President & Master Fellows

President: Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP, is Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Medical College of Columbia University and Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Raoof obtained his medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India. He completed his medical residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Raoof has served the ACCP in many capacities, including Chair of the US and Canadian Council of Governors, Chair of the Membership Committee, member-at-large of the Board of Regents, Chair of the CHEST 2008 Annual Scientific Program Committee, Chair of the Council of Committees, Chair of the Global Education Track for CHEST 2010, ACCP representative to the American College of Radiology, and ACCP representative to the European Respiratory Society’s multisociety effort to develop noninvasive ventilation guidelines. Dr. Raoof’s academic interests include mechanical ventilation and chest radiology for pulmonologists. Dr. Raoof is the recipient of many honors, including Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP). Dr. Raoof’s vision for the ACCP during his term will be to continue to promote the ACCP as a leader in clinical chest medicine and make available to the membership cutting-edge initiatives to deliver evidence-based medical education. He also endeavors to keep the membership informed of new and emerging health-care needs, so they can incorporate best medical practices in their day-to-day patient care and partner with the College for their recertification, licensure, and educational needs. Dr. Raoof will promote leadership development and mentorship within the College. He will continue to strengthen collaboration with strategic international partners. Finally, by promoting the OneBreath™ Campaign, he hopes to encourage virtual participation of the lay public through social media and increase awareness of pulmonary diseases and develop new partnerships with health-care societies and others.

President-Elect: Darcy D. Marciniuk, MD, FCCP, is a Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Respirology, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Dr. Marciniuk received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984 and had specialty training in internal medicine and respiratory medicine at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Manitoba. He returned to Saskatoon in 1990, where he assumed his current faculty position with the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Marciniuk is currently a member of the ACCP Board of Regents and a Trustee of The CHEST Foundation. He has held a number of leadership positions in the ACCP, including Governor of Saskatchewan; Chair of the Pulmonary Physiology, Function, and Rehabilitation Network; and Co-Chair of CHEST 2005. Dr. Marciniuk has also served on the Steering Committee of the Canadian National Lung Health Framework, is a Past Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Examination Committee in Respirology, and is a Past President of the Canadian Thoracic Society. Dr. Marciniuk has published more than 90 peer-reviewed publications, chapters, and reviews. His interests in pulmonary medicine include COPD and clinical physiology and exercise.

Immediate Past President: David Gutterman, MD, FCCP, is the Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiology and Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. He matriculated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with BA and MD degrees and completed a residency and chief residency in Medicine at the University of Iowa. After completing a cardiology fellowship at the University of Iowa, Dr. Gutterman joined the faculty at Iowa, later moving to the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Gutterman’s service to the ACCP has included membership on the Education and Government Liaison Committees. He has chaired the Health and Science Policy committee and continues to serve as the ACCP representative to the executive committee of the Antithrombotics Guideline panel. He has also served as Chair of the Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork and as a Regent-at-Large. Dr. Gutterman’s primary research focus is on mechanisms regulating coronary vascular reactivity in the human heart. His work also includes translational studies examining the effect of exercise and diet on vascular endothelial function and the propensity for atherosclerosis. His laboratory has received continuous federal funding for over two decades and has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers. Dr. Gutterman has chaired NIH and AHA scientific study sections, is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, and serves as an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology. The growing complexities of medical care, a stricter regulatory environment, and greater emphasis on quality outcome measures require a matrixed strategic approach to effectively and efficiently coordinate the practice of medicine. Dr. Gutterman’s vision for the ACCP stresses collaboration and integration of all our activities to better serve our membership and facilitate their ability to improve patient health.

President-Designate: Michael H. Baumann, MD, MS, FCCP, is Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Baumann is also the Chief Quality Officer for the University Hospitals and Health System. He is a consultant to the Jackson, Mississippi, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Baumann received his MD degree from the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine, where he also served his internship. He completed his residency at the University of California-Davis and completed a fellowship at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Dr. Baumann’s ACCP leadership roles have been extensive. He has chaired the following: Quality Improvement Committee, Performance Measures Development Task Force for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Health and Science Policy Committee, CHEST 2006, Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee, Council of Governors, Clinical Pulmonary Medicine NetWork, and Membership Committee. He has served on many other ACCP task forces and subcommittees and presently is a member of the CHEST and the ACCP-SEEK Editorial Boards. Dr. Baumann has more than 90 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reviews. Dr. Baumann is frequently an invited speaker at medical meetings throughout the United States and often abroad. His particular interests include pleural disease, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and performance measures, and health-care reform issues.

