Chair

David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP

Members

Mary Cataletto, MD, FCCP
Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Laura Johnson, MD, FCCP
Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Salim Surani, MD, MSc, FCCP
Saiprakash Venkateshiah, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Hassan Bencheqroun, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Chair

David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP

Members

Muhammad Adrish, MD, FCCP
Amy Ahasic, MD, MPH, FCCP
Raed Alalawi, MD, FCCP
Mary Cataletto, MD, FCCP
Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Daniel Dilling, MD, FCCP
Stuart Garay, MD, FCCP
Matthew Hegewald, MD, FCCP
Steven Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
Laura Johnson, MD, FCCP
Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Cassie Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS, FCCP
Howard Panitch, MD, FCCP
Mary Jane Reed, MD, FCCP
M. Patricia Rivera, MD, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Salim Surani, MD, MSc, FCCP
David Unkle, APRN-BC, MSN, FCCP
Saiprakash Venkateshiah, MD, FCCP
Lonny Yarmus, DO, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Hassan Bencheqroun, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Works to educate physicians and patients about airways disorders, which includes but is not limited to: asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, and diseases of large and small airways.

Chair

Stuart Garay, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Allen Blaivas, DO, FCCP

Steering Committee

Muhammad Adrish, MD, FCCP
Richard Barbers, MD, FCCP
Javier Barreda Garcia, MD, FCCP
Aaron Holley, MD, FCCP
Nikhil Huprikar, MD
Mahesh Padukudru Anand, MBBS, FCCP
Amit Parulekar, MD, MS, FCCP
Navitha Ramesh, MD, MBBS

Fellow-in-Training Member

Megan Conroy, MD

Ex Officio Member

Sandhya Khurana, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Focuses on pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including issues related to critically ill patients.

Chair

Steven Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

David Bowton, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Hugh Cassiere, MD, FCCP
Laveena Chhatwani, MD
Kim de la Cruz, MD, FCCP
Nimesh S Shah, MD, FCCP
Scott Wolf, MD
Sammy Zakaria, MD
Mark Zucker, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Benjamin Kenigsberg, MD

Ex Officio Member

Suhail Allaqaband, MBBS, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Serves as the main resource and forum for issues related to pulmonary infections for CHEST leadership, membership, and outside organizations.

Chair

Raed Alalawi, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Marcos Restrepo, MD, MSc, FCCP

Steering Committee

Tanweer Azher, MBBS, FCCP
Rosa Estrada-Y-Martin, MD, MSc, FCCP
Marc Feinstein, MD, FCCP
Manish Joshi, MBBS, FCCP
Holly Keyt, MD, BA, FCCP
Matthew Koslow, MD
Sebastian Kurz, MD
Rohan Thompson, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Kelly Pennington, MD

Ex Officio Member

Richard Winn, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Offers a broad, nondisease-specific platform for collaboration and networking, promotion of health, and advancement of clinical medical knowledge for pulmonary medicine practitioners.

Chair

Saiprakash Venkateshiah, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Shyamsunder Subramanian, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Muhammad Adrish, MD, FCCP
J. Shirine Allam, MD, FCCP
Samantha D'Annunzio, MD
Ann Granchelli, MD, MS
Munish Luthra, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Adriel Malave, MD, FCCP
Evan Stepp, MD, FCCP
Peter Stubenrauch, MD
Alvaro Velasquez, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Kathleen Doo, MD

Ex Officio Member

Vipin Malik, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Offers a clinical research, research ethics, and regulatory issues multidisciplinary discussion forum for members interested in these activities.

Chair

Muhammad Adrish, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Chitra Lal, MBBS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Charles Andrews, MD, FCCP
Akella Chendrasekhar, MD, FCCP
Erica Harral, RRT
Mohsin Ijaz, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Octavian Ioachimescu, MD, PhD, FCCP
Setu Patolia, MBBS
Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP
Shahid Sheikh, MD, FCCP
Corinne Young, NP-C, MSN, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Bharat Bajantri, MD

Ex Officio Member

Akram Khan, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison 

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Enhances the scientific knowledge, evidence-based medicine, and clinical practices that further our understanding of the mechanism and management of acute and life-threatening critical illness, as well as, the organizational attributes associated with the optimal delivery of critical care services.

Chair

Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Adebola Adesanya, MBBS, FCCP
Matthew Churpek, MD, PhD
Anthony Courey, MD
Margaret Disselkamp, MD
John Gaillard, MD, FCCP
Steven Greenberg, MD, FCCP
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP
H. Bryant Nguyen, MD, MS
Daniel Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP
Kathryn Pendleton, MD
Lewis Satterwhite, MD, BA, FCCP
Amit Uppal, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Shruti Gadre, MD

Consultant

Keith Stein, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Robert Hyzy, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Works to deliver timely and relevant disaster medicine education.

