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Officers & Committees

Officers

Assembly Chair Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Planning Chair Sushmita Pamidi, MD, MSci Montreal , Canada
Nominating Chair Reena Mehra, MD, MSCR, ATSF Cleveland , OH

Planning Committee

Chair Sushmita Pamidi, MD, MSci Montreal , Canada
Past Chair Sachin R. Pendharkar, MD, MSc, ATSF Calgary , Canada
Committee Member Arezu Najafi Tehran , Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
Committee Member Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD Forestville , Australia
Committee Member Ching Li Chai-Coetzer, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Adelaide , Australia
Committee Member Chitra Lal, MD, ATSF Mount Pleasant , SC
Committee Member Henry K. Yaggi, MPH New Haven , CT
Committee Member Kevin John Eng, MD Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Megan M Lowery, MD Alachua , FL
Committee Member Pedro Genta, MD, ATSF Sao Paulo , Brazil
Committee Member Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Committee Member Tetyana Kendzerska, MD, PhD Ottawa , Canada
Committee Member Thomas M Tolbert, MD Astoria , NY
Committee Member Zarmina Ehsan, MD Kansas City , MO
Apprentice Jiyeon Seo, MD Los Angeles , CA

Program Committee

Chair Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc Seattle , WA
Chair-Elect Henry K. Yaggi, MPH New Haven , CT
Committee Member Ali Azarbarzin, PhD Boston , MA
Committee Member Ana Sanchez Azofra, MD San Diego , CA
Committee Member Anita V Shelgikar, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Brendon J Yee, MBChB, PhD Sydney , Australia
Committee Member Brian K. Gehlbach, MD Iowa City , IA
Committee Member Diane C. Lim, MD Miami , FL
Committee Member Diego Robles Mazzotti, PhD Kansas City , KS
Committee Member Ghada R. Bourjeily, MD Smithfield , RI
Committee Member J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Jacqueline Wanjiku Kagima, MD, PhD, ATSF NAIROBI , Kenya
Committee Member Jason H. Mateika, PhD Detroit , MI
Committee Member Jeremy Elliot Orr, MD San Diego , CA
Committee Member Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS, ATSF ISSAQUAH , WA
Committee Member Michelle Cao, DO STANFORD , CA
Committee Member Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Committee Member Omonigho Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD Staten Island , NY
Committee Member Oren Cohen, MD NEW YORK , NY
Committee Member Surendra K Sharma, MD, PhD, ATSF New Delhi , India
Committee Member Vaishnavi N. Kundel, MD, MSci New York , NY
Committee Member Weston T. Powell, MD, PhD Seattle , WA
Committee Member Yuksel Peker, MD, PhD, ATSF Istanbul , Turkey
Apprentice Alyssa Lip, MD Calgary , Canada

Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee Member Jonathan C. Jun, MD Baltimore , MD
Nominating Committee Member Pedro Genta, MD, ATSF Sao Paulo , Brazil

Web Committee

Web Director Refika Ersu, MD Ottawa , Canada
Co-Web Director Helena Schotland, MD, ATSF, FAASM New York , NY
Committee Chair Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Chair Madalina Macrea, MD Roanoke , VA
Committee Chair Melissa A Maloney, MD Salt Lake City , UT
Committee Co-Chair Brandon Nokes, MD Carlsbad , CA
Committee Co-Chair Sonal Malhotra, MD, MPH HOUSTON , TX
Committee Member Alex Gileles-Hillel, MD Jerusalem , Israel
Committee Member Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member
Social Media
 Ashesha Mechineni, MD Lombard , IL
Committee Member
Education subcommittee
 Bilgay Izci Balserak, PhD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Chana Ivy Chantawansri Chin, MD Santa Ana , CA
Committee Member Erin Eschbach, MD New York , NY
Committee Member
Social Media
 Marie-Anne Melone Rouen , France
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Marlene Typaldos, MD The Woodlands , TX
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu Grand Rapids , MI
Committee Member
Education Sub Committee
 Mohammed Sami Saleh Alzoubaidi, MD, MPH, FACP, ATSF Lake Forest , IL
Committee Member Moshe Yaakov Prero, MD Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Committee Member
Journal Club
 Ninotchka L. Sigua, MD, ATSF Carmel , IN
Committee Member Roshni Shah, MD Jersey City , NJ
Committee Member Sumit Bhargava, MD Palo Alto , CA

 

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Committee Chairs

Chair
Digital Content Committee
 Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Chair
SCALe
 Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
CO-Chair
Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee
 Omar Hussain, DO, MS Downers Grove , IL
Vice Chair
Research Advocacy Committee
 Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Vice Chair
Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee
 Matthew F Griffith, MD, MPH Centennial , CO

Awards Committee

Committee Member J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci New York , NY

Board Nominating Committee

Committee Member J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH, ATSF Cleveland , OH

Board of Directors

Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on Nursing
 Margaret Carno, PhD, CPNP, ATSF, MBA, RN Rochester , NY
Committee Member
Chair, Assembly on SRN
 Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Committee Member
Chair, SCALe
 Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA

