy Committee

Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Amy Skiba, NA Susquehanna , PA
Committee Member Chad Steele, PhD New Orleans , LA
Committee Member Kristina A. Crothers, ATSF, MD Mercer Island , WA

SCALe - Board Review and MOC

Committee Member Josalyn L. Cho, ATSF, MD North Liberty , IA

SCALe - Core Curriculum

Chair
Pulmonary
 Josalyn L. Cho, ATSF, MD North Liberty , IA
Vice Chair
Pediatric
 Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD Gainesville , FL
Committee Member
Pediatric
 Jane E. Gross, ATSF, MD, PhD Chapel Hill , NC

SCALe - Late-Breaking Education

Committee Member Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Jane E. Gross, ATSF, MD, PhD Chapel Hill , NC

SCALe - Professional Development

Committee Member Asha M. Anandaiah, MD Cambridge , MA
Committee Member Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD Gainesville , FL
Committee Member Gretchen Renae Winter, MD Birmingham , AL

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Committee Member Jane E. Gross, ATSF, MD, PhD Chapel Hill , NC