Committees of the ACCP

The American College of Chest Physicians is an organization governed by its membership. The 15 committees work diligently behind the scenes to ensure that the College addresses issues of concern for members, patients, and communities.

AD Hoc International Education Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Marisa McCarren

Chair
Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
David D. Gutterman, MD, FCCP

Francesco de Blasio, MD, FCCP
Carlos Ibarra-Perez, MD, FCCP
Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP
Hani Lababidi, MD, FCCP
Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP
Zsolt Papai, MD, FCCP
Ana Popescu, MD FCCP
Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP
Maysa Sharaf El Din, MD, FCCP
James A. L. Mathers, Jr., MD, FCCP, Ex-Officio

Council of Committees

ACCP Staff Liaison: Tracy Goode

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP
Chair, President Designate

Peter Sprio, MD, FCCP
Council of NetWorks, Chair

Philip Marcus, MD, MPH, FCCP
Council of NetWorks, Vice-Chair

Atul Mehta, MBBS, FCCP
Council of NetWorks, Immediate Past Chair

Mark Rosen, MD, FCCP
Education Committee, Chair

Kenneth Torrington, MD, FCCP
Education Committee, Vice-Chair

COL Lisa Moores, MC, USA, FCCP
Education Committee, Immediate Past Chair
Quality Improvement, Chair

Jo Ann Brooks, DNSc, FCCP
Quality Improvement, Vice-Chair

Ian Nathanson, MD, FCCP
Health and Science Policy, Chair

Mark Metersky, MD, FCCP
Health and Science Policy, Vice-Chair

Doreen Adrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
Health and Science Policy, Immediate Past Chair

William Goodman, MD, FCCP
US and Canadian Council of Governors, Chair

Henri Colt, MD, FCCP
US and Canadian Council of Governors, Vice-Chair

David Gutterman, MD, FCCP
Liaison, Board of Regents

Bylaws Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: Nancy Himmelfarb

Chair
John D Buckley, MD, FCCP

Sidney S Braman, MD, FCCP
Gene L Colice, MD, FCCP
Peter P McKeown, MBBS, FCCP
Lawrence C Mohr, Jr, MD, FCCP
Curtis N Sessler, MD, FCCP
Wickii T Vigneswaran, MBBS, FCCP - Ex Officio

CHEST Scientific Program Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Ed Dellert, RN, MBA, CCMEP, Lisa Alvarez, Robb Rabito

Co-Chairs
Anne E. O’Donnell, MD, FCCP
Robert D. Levy, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Kevin M. Chan, MD, FCCP

Russell A. Acevedo, MD, FCCP
Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP
Bindu Akkanti, MD
Linda J. Bell, RN, AACN Representative
Henri G. Colt, MD, FCCP
Asha V. Devereaux, MD, FCCP
Edward J. Diamond, MD, FCCP
Ronald F. Grossman, MD, FCCP
Nicola A. Hanania, MBBS, FCCP
Susan M. Harding, MD, FCCP
CPT Aaron B. Holley, MC, USA
Tristan J. Huie, MD
William L. Jackson, Jr., MD, FCCP
Carla R. Lamb, MD, FCCP
Craig M. Lilly, MD, FCCP
Darcy D. Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Robin G. McFadden, MD, FCCP, CTS Representative
Kevin M. O’Neil, MD, FCCP
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP, Liaison: ACCP Regent-at-Large
Christopher J. Ryerson, MD
Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP
Harish Seethamraju, MBBS
Arthur W. Sung, MD
David L. Vines, RRT

Ex Officio Members
President: Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD, FCCP
President-Elect: David D. Gutterman, MD, FCCP
Immediate Past President: James A. L. Mathers, Jr., MD, FCCP
CHEST, Editor in Chief: Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP
CHEST 2009, Chair: COL Lisa K. Moores, MC, USA, FCCP
CHEST 2008, Chair: Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP
Council of NetWorks, Chair: Peter Spiro, MD, FCCP
Education Committee, Chair: Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP
Health and Science Policy Committee, Chair: Ian T. Nathanson, MD, FCCP
Quality Improvement Committee, Chair: COL Lisa K. Moores, MC, USA, FCCP
Scientific Presentations and Awards Commitee, Chair: Jeana D. O’Brien, MD, FCCP

