Officers & Committees
Officers
| Interest Group Chair | James E. Metz, DDS | Columbus , OH |
| Chair-Appointee | R. John Kimoff, MD | Montreal , Canada |
| Assembly Chair | Sanjay R. Patel, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Incoming Assembly Chair | Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, MS | Madison , WI |
| Immediate Past Assembly Chair | Susheel P. Patil, MD, PhD, ATSF | Ellicott City , MD |
| Program Chair | Leila K Gozal, MD, MSc, ATSF | Columbia , MO |
| Program Chair-Elect | Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD | Melbourne , Australia |
| Planning Chair | Najib Ayas, MPH, MD | vancouver , Canada |
| Nominating Chair | Indu A. Ayappa, PhD | New York , NY |
| Co-Web Director | Jonathan C. Jun, MD | Baltimore , MD |
| Co-Web Director | Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci | New York , NY |
| Working Group Chair | Omar Mesarwi, MD | La Jolla , CA |
| Committee Member | Danny J. Eckert, PhD | Sydney , Australia |
Planning Committee
| Chair | Najib Ayas, MPH, MD | vancouver , Canada |
| Assembly Chair | Sanjay R. Patel, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| 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 | Sydney , Australia |
| Committee Member | Peter R. Eastwood, PhD | Nedlands WA , Australia |
| Committee Member | Danny J. Eckert, PhD | Sydney , Australia |
| Committee Member | Ramon Farre, PhD | Bercelona , 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 | 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 | Leila K Gozal, MD, MSc, ATSF | Columbia , MO |
| Chair-Elect | Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD | Melbourne , Australia |
| Committee Member | Charles W. Atwood, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
| Committee Member | M. Safwan Badr, MD | Detroit , MI |
| Committee Member | Martha E. Billings, MD, MSc | Seattle , WA |
| Committee Member | Peter Catcheside, BSc(Hons), PhD | Daw Park , Australia |
| Committee Member | Luciano F. Drager, MD | Sao Paulo , Brazil |
| Committee Member | Pedro Genta, MD, ATSF | Sao Paulo , Brazil |
| Committee Member | Camilla M Hoyos, BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD | Forestville , Australia |
| Committee Member | David S. Hui, MD, MBBS | Shatin , Hong Kong PRC |
| Committee Member | Marta Kaminska, MD | Montreal , Canada |
| Committee Member | Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MS | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Sushmita Pamidi, MD | Montreal , Canada |
| Committee Member | Yuksel Peker, MD, PhD | Istanbul , Turkey |
| Committee Member | Grace W. Pien, MD, MS | Baltimore , MD |
| Committee Member | Bharati Prasad, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Nancy S Redeker, PhD, RN | West Haven , CT |
| Committee Member | Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, PhD | Lleida , Spain |
| Committee Member | Shirin Shafazand, MS, MD | Miami , 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 | Esra Tasali, MD | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Azadeh Yadollahi, PhD | Toronto , Canada |
| Committee Member | Andrey Zinchuk, MD, BS | Guilford , CT |
Nominating Committee
| Chair | Indu A. Ayappa, PhD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Danny J. Eckert, PhD | Sydney , Australia |
| Committee Member | Robert L. Owens, MD | La Jolla , CA |
Web Committee
| Web Director | Jonathan C. Jun, MD | Baltimore , MD |
| Incoming Web Director | Neomi A. Shah, MD, MPH, MSci | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Rosemarie Beckford, MD | Nashville , TN |
| Committee Member | Refika Ersu, MD | Kanlica , Turkey |
| Committee Member | Mickey C Harrison, DDS | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Hanna Hong, MD | Rosemead , CA |
| Committee Member | Bilgay Izci Balserak, PhD | Chicago , IL |
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Committee Member
Funding |
Madalina Macrea, MD | Roanoke , VA |
| Committee Member | Melissa Ann Maloney | Los Angeles , CA |
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Committee Member
Journal Club, Co-Chair (2018) |
Anna Michelle May, MD, MS | Parma Heights , OH |
| Committee Member | James E. Metz, DDS | Columbus , OH |
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Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee, Co-Chair |
Iris A. Perez, MD | Los Angeles , CA |
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Committee Member
Education Sub-Committee, Co-Chair |
Helena Schotland | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Ninotchka L. Sigua, MD | Indianapolis , IN |
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Committee Member
Journal Club, Co-Chair |
Robert Callaway Stansbury, MD | Morgantown , WV |
| Committee Member | Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu, MD | Grand Rapids , MI |
