Assembly Working Groups
Assemblies can choose to form working groups under the purview and approval of the current Assembly Chair. Working groups should include a minimum of five assembly members, but be no larger than twelve. Working groups have a maximum two-year term. Working Groups must complete their goals within the two-year term and cannot be renewed after goals are completed.
Working Groups may be utilized to meet the following goals:
- Facilitate effective collaboration between Assembly Executive Committees and Assembly Members in a particular
area within the Assembly;
- To gain knowledge in a specific topic area under an Assembly;
- Identify learning gaps in specific disease categories; and
- Assess assembly membership needs.
Working Groups should not be created if the main objectives of the group are to:
- Develop an official ATS statement
- Program sessions at the conference
- Plan networking events
These are the functions of both the Planning and Program Committees of the Assemblies and those committees must be utilized.
Current Assembly Working Groups
Allergy Immunology & Inflammation |
| AII Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD |
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| AII International Relations Working Group |
| Dr. Njira Lugogo, MD |
| Prof. Ross Vlahos, PhD |
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Clinical Problems |
| CP Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Danielle E. Antin-Ozerkis, MD |
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Critical Care |
| CC Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Allan J. Walkey, MD, MSc |
| Dr. Vincent Liu, MD, MS |
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| CC Geriatrics/ Aging Working Group |
| Dr. Lauren Elena Ferrante, MD, MHS |
| Dr. Nathan Edward Brummel, MD, MSci |
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| CC Global Working Group |
| Dr. Neill Adhikari, MD, MS |
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| CC ICU Directors Working Group |
| Dr. David A. Kaufman, MD |
| Dr. Michael H. Ieong, MD |
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| CC PEDS Medicine Working Group |
| Dr. Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MSci |
| Dr. Ira M. Cheifetz, MD |
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| CC Women in Critical Care Working Group |
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Environmental, Occupational and Population Health |
| EOPH Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Peggy S. Lai, MPH, MD |
| Dr. Allison Lambert, MD, MHS |
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Microbiology, Tuberculosis & Pulmonary Infections |
| MTPI Acute Pneumonia Working Group |
| Dr. Richard G. Wunderink, MD |
| Dr. Charles Dela Cruz, MD, PhD |
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| MTPI Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Bashar Samih Staitieh, MD |
| Dr. Laura Elizabeth Gleeson, MB BCh |
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| MTPI International Relations Working Group |
| Dr. Carlos M. Luna Sr, MD |
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Nursing |
| NUR Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN |
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| NUR Global Working Group |
| Dr. Zijing Chen, PhD |
| Dr. Rebecca Disler, PhD, MSc, BSc, BN, RN |
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Pediatrics |
| PEDS International Relations Working Group |
| Dr. Ozge Yilmaz, MD |
| Dr. Laura Graciela Gochicoa-Rangel, MD |
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| PEDS Sickle Cell Lung Disease Working Group |
| Prof. Anastassios Constantin Koumbourlis, MD, MPH |
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| PR Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Narelle Sarah Cox, PhD, PT |
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Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology |
| RCMB Working Group on Aging |
| Dr. G. Scott Budinger, MD |
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| RCMB Early Career Professionals Working Group |
| Dr. Clemente J. Britto-Leon, MD |
| Dr. Rebecca C. Keith, MD |
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| RCMB Working Group on Stem Cell Biology |
| Dr. Robert J. Freishtat, MPH, MD |
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Respiratory Structure & Function |
| RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group |
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Thoracic Oncology |
| TO Early Career Professional Working Group |
| Dr. Nichole T. Tanner, MD, MSCR |
| Dr. Mark M. Fuster, MD |
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| TO International Relations Working Group |
| Dr. Charles A. Powell, MD |
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| TO Interventional Pulmonology Working Group |
| Dr. Lonny B. Yarmus, DO |
| Dr. Momen M. Wahidi, MBA, MD |
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Last Reviewed: June 2017