NetWork Liaisons
Affiliate: MAJ William F. Kelly, MC, USA, FCCP
Airways Disorders: Jay I. Peters, MD, FCCP
Allied Health: Caryn O. Pope, BSN
Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery: Thomas Behrenbeck, MD, FCCP
Chest Infections: Kelly A. Wood, MD, FCCP
Clinical Pulmonary Medicine: Jeff Schnader, MD, FCCP
Critical Care: LTC Alexander S. Niven, MC, USA, FCCP
Cultural Diversity in Medicine: Liziamma George, MBBS, FCCP
Disaster Response: CAPT Dennis E. Amundson, MC, USN, FCCP
Home Care: Noah Lechtzin, MD, FCCP
Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease: Imre Noth, MD, FCCP
Interventional Chest/Diagnostic Procedures: Sudish C. Murthy, MD, FCCP
Members in Industry: Mark S. Forshag, MD, FCCP
Occupational and Environmental Health: Daniel A. Gerardi, MD, FCCP
Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP
Pediatric Chest Medicine: Howard B. Panitch, MD, FCCP
Practice Operations: Michael K. McCormick, RRT
Pulmonary Physiology, Function, and Rehabilitation: Steve H. Salzman, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Francisco J. Soto, MD
Respiratory Care: Carl A. Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Sleep Medicine: Kenneth R. Casey, MD, FCCP
Thoracic Oncology: Douglas A. Arenberg, MD, FCCP
Transplant: Selim M. Arcasoy, MD, FCCP
Women’s Health: Sheila J. Goodnight-White, MD, FCCP

Education Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Ed Dellert, RN, MBA, CCMEP, and Laura Nolan

Chair
Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2010 Scientific Program Committee

Vice Chair
Kenneth G. Torrington, MD, FCCP

Sandra G. Adams, MD, FCCP
Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, FCCP
Andrew R. Berman, MD, FCCP
Brian W. Carlin, MD, FCCP
Kevin M. Chan, MD, FCCP
W. Christopher Croley, MD, FCCP
COL Thomas M. Fitzpatrick, MC, USA, FCCP
Cassie C. Kennedy, MD
Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FCCP
Paul H. Mayo, MD, FCCP
Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member
COL Lisa K. Moores, MC, USA, FCCP

Ethics Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: Nancy Himmelfarb

Chair
W. Michael Alberts, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Pascal O Udekwu, MBBS, FCCP

Russell A Acevedo, MD, FCCP
Andrew R Berman, MD, FCCP
Amado X Freire, MD, FCCP
Marcia F Katz, MD, FCCP
Jeana D O Brien, MD, FCCP
James M Parish, MD, FCCP
Arunabh Talwar, MBBS, FCCP
Mark R Tonelli, MD, FCCP
Norman J Wilder, MD, FCCP
James A L Mathers, Jr, MD, FCCP - Liaison, Board of Regents
Lawrence C Mohr, Jr, MD, FCCP- Ex Officio

Finance Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: P. Stratton Davies, CPA

Chair
Edward J. Diamond, MD, FCCP

Neil Freedman, MD, FCCP
Darcy D Marciniuk, MD, FCCP
Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP
Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP

Government Relations Committee

Get Involved in the Government Relations Committee

Chair
Irwin Berlin, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Steven M Zimmet, MD, FCCP

Robert Aranson, MD, FCCP
Sidney S. Braman, MD, FCCP
Eric S Edell, MD, FCCP
David R Kull, MPH
Gary K Lovelady, MD, FCCP
Anthony M Marinelli, MD, FCCP
James P Osmanski, II, DO, FCCP
Daniel R Ouellette, MD, FCCP
Paul H Sammut, MBBCh, FCCP
Pascal O Udekwu, MBBS, FCCP

Paul D Banick, MD, FCCP - Immediate Past Chair

Committee Liaisons:
Henri G Colt, MD, FCCP - Governors' Representative
John D Buckley, MD, FCCP - APCCMPD
William H Goodman, MD, FCCP - Council of Governors
Eric S Yaeger, MD, FCCP - NAMDRC
Michael E Nelson, MD, FCCP - Chair, Practice Management Committee

Health and Science Policy Committee

Chair
Ian T Nathanson, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Mark L Metersky, MD, FCCP

Bruce L Davidson, MD, FCCP
Patricio Escalante, MD, FCCP
Laura Evans, MD, FCCP
Stephen A Geraci, MD, FCCP
Michael K Gould, MD, FCCP
Norman S Kato, MD, FCCP
Mark A Malesker, PharmD, FCCP
Praveen N Mathur, MBBS, FCCP
Daniel R Ouellette, MD, FCCP
Paul A Selecky, MD, FCCP
Michael Unger, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member
Doreen J Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP

International Nominating Subcommittee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Tracy Goode

Chair
Robert Levy, MD, FCCP

Vera A De Palo, MD, FCCP
Philip Eng, MBBS, FCCP
Martin M Hernandez-Torre, MD, FCCP
Andrzej J Krzywiecki, MD, FCCP
Hani M S Lababidi, MD, FCCP
Sanjeev Kumar Mehta, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member
Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP

Marketing Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: Richard L. Waters

Chair
Anthony G Saleh, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Loren J Harris, MD, FCCP

Neri M Cohen, MD, FCCP
Gordon H Downie, MD, FCCP
Kim D French, MHSA
Pamela K Fry, RRT
LeRoy M Graham, MD, FCCP
J Mark Madison, MD, FCCP
Semil B Mehta, MD
Susan Lynn Millard, MD, FCCP
Michael E Nelson, MD, FCCP
Thomas E Syverson, CMPE
Glenn S Tillotson, PhD, FCCP