Council of ATS (CATS)

Committee Member
Digital Content Committee
 Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member
Assembly on Nursing
 Margaret Carno, PhD, CPNP, ATSF, MBA, RN Rochester , NY
Committee Member
Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee
 Omar Hussain, DO, MS Downers Grove , IL
Committee Member
Assembly on SRN
 Robert L. Owens, MD, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Committee Member
SCALe
 Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Representative
Colorado Thoracic Society Chapter
 Carolyn H. Welsh, MD, ATSF Denver , CO
Representative
Oklahoma Thoracic Society Chapter
 Cory Damon Cross, MD Oklahoma City , OK
Representative
New Jersey Thoracic Society Chapter
 Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ

Digital Content Committee

Chair Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH

Digital Content Committee Liaison

Chair Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member
SRN Co-Web Director
 Refika Ersu, MD Ottawa , Canada

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Jeremy Elliot Orr, MD San Diego , CA
Committee Member Madalina Macrea, MD Roanoke , VA
Committee Member Shazia M. Jamil, MD, FCCP, FAASM, ATSF La Jolla , CA

Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee

Committee Member Mudiaga Sowho, MD, MPH Lawrenceville , NJ
Committee Member
PAR Representative
 Teresa Richardson Barnes St. Louis , MO
Committee Member Xavier Soler, MD, PhD Rancho Santa Fe , CA

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Vice Chair Matthew F Griffith, MD, MPH Centennial , CO
Committee Member Margaret Carno, PhD, CPNP, ATSF, MBA, RN Rochester , NY

Finance Committee

Committee Member M. Safwan Badr, MD, MBA, ATSF Detroit , MI

Health Equity and Diversity Committee

Committee Member Ignacio E Tapia, MD, MS Miami , FL

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Helena Schotland, MD, ATSF, FAASM New York , NY
Committee Member Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF Cleveland , OH

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-Elect
 Henry K. Yaggi, MPH New Haven , CT
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair
 Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc Seattle , WA

International Health Committee

Committee Member Sofia Konstantinopoulou Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates

Joint ATS/CHEST Clinical Practice Committee

CO-Chair
ATS
 Omar Hussain, DO, MS Downers Grove , IL
Committee Member
ATS
 John Bishara, DO Jersey City , NJ
Committee Member Peter C. Gay, MD Rochester , MN

Patient and Family Education Committee

Committee Member Sairam Parthasarathy, MD Tucson , AZ

Project Review Committee

Committee Member Marta Kaminska, MD Montreal , Canada

Public Advisory Roundtable

Committee Member Teresa Richardson Barnes St. Louis , MO

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member Abdulghani Sankari, PhD, MD Bloomfield Hills , MI

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Hira Bakhtiar, MD Wilton , CT
Committee Member Jing Wang, MD Closter , NJ

Research Advocacy Committee

Vice Chair Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Committee Member Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD Philadelphia , PA

SCALe - Board Review and MOC

Committee Member Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ
Committee Member Maria Elena Vega Sanchez, MD Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member
SCALe Liaison
 Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA

SCALe - Core Curriculum

Chair
Pediatric
 Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH Palo Alto , CA
Chair
Sleep
 Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH Chestnut Hill , MA
Vice Chair
Sleep
 Michelle R. Zeidler, MD Santa Monica , CA
Committee Member
Pediatric
 Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member
Sleep
 Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ
Committee Member
Sleep
 Krishna M. Sundar, MD, ATSF Sacramento , CA
Committee Member
Sleep
 Melissa Lipford, MD ROCHESTER , MN
Committee Member
Pediatric
 Moshe Yaakov Prero, MD Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
Sleep
 Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Pembroke Pines , FL

SCALe - Education Technology

Committee Member Ashesha Mechineni, MD Lombard , IL
Committee Member Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Pembroke Pines , FL

SCALe - Evaluations and Outcomes

Vice Chair Morgan Soffler, MD Chappaqua , NY
Committee Member Anna K Brady, MD Charleston , SC
Committee Member Kathleen Doo, MD, MEd, ATSF, FCCP, FACP Oakland , CA
Committee Member Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS, ATSF ISSAQUAH , WA
Committee Member Rachel Quaney, MD, MEd Denver , CO

SCALe - Late-Breaking Education

Chair Shazia M. Jamil, MD, FCCP, FAASM, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Committee Member Krishna M. Sundar, MD, ATSF Sacramento , CA
Committee Member
SCALe Liaison
 Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA

SCALe - Professional Development

Committee Member Katherine Dudley, MD, MPH Chestnut Hill , MA
Committee Member Michelle R. Zeidler, MD Santa Monica , CA
Committee Member Vaishnavi N. Kundel, MD, MSci New York , NY

SCALe-Steering Committee on Advancement and Learning

Chair Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA

Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC)

Committee Member Morgan Soffler, MD Chappaqua , NY
Committee Member Najib Ayas, MPH, MD Vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Vsevolod Seva Polotsky, MD, PhD Washington , DC