Past Presidents
2010-2011 David Gutterman, MD, FCCP
2009-2010 Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD, FCCP
2008-2009 James A. L. Mathers, Jr., MD, FCCP
2007-2008 Alvin V. Thomas, MD, FCCP
2006-2007 Mark J. Rosen, MD, FCCP
2005-2006 W. Michael Alberts, MD, FCCP
2004-2005 Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP
2003-2004 Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP
2002-2003 Udaya B. S. Prakash, MD, Master FCCP
2001-2002 Sidney S. Braman, MD, FCCP
2000-2001 Robert G. Johnson, MD, FCCP
1999-2000 Susan K. Pingleton, MD, Master FCCP
1998-1999 Allen I. Goldberg, MD, Master FCCP
1997-1998 D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
1996-1997 Bart Chernow, MD, Master FCCP
1995-1996 Deborah Shure, MD, Master FCCP
1994-1995 James B. D. Mark, MD, FCCP
1993-1994 Ronald B. George, MD, Master FCCP
1992-1993 Paul D. Stein, MD, Master FCCP
1991-1992 * Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP
1990-1991 Alex G. Little, MD, FCCP
1989-1990 Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP
1988-1989 * Marvin I. Dunn, MD, Master FCCP
1987-1988 * A. Jay Block, MD, Master FCCP
1986-1987 Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, FCCP
1985-1986 James E. Dalen, MD, Master FCCP
1984-1985 Dick D. Briggs, Jr., MD, Master FCCP
1983-1984 Sylvan Lee Weinberg, MD, FCCP
1982-1983 W. Gerald Rainer, MD, FCCP
1981-1982 * Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP
1980-1981 John G. Weg, MD, Master FCCP
1979-1980 * Leon Resnekov, MD, FCCP
1978-1979 Harold C. Urschel, Jr., MD, FCCP
1977-1978 Joseph C. Ross, MD, FCCP
1976-1977 * Matthew B. Divertie, MD, FCCP
1975-1976 * Crawford W. Adams, MD, FCCP
1974-1975 * Arthur C. Beall, Jr., MD, FCCP
1973-1974 * Howard S. Van Ordstrand, MD, FCCP
1972-1973 * Albert H. Andrews, MD, FCCP
1971-1972 * David P. Boyd, MD, FCCP
1970-1971 * Arthur M. Master, MD, FCCP
1969-1970 * Arthur M. Olsen, MD, Master FCCP
1968-1969 * Coleman B. Rabin, MD, FCCP
1967-1968 * William E. Adams, MD, FCCP
1966-1967 * Howell S. Randolph, MD, FCCP
1965-1966 * Oliver K. Niess, MD, FCCP
1964-1965 * Alfred Goldman, MD, FCCP
1963-1964 * Charles K. Petter, MD, FCCP
1962-1963 * John F. Briggs, MD, FCCP
1961-1962 * Hollis E. Johnson, MD, FCCP
1960-1961 * M. Jay Filpse, MD, FCCP
1959-1960 * Seymour M. Farber, MD, FCCP
1958-1959 * Donald R. McKay, MD, FCCP
1957-1958 * Burgess L. Gordon, MD, FCCP
1956-1957 * Herman J. Moersch, MD, FCCP
1955-1956 * James H. Stygall, MD, FCCP
1954-1955 * William A. Hudson, MD, FCCP
1953-1954 * Alvis E. Greer, MD, FCCP
1952-1953 * Andrew L. Banyai, MD, FCCP
1951-1952 * Chevalier L. Jackson, MD, FCCP
1950-1951 * Louis Mark, MD, FCCP
1949-1950 * Joseph C. Placak, Sr., MD, FCCP
1948-1949 * Richard H. Overholt, MD, FCCP
1947-1948 * Shelly U. Marietta, MD, FCCP
1946-1947 * Charles M. Henricks, MD, FCCP
1944-1946 * Jay Arthur Myers, MD, FCCP
1942-1944 * J. Winthrop Peabody, Sr., MD, FCCP
1941-1942 * Benjamin Goldberg, MD, FCCP
1940-1941 * John H. Peck, MD, FCCP
1939-1940 * Ralph C. Matson, MD, FCCP
1938-1939 * Champ H. Holmes, MD, FCCP
1937-1938 * Edward W. Hayes, Sr., MD, FCCP
1935-1937 * William Devitt, MD, FCCP

Master Fellows
2009 Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP
2009 Dario Olivieri, MD, Master FCCP
2008 Udaya B. S. Prakash, MD, Master FCCP
2008 *Robert M. Rogers, MD, Master FCCP
2007 Susan K. Pingleton, MD, Master FCCP
2007 * Gerald L. Baum, MD, Master FCCP
2006 Om P. Sharma, MD, Master FCCP
2004 Allen I Goldberg, MD, Master FCCP
2004 Paul D. Stein, MD, Master FCCP
2003 D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
2002 John G. Weg, MD, Master FCCP
2001 Dick D. Briggs, Jr., MD, Master FCCP
2001 Ronald B. George, MD, Master FCCP
2000 * A. Jay Block, MD, Master FCCP
2000 James E. Dalen, MD, Master FCCP
2000 Deborah Shure, MD, Master FCCP
1999 Bart Chernow, MD, Master FCCP
1997 Farokh E. Udwadia, MD, Master FCCP
1997 Max Harry Weil, MD, Master FCCP
1996 Marvin I. Dunn, MD, Master FCCP
1996 * Shigeto Ikeda, MD, Master FCCP
1996 Edward C. Rosenow III, MD, Master FCCP
1995 * Roger C. Bone, MD, Master FCCP
1995 * Thomas L. Petty, MD, Master FCCP
1995 * Aquiles J. Roncoroni, MD, Master FCCP
1993 *Antonio Blasi, MD, Master FCCP
1992 Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP
1980 * Arthur M. Olsen, MD, FCCP

* = deceased