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Officers & Committees

Officers

Chair-Appointee
EU Rep
 Ferran Barbe, MD, ATSF Lleida , Spain
Chair-Appointee
Canada Rep
 R. John Kimoff, MD Montreal , Canada
Chair-Appointee
US Rep
 Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, MD, PhD Baltimore , MD
Chair-Appointee
US Rep
 Richard J. Schwab, MD Philadelphia , PA
Immediate Past Chair Sanjay A. Patel, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Assembly Chair Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, MS Madison , WI
Program Chair Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD Melbourne , Australia
Program Chair-Elect Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD Forestville , Australia
Planning Chair Najib Ayas, MPH, MD vancouver , Canada
Nominating Chair Sanjay R. Patel, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Web Director Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci New York , NY
Co-Web Director Robert Callaway Stansbury, MD Morgantown , WV
Working Group Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Vaishnavi Kundel, MD New York , NY
Working Group Chair
Interest Group on Dental Sleep Medicine
 James E. Metz, DDS Columbus , OH
Working Group Co-Chair
Early Career Professionals
 Lucas M Donovan, MD, MS Seattle , WA
International Member Representative
Nominating Committee
 Malcolm Kohler, MD 8127 Forch , Switzerland
Representative
Science & Innovation Center (SRN Rep)
 Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Representative
PhD & Basic Scientists & Translational Working Group (SRN Rep)
 Brian E Cade, PhD Boston , MA
Committee Member
Nominating Committee
 Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MS Chicago , IL
Committee Member
Scientific Review Committee Chair
 Robert L. Owens, MD La Jolla , CA
Committee Member
Nominating Committee
 Grace W. Pien, MD, MS Baltimore , MD

Planning Committee

Chair Najib Ayas, MPH, MD vancouver , Canada
Committee Member Raouf S. Amin, MD Cincinnati , OH
Committee Member Indu A. Ayappa, PhD New York , NY
Committee Member Ahmed S BaHammam, MD Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Committee Member Margaret Ann Carno, PhD, MBA, RN, CPNP, ATSF Rochester , NY
Committee Member Susmita Chowdhuri, MD, MS Detroit , MI
Committee Member Peter A. Cistulli, MD, MBA, PhD, ATSF Sydney , Australia
Committee Member Danny J. Eckert, PhD Bedford Park , Australia
Committee Member Ramon Farre, PhD Barcelona , Spain
Committee Member Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH Phila , PA
Committee Member Chitra Lal, MD, ATSF MT Plesant , SC
Committee Member Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, MD Sao Paulo 01424001 , Brazil
Committee Member Reena Mehra, MD Cleveland , OH
Committee Member Sanjay R. Patel, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member Susheel P. Patil, MD, PhD, ATSF Ellicott City , MD
Committee Member Sachin R. Pendharkar, MD, MSc Calgary , Canada
Committee Member Motoo Yamauchi, MD, PhD Kashihara , Japan
Staff Miriam Rodriguez New York , NY

Program Committee

Chair Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD Melbourne , Australia
Chair-Elect Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD Forestville , Australia
Committee Member Charles W. Atwood, MD Pittsburgh , PA
Committee Member M. Safwan Badr, MD Detroit , MI
Committee Member Brian E Cade, PhD Boston , MA
Committee Member Pedro Genta, MD, ATSF Sao Paulo , Brazil
Committee Member David S. Hui, MD, MBBS Shatin , Hong Kong PRC
Committee Member Marta Kaminska, MD Montreal , Canada
Committee Member Kirk Kee, MBBS Docklands , Australia
Committee Member Melania Marques, MD Belo Horizonte , Brazil
Committee Member Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MS Chicago , IL
Committee Member Jeremy Elliot Orr, MD San Diego , CA
Committee Member Sushmita Pamidi, MD Montreal , Canada
Committee Member Grace W. Pien, MD, MS Baltimore , MD
Committee Member Nancy S Redeker, PhD, RN West Haven , CT
Committee Member Stefania Redolfi, MD, PhD Paris , France
Committee Member Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, PhD Lleida , Spain
Committee Member Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Cooper City , FL
Committee Member Narong Simakajornboon, MD Cincinnati , OH
Committee Member Hui-Leng Tan, MBBS London , United Kingdom
Committee Member Ignacio Tapia, MD Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member Andrew Vakulin Adelaide , Australia
Committee Member Olivier M. Vanderveken, MD Edegem , Belgium
Committee Member Andrew William Varga, MD, PhD Brewster , NY
Committee Member Andrey Zinchuk, MD, BS Guilford , CT

Web Committee

Web Director Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci New York , NY
Co-Web Director Robert Callaway Stansbury, MD Morgantown , WV
Committee Member
Early Career WG Liaison
 Ridhwan Yousuf Baba, MD Brooklyn , NY
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Rosemarie Beckford, MD Nashville , TN
Committee Member Sumit Bhargava, MD Palo Alto , CA
Committee Member
Social Media (Twitter)
 Rakesh Bhattacharjee, MD San Diego , CA
Committee Member
Journal Club
 Chana Ivy Chantawansri Chin, MD Irvine , CA
Committee Member
Funding
 Oren Cohen, MD NEW ROCHELLE , NY
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Refika Ersu, MD Kanlica , Turkey
Committee Member
Funding
 Jacqueline Hirsh Geer, MD MILFORD , CT
Committee Member
Social Media (Twitter)
 Alex Gileles-Hillel, MD Jerusalem , Israel
Committee Member
Dental Interest Group
 Mickey C Harrison, DDS Columbus , OH
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Hanna Hong, MD Rosemead , CA
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Bilgay Izci Balserak, PhD Chicago , IL
Committee Member
Outgoing Web Director
 Jonathan C. Jun, MD Baltimore , MD
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee (ATS PEC)
 Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
Funding
 Madalina Macrea, MD Roanoke , VA
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Sonal Malhotra, MD, MPH HOUSTON , TX
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Melissa Ann Maloney Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member
Journal Club, Chair
 Anna Michelle May, MD, MS Chagrin Falls , OH
Committee Member
Dental Interest Group
 James E. Metz, DDS Columbus , OH
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee, Co-Chair
 Iris Ambrosio Perez, MD, ATSF Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Abdulghani Sankari, PhD, MD Bloomfield Hills , MI
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee, Co-Chair
 Helena Schotland, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member
Journal Club, Co-Chair
 Ninotchka L. Sigua, MD, ATSF Carmel , IN
Committee Member
Social Media (Twitter)
 Nancy H Stewart, DO Kansas City , KS
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu, MD Grand Rapids , MI
Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee
 Marlene Typaldos, MD Conroe , TX

Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees

ATS Committee Chairs

Vice Chair
Patient and Family Education Committee
 Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Vice Chair
International Health Committee
 Samya Z. Nasr, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Vice Chair
Education Committee
 Tisha S. Wang, MD Los Angeles , CA

Awards Committee

Committee Member Mary C. Kapella, PhD, RN, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Susan S. Redline, MD, MPH Boston , MA

Board of Directors

Committee Member Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ
Committee Member Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, MS Madison , WI

Clinical Practice Committee

Committee Member Fauziya Hassan, MBBS, MS Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Scott Manaker, MD, PhD Philadelphia , PA
Committee Member David W. Roe, MD Zionsville , IN

Clinicians Advisory Committee

Committee Member
CCR Representative
 Christine S. Fukui, MD, ATSF Honolulu , HI
Committee Member Susanna A. McColley, MD Chicago , IL
Committee Member Bernie Sunwoo, MBBS San Diego , CA

Council of Chapter Representatives

Immediate Past Chair Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ
Representative Christina R. Bellinger, MD Advance , NC
Representative Cynthia D. Brown, MS, MD Zionsville , IN
Representative Christine S. Fukui, MD, ATSF Honolulu , HI
Representative Fady G. Jamous, MD, ATSF Sioux Falls , SD
Representative Samya Z. Nasr, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Representative Carolyn H. Welsh, MD, ATSF Aurora , CO

Documents Development and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc Seattle , WA
Committee Member Athanasios Kaditis Athens , Greece

Education Committee

Vice Chair Tisha S. Wang, MD Los Angeles , CA
Committee Member Jessica Aubyn Cooksey, MD Evanston , IL
Committee Member Shazia M. Jamil, MD, ATSF La Jolla , CA
Committee Member Melissa Lipford, MD ROCHESTER , MN
Committee Member Caroline Okorie, MD, MPH Los Altos , CA
Committee Member Robert L. Owens, MD La Jolla , CA
Committee Member Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS, ATSF Cooper City , FL

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee

Committee Member Margaret Ann Carno, PhD, MBA, RN, CPNP, ATSF Rochester , NY
Committee Member Kathleen F. Sarmiento, MD, MPH San Francisco , CA
Committee Member
CCR Representative
 Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF New Brunswick , NJ
Committee Member Rohan A. Thompson, MD Columbus , OH

Health Equality and Diversity Committee

Committee Member William Rodriguez, MD, ATSF San Juan , PR
Committee Member Sunil Sharma Morgantown , WV
Committee Member Adrian Velasquez, MD, MPH Newport , RI

Health Policy Committee

Committee Member Amen Sergew, MD Denver , CO

International Conference Committee

Committee Member
SRN Program Chair
 Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD Melbourne , Australia
Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-Elect
 Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD Forestville , Australia
Committee Member
RSF Program Chair-Elect
 Cindy Thamrin, PhD Glebe , Australia

International Health Committee

Vice Chair Samya Z. Nasr, MD Ann Arbor , MI
Committee Member Leila Kheirandish Gozal, MD, MSc, ATSF Columbia , MO
Committee Member Grace Rebecca Paul, FAASM Columbus , OH

Membership Committee

Committee Member Christina R. Bellinger, MD Advance , NC

Patient and Family Education Committee

Vice Chair Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF Cleveland , OH
Committee Member
CCR Representative
 Fady G. Jamous, MD, ATSF Sioux Falls , SD
Committee Member Shalini Manchanda, MBBS Indianapolis , IN

Planning and Evaluation Committee

Committee Member Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, MS Madison , WI

Program Review Subcommittee

Committee Member Cynthia D. Brown, MS, MD Zionsville , IN
Committee Member Rafael E. de la Hoz, MD, MPH, MSc, ATSF New York , NY
Committee Member Reena Mehra, MD Cleveland , OH

Publications Policy Committee

Committee Member David Gozal, MD, MBA, ATSF COLUMBIA , MO

Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee

Committee Member Brian W. Carlin, MD Sewickley , PA
Committee Member Robert Callaway Stansbury, MD Morgantown , WV
Committee Member George Su, MD San Francisco , CA

Scientific Advisory Committee

Committee Member Ulysses J. Magalang, MD Columbus , OH
Committee Member Nancy S Redeker, PhD, RN West Haven , CT

Training Committee

Committee Member Kathleen Doo, MD, MEd Oakland , CA
Committee Member Mai K. Elmallah, MD, MS Durham , NC
Committee Member Bharati Prasad, MD, ATSF Chicago , IL
Committee Member Rachel Quaney, MD COLUMBUS , OH

Web Editorial Committee

Committee Member
SRN Assembly
 Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci New York , NY

Last Reviewed: June 2016