Officers & Committees
Officers
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Chair
Science and Innovation Center (SIC) |
Patrick Link, PhD | Iowa City , IA |
| Assembly Chair | Elizabeth F. Redente, ATSF, PhD | Denver , CO |
| Incoming Assembly Chair | Daniel J. Tschumperlin, PhD | Rochester , MN |
| Program Chair | Rachel S. Knipe, ATSF, MD | Cambridge , MA |
| Program Chair-Elect | Jaime L. Hook, MD | Larchmont , NY |
| Planning Chair | Clemente J. Britto-Leon, ATSF, MD | New Haven , CT |
| Nominating Chair | Enid R. Neptune, ATSF, MD | Baltimore , MD |
| Web Director | Sarah Kathryn Littlehale Moore, MD | New York , NY |
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Working Group Chair
Early Career Professionals Working Group |
Elizabeth Anne Middleton, MD | Salt Lake City , UT |
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Working Group Chair
Early Career Professionals |
Scott John Denstaedt, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
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Working Group Co-Chair
Working Group on Aging |
Beata Kosmider, ATSF, MSc, PhD | Philadelphia , PA |
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Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals |
Elizabeth Anne Middleton, MD | Salt Lake City , UT |
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Working Group Co-Chair
Working Group on Aging |
Irfan Rahman, ATSF, PhD | Rochester , NY |
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Representative
PhD and Basic and Translational Working Group |
Anne-Karina T. Perl, ATSF, PhD | Cincinnati , OH |
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Representative
PhD and Basic and Translational Working Group |
Jennifer L Larson-Casey, PhD | Birmingham , AL |
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Representative
Science Core |
Maor Sauler, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
Planning Committee
| Chair | Clemente J. Britto-Leon, ATSF, MD | New Haven , CT |
| Committee Member | Anasuya Sarkar, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Anasuya Sarkar, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Andreas Schwingshackl, MD, PhD | Los Angeles , CA |
| Committee Member | Bruno Crestani, MD, PhD | Paris , France |
| Committee Member | Chao He, MD, PhD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Chao He, MD, PhD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Corrine R Kliment, ATSF, MD, PhD | Mars , PA |
| Committee Member | Corrine R Kliment, ATSF, MD, PhD | Mars , PA |
| Committee Member | David Nagel, ATSF, MD, PhD | Rochester , NY |
| Committee Member | David Nagel, ATSF, MD, PhD | Rochester , NY |
| Committee Member | Elinor Lee, MD, PhD | Encino , CA |
| Committee Member | Elinor Lee, MD, PhD | Encino , CA |
| Committee Member | Elinor Lee, MD, PhD | Encino , CA |
| Committee Member | Elizabeth F. Redente, ATSF, PhD | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Eszter Katalin Vladar, PhD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Kosuke Kato, PD, PhD | Albuquerque , NM |
| Committee Member | Kosuke Kato, PhD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Mallar Bhattacharya, MD | San Francisco , CA |
| Committee Member | Mallar Bhattacharya, MD | San Francisco , CA |
| Committee Member | Mauricio Rojas, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Mauricio Rojas, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Merry-Lynn Noelle McDonald, MSc, PhD | Birmingham , AL |
| Committee Member | Merry-Lynn Noelle McDonald, MSc, PhD | Birmingham , AL |
| Committee Member | Monica Prasad Goldklang, MD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Monica Prasad Goldklang, MD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Muchun (joanna) Tsai, MD | Plain City , OH |
| Committee Member | Muchun (joanna) Tsai, MD | Plain City , OH |
| Committee Member | Peter Kitrick Moore, MD | DENVER , CO |
| Committee Member | Peter Kitrick Moore, MD | DENVER , CO |
| Committee Member | Richard Gisli Jenkins, ATSF, BM, MD, MRCP(UK), PhD | London , United Kingdom |
| Committee Member | Richard Gisli Jenkins, ATSF, BM, MD, MRCP(UK), PhD | London , United Kingdom |
| Committee Member | Seunghye Han, MD, MPH | Inverness , IL |
| Committee Member | Stefanie Krick, MD, PhD | Vestavia , AL |
| Committee Member | Stefanie Krick, MD, PhD | Vestavia , AL |
| Committee Member | Tanyalak Parimon, MD | West Hollywood , CA |
| Committee Member | Tanyalak Parimon, MD | West Hollywood , CA |
Program Committee
| Chair | Rachel S. Knipe, ATSF, MD | Cambridge , MA |
| Chair-Elect | Jaime L. Hook, MD | Larchmont , NY |
| Committee Member | A. Xiaobo Xiaobo Zhou, ATSF, PhD | Charlottesville, , VA |