| Committee Member | Marlene Typaldos, MD | Conroe , TX |
Assembly Members on Other ATS Committees
ATS Committee Chairs
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Chair
Scientific Advisory Committee |
Richard J. Schwab, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
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Chair
Web Editorial Committee |
Nitin Seam, MD, ATSF | Bethesda , MD |
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Vice Chair
Patient and Family Education Committee |
Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
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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
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Committee Member
CCR Chair-elect |
Don Hayes, MD, MS, MEd, ATSF | Columbus , OH |
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Committee Member
Chair, SRN |
Sanjay R. Patel, MD | Pittsburgh , PA |
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Committee Member
Presidential Appointee |
Nitin Seam, MD, ATSF | Bethesda , MD |
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Committee Member
CCR Chair |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
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
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Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Christine S. Fukui, MD, ATSF | Honolulu , HI |
| Committee Member | Bernie Sunwoo, MBBS | San Diego , CA |
Council of Chapter Representatives
| Chair | Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
| Chair-Elect | Don Hayes, MD, MS, MEd, ATSF | Columbus , OH |
| Representative | Christina R. Bellinger, MD | Advance , NC |
| 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 | Shazia M. Jamil, MD, ATSF | La Jolla , CA |
| Committee Member | Melissa Lipford | Rochester , MN |
| Committee Member | Robert L. Owens, MD | La Jolla , CA |
Environmental Health Policy Committee
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Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Lee K. Brown, MD | Albuquerque , NM |
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 | Narong Simakajornboon, MD | Cincinnati , OH |
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Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Jag Sunderram, MD, ATSF | New Brunswick , NJ |
Health Equality and Diversity Committee
| Committee Member | William Rodriguez, MD, ATSF | San Juan , PR |
| Committee Member | Sunil Sharma | Cherry Hill , NJ |
| Committee Member | Adrian Velasquez, MD, MPH | Newport , RI |
Health Policy Committee
| Committee Member | Samya Z. Nasr, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
International Conference Committee
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Committee Member
PR Program Chair |
Brian W. Carlin, MD | Sewickley , PA |
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Committee Member
SRN Program Chair-elect |
Bradley Allan Edwards, PhD | Melbourne , Australia |
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Committee Member
SRN Program Chair |
Leila K Gozal, MD, MSc, ATSF | Columbia , MO |
International Health Committee
| Committee Member | Samya Z. Nasr, MD | Ann Arbor , MI |
| Committee Member | Mihaela Teodorescu, MD, MS | Madison , WI |
Members In Transition and Training Committee
| Committee Member | Louella B. Amos, MD | Milwaukee , WI |
| Committee Member | Susanna A. McColley, MD | Chicago , IL |
Membership Committee
| Committee Member | Leila K Gozal, MD, MSc, ATSF | Columbia , MO |
Patient and Family Education Committee
| Vice Chair | Vidya Krishnan, MD, MHS, ATSF | Cleveland , OH |
| Committee Member | Mary C. Kapella, PhD, RN, ATSF | Chicago , IL |
| Committee Member | Shalini Manchanda, MBBS | Indianapolis , IN |
Program Review Subcommittee
| Committee Member | Cynthia D. Brown, MS, MD | Zionsville , IN |
| 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 | Robert Callaway Stansbury, MD | Morgantown , WV |
| Committee Member | George Su, MD | San Francisco , CA |
Research Advocacy Committee
| Committee Member | Sonal Malhotra, MD, MPH | Houston , TX |
Scientific Advisory Committee
| Chair | Richard J. Schwab, MD | Philadelphia , PA |
| Committee Member | Raanan Arens, MD | Bronx , NY |
| Committee Member | Ulysses J. Magalang, MD | Columbus , OH |
Training Committee
| Committee Member | Kathleen Doo, MD | New York , NY |
| Committee Member | Mai K. ElMallah, MD, MS | Durham , NC |
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Committee Member
CCR Representative |
Don Hayes, MD, MS, MEd, ATSF | Columbus , OH |
| Committee Member | Bharati Prasad, MD | Chicago , IL |
Web Editorial Committee
| Chair | Nitin Seam, MD, ATSF | Bethesda , MD |
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Committee Member
SRN Assembly |
Jonathan C. Jun, MD | Baltimore , MD |
Last Reviewed: June 2016
