| Chair | David A. Kaminsky, MD | Burlington, VT |
| Vice Chair | Meredith C. McCormack, MHS, MD | Baltimore, MD |
| Committee Member | Igor Barjaktarevic | Los Angeles, CA |
| Committee Member | Brian L. Graham, PhD | Saskatoon, SK, Canada |
| Committee Member | Teal S. Hallstrand, MD, MPH, ATSF | Seattle, WA |
| Committee Member | John L. Hankinson, PhD | Winterville, GA |
| Committee Member | Neil R. MacIntyre, MD | Durham, NC |
| Committee Member | Kevin R. McCarthy | Matthews, NC |
| Committee Member | Cristine Oropez, MD, MHS | Tucson, AZ |
| Committee Member | Margaret Rosenfeld, MD | Seattle, WA |
| Committee Member | Sanja Stanojevic, PhD | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Committee Member | Erik R. Swenson, MD | Seattle, WA |
| Committee Member | Daniel J. Weiner, MD, ATSF | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Staff | Barbara Horner | New York, NY |
The Proficiency Standards Committee develops proficiency standards for pulmonary function and blood gas laboratories and develops strategies to promote adherence to ATS standards. This committee serves as a resource for the ATS staff concerning issues related to pulmonary function and blood gas testing.
Benchmarks, 2017-2018:
• Develop strategies to improve implementation of guidelines and procedures described in American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Function Laboratory Management and Procedure Manual;
• Support ATS initiative for Quality Assurance Certification of Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories;
• Complete draft Technical Standards document on DLCO/TLCO measurement methods, joint with ERS;
• Develop draft of Technical Standards document on Reporting Format for Pulmonary Function Tests.
• Review current pulmonary function laboratory standards and update, as needed;
• Support MECOR PFT training (if approved by ATS);
• Explore and plan joint projects with European Respiratory Society to update spirometry and lung volume guidelines, and establish process for continued collaboration with ERS given different deadlines for project applications.