| Committee Member | Alexia Nicole Perryman, PhD | San Diego , CA |
| Committee Member | Bradley Winston Richmond, MD, PhD | Nashville , US-0-TN |
| Committee Member | Christine U. Vohwinkel, MD, PhD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Claudia A. Staab-Weijnitz, ATSF, PhD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Daniel R Calabrese, MD | San Francisco , CA |
| Committee Member | David Richard Ziehr, MD | Belmont , MA |
| Committee Member | Erin Plosa, MD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Francesca Polverino, ATSF, MD, PhD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Grazyna Kwapiszewska, PhD | Graz , Austria |
| Committee Member | Jacobo Sellares Torres, MD, PhD | Barcelona , Spain |
| Committee Member | Jaroslaw Waldemar Zmijewski, PhD | Birmingham , AL |
| Committee Member | Jeong H. Yun, MD, MPH | Brookline , MA |
| Committee Member | Joseph Cooley, DO | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Julie Gunnells Ledford, PhD | Tucson , AZ |
| Committee Member | Konstantin Tsoyi, PhD | Baltimore , MD |
| Committee Member | Ksenija Bernau, PhD | Madison , WI |
| Committee Member | Mareike Lehmann, PhD | Marburg Germany , Germany |
| Committee Member | Mark Hepokoski, MD | Carlsbad , CA |
| Committee Member | Marta Bueno, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Miguel Angel Alejandre Alcazar, MD, PhD | Cologne , Germany |
| Committee Member | Nicholas Banovich, PhD | PHOENIX , AZ |
| Committee Member | Nunzia Caporarello, PhD | Maywood , IL |
| Committee Member | Peter Castaldi, MD, MSc | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Pooja Singh, PhD, MSc | Birmingham , AL |
| Committee Member | Satish Kumar Madala, PhD | Cincinnati , OH |
| Committee Member | Scott John Denstaedt, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Shaon Sengupta, MPH | Philadelphia , PA |
| Committee Member | Susan M Lin, MD | Erdenheim , PA |
| Committee Member | Yan Bai, MD | Dedham , MA |
| Committee Member | Yan Hu, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Yohannes A. Mebratu, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Yuru Liu, PhD | chicago , IL |
| Apprentice | Amy Attaway, MD | Moreland Hills , OH |
Nominating Committee
| Nominating Chair | Enid R. Neptune, ATSF, MD | Baltimore , MD |
Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees
ATS Committee Chairs
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Chair
Membership Committee |
Alexandra Noel, PhD, MSc | Baton Rouge , LA |
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Chair
Project Review Committee |
Janice M. Liebler, ATSF, MD | La Canada , CA |
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Chair
Scientific Grant Review Committee |
Kamran Atabai, ATSF, MD | San Francisco , CA |
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Chair
Research Advocacy Committee |
Thomas J. Mariani, PhD | Rochester , NY |
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Vice Chair
Scientific Grant Review Committee |
Andrew J. Goodwin, ATSF, MD | Charleston , SC |
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Vice Chair
Membership Committee |
Farrah Kheradmand, MD | Houston , TX |
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Vice Chair
Publications Policy Committee |
Paul T. Schumacker, ATSF, PhD | Northbrook , IL |
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Vice Chair
Scientific Grant Review Committee |
Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS | Glen Ellen , CA |
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Vice Chair
Tobacco Action Committee |
Sven Eric Jordt, ATSF, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
ATS Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
| Committee Member | Anthony Joseph Esposito, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Claudia C. Dos Santos, MD | Toronto , Canada |
| Committee Member | Jose L. Gomez, ATSF, MS, MD | Orange , CT |
| Committee Member | Maureen R. Horton, MD | San Francisco , CA |
ATS Task Force on Partnerships (ATP)
| Chair | Gregory P. Downey, ATSF, MD | Denver , CO |
| Committee Member | Charles A. Powell, MD, MBA | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Courtney Crim, ATSF, MD | Raleigh , NC |
| Committee Member | Thomas W. Ferkol, ATSF, MD | Chapel Hill , NC |
Awards Committee
| Committee Member | Ana L. Mora, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Benjamin D. Medoff, ATSF, MD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
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Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair |
Dean Sheppard, ATSF, MD | San Francisco , CA |
| Committee Member | Grazyna Kwapiszewska, PhD | Graz , Austria |