Liaison
Janet R Maurer, MD, FCCP - The CHEST Foundation, Chair

Ex Officio Members
Ronald F Grossman, MD, FCCP
David D Gutterman, MD, FCCP - President Elect, Chest Meeting Chair
Robert D Levy, MD, FCCP - CHEST 2010 Meeting Co-Chair
Anne E O Donnell, MD, FCCP - CHEST 2010 Meeting Co-Chair
Kevin M Chan, MD, FCCP - CHEST 2011 Meeting Chair

Membership Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Tracy Goode and Christine E Derbes

Chair
William H. Goodman, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Henri G. Colt, MD, FCCP

Thomas Behrenbeck, MD, FCCP
Robert De Marco, MD, FCCP
John A Howington, MD, FCCP
Ritsu Kuno, MD, FCCP
Mark A Malesker, PharmD, FCCP
C Sola Olopade, MBBS, FCCP
Michael W Prewitt, PhD, FCCP
Paul H Sammut, MBBCh, FCCP
Rajan Santosham, MBBS, FCCP
Maysa M Sharaf Eldin, MD, FCCP
Francisco J Soto, MD, FCCP
Marya D Zilberberg, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member
Loren W Greenway, PhD, FCCP

Nominating Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Lynne Marcus and Terri Berman

Chair
Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Alvin V Thomas, Jr, MD, FCCP

Presidential Appointment
Nicola A Hanania, MBBS, FCCP
Norman J Wilder, MD, FCCP

Regents' Representatives
LeRoy M Graham, MD, FCCP
Praveen N Mathur, MBBS, FCCP

Past Presidents Advisory Council Representative
Susan K Pingleton, MD, Master FCCP PPAC

Governors' Representative
Robert Aranson, MD, FCCP
Momen M Wahidi, MD, FCCP

NetWorks' Representative
Kevin M Chan, MD, FCCP
Asha V Devereaux, MD, FCCP

International Council's Representative
Carlos Ibarra-Perez, MD, FCCP
Zsolt Papai, MD, FCCP

Practice Management Committee

ACCP Staff Liaisons: Marla Brichta, Priyal Patel

Chair
Michael E. Nelson, MD, FCCP

Vice Chair
Robert De Marco, MD, FCCP

Joseph Austin, MD, FCCP
Marc Benton, MD, FCCP
Neri Cohen, MD, PhD, FCCP
Kim D. French, MHSA
Anitra Graves, MD, FCCP
William W Lunn, MD, FCCP
Scott Manaker, MD, FCCP ACCP RUC Advisor
Anthony M. Marinelli, MD, FCCP
Alan L. Plummer, MD, FCCP (ATS RUC Advisor)
Richard M Hamrick, III, MD, FCCP Ex Officio Member

Liasons:
Burton L Lesnick, MD, FCCP ACCP RUC Alternate Advisor
Stephen P Hoffmann, MD, FCCP ATS RUC Advisor
Michael K McCormick, RRT Liaison, Co Chair Practice Operations NetWork
Philip Marcus, MD, FCCP Liaison, Co Chair, Practice Operations NetWork
Irwin M Berlin, MD, FCCP Liaison, Government Relations Committee

Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: Robb Rabito

Chair
Jeana D. O’Brien, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2010 Scientific Program Committee

Vice Chair
Namita Sood, MBBCh, FCCP

Dahlia A. Blake, MD, FCCP
Christopher L. Carroll, MD, FCCP
Feroza M. Daroowalla, MD, FCCP
Maria L. Jison, MD, FCCP
Christina C. Kao, MD, FCCP
John P. Kress, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, FCCP
Muthiah P. Muthiah, MBBS, FCCP
Kevin M. O’Neil, MD, FCCP
William Rodriguez-Cintron, MD, FCCP
Charlie Strange, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member
Luis F. Angel, MD, FCCP

Quality Improvement Committee

ACCP Staff Liaison: Joyce L Bruno Reitzner, MBA

Chair
COL Lisa K Moores, MC, USA, FCCP

Vice Chair
Jo Ann Brooks, DNSc, FCCP

Russell A. Acevedo, MD, FCCP
Gene L. Colice, MD, FCCP
Mark D. Garfield, MD, FCCP
Robert C. Hyzy, MD, FCCP
Robert A. Lancey, MD, FCCP
Janet R. Maurer, MD, FCCP
Mark L. Metersky, MD, FCCP
James M. O'Brien, Jr.,MD, FCCP
Raghu R Sundaram, MBBS
Pascal O. Udekwu, MBBS, FCCP
Cindy L. Munro, NP, AACN Liaison

Ex Officio - Michael H. Baumann, MD, MS, FCCP

Committees of the ACCP

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