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International Conference Committee

Chair Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, ATSF Denver, CO
Chair Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, ATSF Denver, CO
Chair-Elect Paul D. Robinson, ATSF, MD, MRCPCH, PhD, FRACP Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Committee Member - PR Program Chair-Elect Alan L. Hamilton, PhD Waterdown, ON, Canada
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Alfred Papali, ATSF Charlotte, NC
Committee Member - CC Program Chair Aluko A. Hope, MD Portland, OR
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD Gainesville, FL
Committee Member - PED Program Chair Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH, ATSF Nashville, TN
Committee Member - EOPH Program Chair-Elect Crystal M. North, MD, MPH Boston, MA
Committee Member - NUR Program Chair-Elect Deena K. Costa, PhD, RN Orange, CT
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Deepshikha C. Ashana, MD, MBA, MS Durham, NC
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Dominick Roto, DO Rochester, NY
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Erin Plosa, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Committee Member - TO Program Chair-Elect Fabien Maldonado, MD, MS Brentwood, TN
Committee Member - PED Program Chair-Elect Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD Houston, TX
Committee Member - SRN Program Chair Henry K. Yaggi, MPH Madison, CT
Committee Member - RCMB Program Chair-Elect Jaime L. Hook, MD New York, NY
Committee Member - CC Program Chair-Elect Jen-Ting T. Chen, MD, MSci San Francisco, CA
Committee Member - TO Program Chair Julie A. Barta, MD, ATSF Philadelphia, PA
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, ATSF Saint Louis, MO
Committee Member - PI-TB Program Chair Kelly Pennington, MD Rochester, MN
Committee Member - PC Program Chair-Elect Lael Yonker, MD Boston, MA
Committee Member - CP Program Chair-Elect Lida P. Hariri, MD, PhD, ATSF Boston, MA
Committee Member - SRN Program Chair-Elect Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, PhD, ATSF Toledo, Spain, Spain
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Meredith Tennis, PhD Aurora, CO
Committee Member - BSHSR Program Chair Michelle Sharp, MD, MHS, ATSF Baltimore, MD
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Nancy H. Stewart, DO Kansas City, KS
Committee Member - PR Program Chair Neil J. Greening, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, BMedSci Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Oleg Epelbaum, MD, ATSF Valhalla, NY
Committee Member - PI-TB Program Chair-Elect Patricio Escalante, MD, MSc Rochester, MN
Committee Member - RSF Program Chair-Elect Peter J. Niedbalski, PhD Kansas City, KS
Committee Member - RCMB Program Chair Rachel S. Knipe, MD, ATSF Boston, MA
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Rachel Tappan, PT, DPT Chicago, IL
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Robert P. Thomen, PhD Columbia, MO
Committee Member - RSF Program Chair Rodney D. Britt, BS, PhD, ATSF Columbus, OH
Committee Member - PC Program Chair Soban Umar, MD, PhD, ATSF LOS ANGELES, CA
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Stella B. Ogake, MD, ATSF Columbus, OH
Committee Member - CP Program Chair Surya P. Bhatt, MD, MSPH Birmingham, AL
Committee Member - NUR Program Chair Tammy L. Eaton, PhD, MSc, RN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCM Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Tammy L. Eaton, PhD, MSc, RN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCM Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member - EOPH Program Chair Tara M. Nordgren, PhD Omaha, NE
Committee Member - PG Subcommittee Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD, MPH Birmingham, AL
Committee Member - BSHSR Program Chair-Elect Thomas S. Valley, MD, MSc, ATSF Ann Arbor, MI
Committee Member - AII Program Chair-Elect Victor E. Ortega, MD, PhD, ATSF Scottsdale, AZ
Committee Member - AII Program Chair Yvonne J. Huang, MD, ATSF Ann Arbor, MI
Staff D'Ann Brown-Janowiak New York, NY

The International Conference Committee is responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing scientific and educational sessions and other programs of the ATS International Conference. This responsibility includes securing, reviewing and selecting proposals and abstracts for the scientific sessions, coordinating sessions devoted to continuing medical education, and supervising the conduct and content of collaboratively sponsored programs. The International Conference Committee evaluates the quality of each year's International Conference and proposes strategies to improve the conference in subsequent years.

Benchmarks, 2025-2026:
• Identify innovative, efficient and effective ways to present the International Conference content, and work with ATS leadership to facilitate implementation of new Society initiatives.
• Enhance international attendance by ensuring clinical and basic science sessions reflect a global approach to health and disease wherever possible.
• Encourage participation of younger professionals and trainees by increasing interaction between early career investigators and clinicians with more senior ATS members.
• Program non-Assembly symposia to cover committee activities and strategic initiatives of the Society.