| Committee Member | Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Marilyn K. Glassberg Csete, MD | Miami , FL |
| Committee Member | Paul E. Moore, ATSF, MD | Nashville , TN |
| Committee Member | Richard A. Johnston, ATSF, PhD, BS | Naperville , IL |
| 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, ATSF, PhD | Ann Arbor , MI |
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Committee Member
Immediate Past President |
Irina Petrache, MD | Denver , CO |
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Committee Member
Secretary |
Jesse Mae Roman, ATSF, MD | Atlanta , GA |
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Committee Member
at-large director, 2025-2026 |
Patricia J Sime, MD | Richmond , VA |
Council of ATS
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Committee Member
Membership Committee |
Alexandra Noel, PhD, MSc | Baton Rouge , LA |
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Committee Member
Assembly on RCMB |
Elizabeth F. Redente, ATSF, PhD | Denver , CO |
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Committee Member
Project Review Committee |
Janice M. Liebler, ATSF, MD | La Canada , CA |
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Committee Member
Scientific Grant Review Committee |
Kamran Atabai, ATSF, MD | San Francisco , CA |
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Committee Member
Assembly on PEDS |
Lisa R. Young, ATSF, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
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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, ATSF, MD | Atlanta , GA |
Council of Chapter Representatives
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Representative
Massachusetts Thoracic Society Chapter |
Sydney B Montesi, MD | Weston , MA |
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 | Craig S. Conoscenti, ATSF, MD | Norwalk , CT |
| Committee Member | Lida P Hariri, ATSF, MD, PhD | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Masfique Mehedi, PhD | GRAND FORKS , ND |
| Committee Member | Rebecca A. Shilling, MD | Cambridge , MA |
| Committee Member | Sydney B Montesi, MD | Weston , MA |
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
| Committee Member | Robert Paine, ATSF, MD | Dexter , Michigan |
Finance Committee
| Committee Member | Anne I. Sperling, ATSF, PhD | Charlottesville , VA |
| Committee Member | Bruce K. Rubin, MD, MBA, MSc | Henrico , VA |
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Charles A. Powell, MD, MBA | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Jesse Mae Roman, ATSF, MD | Atlanta , GA |
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Committee Member
PAR Representative |
Jon E. Hagstrom, BS | Dobbs Ferry , NY |
| Committee Member | Steven M. Dudek, ATSF, MD | Chicago , IL |
Health Equity and Diversity Committee
| Committee Member | Ann-Marcia C Tukpah, MD, MPH, MS | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Ariangela J Kozik, PhD | Dexter , MI |
| Committee Member | Raksha Jain, ATSF, MD | Dallas , TX |
Health Policy Committee
| Committee Member | Sara Christina Sadreameli, ATSF, MD, MS | Baltimore , MD |
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
RCMB Program Chair-Elect |
Jaime L. Hook, MD | Larchmont , NY |
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Committee Member
TO Program Chair |
Julie A. Barta, ATSF, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
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Committee Member
PEDS Program Chair-Elect |
Lael Yonker, MD | Dallas , TX |
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Committee Member
CP Program Chair-Elect |
Lida P Hariri, ATSF, MD, PhD | Boston , MA |
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Committee Member
RCMB Program Chair |
Rachel S. Knipe, ATSF, MD | Cambridge , MA |
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Committee Member
PC Program Chair |
Soban Umar, ATSF, MD, PhD | LOS ANGELES , CA |
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Committee Member
EOPH Program Chair |
Tara M. Nordgren, PhD | Omaha , NE |
International Health Committee
| Committee Member | Kiyoyasu Kurahashi, ATSF, MD, PhD | Kamakura , Japan |
Membership Committee
| Chair | Alexandra Noel, PhD, MSc | Baton Rouge , LA |
| Vice Chair | Farrah Kheradmand, MD | Houston , TX |
| Committee Member | Charles Corey Hardin, ATSF, MD, PhD | Somerville , MA |
| Committee Member | Rene Gabriel Cortese, ATSF, PhD | Kansas City , KS |
| Committee Member | Veena Berry Antony, MD | GAINESVILLE , FL |
Past Presidents
| Committee Member | Irina Petrache, MD | Denver , CO |
Project Review Committee
| Chair | Janice M. Liebler, ATSF, MD | La Canada , CA |