Chair

Mary Jane Reed, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice Chair

James Geiling, MD, MPH

Steering Committee

Subhash Acharya, MD, FCCM
John Varujan Agapian, MD, FCCP
V. Theodore Barnett, MD, FCCP
Lisa Burry, PharmD, BS, FCCP
John Gaillard, MD, FCCP
Cristian Madar, MD, FCCP
Babith Mankidy, MBBS, FCCP
Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP
Michael Tripp, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training

Omesh Toolsie

Consultant

Dennis E. Amundson, DO, MS, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Michael Christian, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

To promote knowledge and education of clinicians, caregivers, and patients on the long-term respiratory care of individuals with neuromuscular conditions and individuals requiring home-based mechanical ventilation to maximize their quality of life and home-based living.

Chair

Howard Panitch, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Michelle Cao, DO, FCCP

Steering Committee

Jeanette Brown, MD, PhD
John Coleman, MD
Jacob Collen, MD, FCCP
Julie Hanley, NP
Sherri Katz, MD, FCCP
Sheila Kun, BSN, MS, FCCP
Won Lee, MD
Amen Sergew, MD
Girish Sharma, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Jason Ackrivo, MD

Consultants

Allen Goldberg, MD, MBA, Master FCCP
Joan Headley, MS, BS

Ex Officio Member

David Zielinski, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Promotes synergistic collaboration among all health-care professionals in order to enhance the care of patients with respiratory/cardiac disorders in a variety of settings with a focus on leadership, education, research, and communication.

Professions include, but are not limited to: Registered Nurses, Respiratory Care Practitioners, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physicians’ Assistants, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, and Sleep Technologists.

Chair

David Unkle, APRN-BC, MSN, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Kristina Ramirez, RRT, MPH

Steering Committee

Robert Baeten, II, PA-C, DSc
Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP
Max Eskelson, RRT, FCCP
Munish Luthra, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Brandy McKelvy, MD, FCCP
Wayne Soong, MD, MS, FCCP
Alexander Sy, MD, MBA, FCCP
Corinne Young, NP-C, MSN, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Justin K Lui, MD

Ex Officio Member

Mary Hart, RRT, MS, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Advocates for patients with interstital and diffuse lung diseases by educating both health-care providers and patients.

Chair

Daniel Dilling, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Nina Patel, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

J. Shirine Allam, MD, FCCP
Sujith Cherian, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Samantha D'Annunzio, MD
Nishant Gupta, MD, MS
Corey Kershaw, MD
Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD, MBBS
Lisa Lancaster, MD, FCCP
Tracy Luckhardt, MD, FCCP
Mary Strek, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training

Avanthika Wynn, MD, MBBS

Ex Officio Member

Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Focuses on invasive procedures performed by chest physicians.

Chair

Lonny Yarmus, DO, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Kamran Mahmood, MBBS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Jason Akulian, MD, FCCP
A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP
Jose Cardenas-Garcia, MD, FCCP
Christopher R Gilbert, DO, MS, FCCP
Anne Gonzalez, MD, FCCP
Fabien Maldonado, MD, FCCP
Sonali Sethi, MD, FCCP
Keriann Van Nostrand, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Vivek Murthy, MD

Ex Officio Member

Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Promotes the advancement of patient care and public health in order to reduce the incidence of occupational and environmental lung disease and other conditions attributable to toxic inhalation exposures.

Chair

Amy Ahasic, MD, MPH, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Mary Beth Scholand, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Sujith Cherian, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Drew Harris, MD
Kerry Hena, MD
Kerri Johannson, MD, MPH
Allison Lambert, MD
Pedro Lucero, MD, FCCP
Tracy McNew
Jun She, MD, PhD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Jason Unger, MD

Ex Officio Member

Richard Evans, MD, MPH, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Focuses on education, awareness, and project implementation related to palliative and end-of-life care. Clinical issues range from pain management to cultural diversity in palliative care.

Chair

Laura Johnson, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Hunter Groninger, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Andrew Badke, MD
Olubukunola Dwyer, MA, JD
Anne Kelemen, LCSW
Danielle McCamey, ACNP
Norine McGrath, MD
Benjamin Moses, MD
Alisha Young, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Shine Raju, MD, MBBS

Ex Officio Member

Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MA, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Advances the clinical practice of pediatric chest medicine through the enhancement of knowledge, promotion of best practices, and optimum care of our patients; pediatric-focused research; and advocacy for pediatric causes.

Chair

Mary Cataletto, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Shahid I. Sheikh, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Sumit Bhargava, MBBS, FCCP
John Bishara, DO
Allison Cowl, MD
Todd Karsies, MD, FCCP
Harish S R Rao, MD, MBBS
Shahid Sheikh, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Endy Dominguez Silveyra, MD

Ex Officio Member

Kyle Rehder, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Stimulates the exchange of ideas and knowledge between physicians and administrators in order to enhance patient care delivery and experience, improve patient outcomes, improve operational efficiency, as well as optimize reimbursement.