| Committee Member | Janet Lee, ATSF, MD | St. Louis , MO |
| Committee Member | Janette K. Burgess, ATSF, BSc, PhD | Groningen , Netherlands |
| Committee Member | Jeffrey C. Horowitz, ATSF, MD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Katrina A. Steiling, ATSF, MD, MSc | Boston , MA |
| Committee Member | Kerri Ann Maria Johannson, ATSF, MD, MPH | Calgary , Canada |
| Committee Member | Kristina L. Bailey, ATSF, MD | Omaha , NE |
| Committee Member | Mahendra Damarla, MD | Baltimore , MD |
| Committee Member | Meghan E. Rebuli, ATSF, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Mohammad Badran, PhD | Columbia , MO |
| Committee Member | Philippe R. Montgrain, MD | San Diego , CA |
| Committee Member | Scott E. Evans, ATSF, MD | Houston , TX |
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Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair |
Scott H. Randell, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Theo J. Moraes, MD, PhD, BSc | Toronto , Canada |
| Committee Member | Vinicio De Jesus Perez, ATSF, MD | Palo Alto , CA |
Public Advisory Roundtable
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Committee Member
Immediate Past Chair |
Donna J. Appell, RN | Oyster Bay , NY |
| Committee Member | Eliza Rista, JD | Huntersville , NC |
| Committee Member | Jon E. Hagstrom, BS | Dobbs Ferry , NY |
Publications Policy Committee
| Vice Chair | Paul T. Schumacker, ATSF, PhD | Northbrook , IL |
| Committee Member | Ana L. Mora, MD | Columbus , OH |
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Committee Member
Editor, AJRCMB |
Andrew J. Halayko, ATSF, PhD | Winnipeg , Canada |
| Committee Member | Bria M Coates, MD | Chicago , IL |
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Committee Member
Editor, AJRCCM |
Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS | Worcester , MA |
| Committee Member | G. Scott Budinger, ATSF, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Hrishikesh S Kulkarni, ATSF, MD, MSc | Los Angeles , CA |
| Committee Member | Ian C. Davis, ATSF, DVM, PhD | Hilliard , OH |
| Committee Member | Ilona Jaspers, PhD | Carrboro , NC |
| Committee Member | Megan N. Ballinger, ATSF, PhD | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Patrick Nana-Sinkam, ATSF, MD | Midlothian , VA |
| Committee Member | Vera P. Krymskaya, PhD, MBA | Philadelphia , PA |
| Committee Member | Wonder P. Drake, MD | Baltimore , MD |
Research Advocacy Committee
| Chair | Thomas J. Mariani, PhD | Rochester , NY |
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Committee Member
PAR Representative |
Eliza Rista, JD | Huntersville , NC |
| Committee Member | James Kiley, PhD | Bethesda , MD |
| Committee Member | Purushothama Rao Tata, MSc, PhD | Durham , NC |
SCALe - Board Review and MOC
| Committee Member | Josalyn L. Cho, ATSF, MD | North Liberty , IA |
SCALe - Core Curriculum
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Chair
Pulmonary |
Josalyn L. Cho, ATSF, MD | North Liberty , IA |
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Committee Member
Sleep |
Krishna M. Sundar, ATSF, MD | Sacramento , CA |
SCALe - Late-Breaking Education
| Committee Member | Charles S. Dela Cruz, ATSF, MD, PhD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | Krishna M. Sundar, ATSF, MD | Sacramento , CA |
SCALe - Professional Development
| Chair | Christine Marie Bojanowski, ATSF, MD, MSc | New Orleans , LA |
| Committee Member | Joel Moss, MD, PhD | Bethesda , MD |
| Committee Member | Marjorie E. Bateman, MD | Salem , NH |
| Committee Member | Mark Hepokoski, MD | Carlsbad , CA |
Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)
| Chair | Kamran Atabai, ATSF, MD | San Francisco , CA |
| Vice Chair | Andrew J. Goodwin, ATSF, MD | Charleston , SC |
| Vice Chair | Stephanie A Christenson, MD, MS | Glen Ellen , CA |
| Committee Member | Angela Rogers, ATSF, MD, MPH | Palo Alto , CA |
| Committee Member | Ciara M. Shaver, MD, PhD | Nashville , TN |
| Committee Member | David H. Ingbar, ATSF, MD | Minneapolis , MN |
| Committee Member | Ivana Verona Yang, ATSF, BS, PhD | Aurora , CO |
| Committee Member | Jose L. Gomez, ATSF, MS, MD | Orange , CT |
| Committee Member | Kimberley C. W. Wang, ATSF, PhD, MPP | Crawley , Australia |
| Committee Member | Michael B. Fessler, ATSF, MD | Durham , NC |
| Committee Member | Tim Lahm, ATSF, MD | Denver , CO |
Tobacco Action Committee
| Vice Chair | Sven Eric Jordt, ATSF, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Gregory E. Holt, MD, PhD | Miami , FL |
| Committee Member | Meghan E. Rebuli, ATSF, PhD | Chapel Hill , NC |
| Committee Member | Sairam V Jabba, DVM, PhD | Durham , NC |
| Committee Member | Sara Christina Sadreameli, ATSF, MD, MS | Baltimore , MD |