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Chair

Salim Surani, MD, MSc, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Humayun Anjum, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Michael Ezzie, MD, FCCP
Brian Hudson, MHSA, BS
Megan Sisk, DO
Raghu Sundaram, MBBS, FCCP
Laren Tan, MD, FCCP

Consultant

Kim French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Timothy Dempsey, MD, MPH

Ex Officio Member

Adel Bassily-Marcus, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Focuses on increasing the understanding of pulmonary physiology and function and incorporating that knowledge into clinical practice, including pulmonary rehabilitation.

Chair

Matthew Hegewald, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Fredric Jaffe, DO, FCCP

Steering Committee

Brian Carlin, MD, FCCP
Said Chaaban, MD
Sujith Cherian, MD, MBBS, FCCP
Eric Gartman, MD, FCCP
Sai Praveen Haranath, MBBS, MPH, FCCP
Aaron Holley, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training

Thomas DeCato, MD

Ex Officio Member

Nathaniel Marchetti, DO, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

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Description

Focuses on helping the pulmonary vascular disease community, including physicians, allied health-care professionals, and patients, to achieve the best possible patient-focused care through advancement of education and research.

Chair

Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, FCCP
Eduardo Bossone, MD, PhD, FCCP
Hector Cajigas, MD, FCCP
Wassim Fares, MD, FCCP
Kristin Highland, MD, FCCP
John Kingrey, MD
Lana Melendres-Groves, MD
Abby Poms, RCP
Oksana Shlobin, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Sarah Medrek, MD

Ex Officio Member

Ronald Oudiz, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Works to improve patient care through education, research, and collaboration supporting providers of respiratory therapy services across the health-care continuum. Respiratory Care touches almost every other CHEST NetWork by focusing on the delivery of respiratory therapy services, collaborative care, and the education of respiratory care practitioners. The NetWork is unique in its collaboration with multiple external professional organizations and in the number of its members who represent CHEST to these organizations.

Chair

Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Thomas Fuhrman, MD, MS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Arzu Ari, FAARC, PhD
Uma Ayyala, MD
Douglas Masini, RRT, EdD, FCCP
Herbert Patrick, MD, MS, FCCP
Robert Pikarsky, RRT, CPFT, FCCP
Donna Tanner, RRT
Lori Tinkler, MBA
David Vines, RRT, MHS, FCCP
Jonathan Waugh, FAARC, RRT

Consultant

De De Gardner, MSHP, RRT, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Bethelhem Markos

Ex Officio Member

David Bowton, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Strives to promote sleep medicine as a specialty, provide educational and research opportunities, and raise awareness of issues pertinent to the practice of sleep medicine.

Chair

Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Sunita Kumar, MD, MBBS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Ritwick Agrawal, MD, MS, FCCP
Amy Aronsky, DO, FCCP
Julie Baughn, MD
Jacob Collen, MD, FCCP
Neomi Shah, MD
Lauren Tobias, MD
Lisa Wolfe, MD, FCCP
Christine Won, MD

Fellow-in-Training Member

Eric Espinoza, MD

Ex Officio Member

Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Advances the concept of multidisciplinary care of the patient with thoracic cancer.

Mission Statement

The mission of the CHEST Thoracic Oncology NetWork is to bring together the multidisciplinary community interested in thoracic malignancies with the goal of providing outstanding education for our professional community and patients; advancing the field through clinical, translational, and basic research; and promoting the delivery of cutting-edge, evidence-based care to our patients.

Chair

M. Patricia Rivera, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Nichole Tanner, MD, MS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Abbie Begnaud, MD, BS
Anne Gonzalez, MD, FCCP
Jason Long, MD
David Ost, MD, MPH, FCCP
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Samaan Rafeq, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Priya Patel, MD

Consultants

Frank Detterbeck, MD, FCCP
Gerard Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Anil Vachani, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Beth Corey

Description

Promotes education and advancement in transplantation medicine to health-care providers and patients by identifying clinical problems in this subspecialty and addressing the dissemination of information.

Chair

Cassie Kennedy, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Reda Girgis, MD, FCCP

Steering Committee

Vivek Ahya, MD
Joshua Diamond, MD
Jeremiah Hayanga, MD, MPH, FCCP
Siddhartha Kapnadak, MD
Erika Lease, MD
Gabriel Loor, MD
David Roe, MD, FCCP
Norihisa Shigemura, MD, PhD, FCCP
Donna Tanner, RRT

Fellow-in-Training Member

Anupam Kumar, MD

Ex Officio Member

Marie Budev, DO, MPH, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski

Description

Works as an interdisciplinary group of members with common interests unique to patient-based and/or member-based issues related to gender differences in patient health across the lifespan continuum. This NetWork is open to anyone (men or women) interested in promoting an awareness and understanding of gender issues to optimize health care.

Chair

Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Liaison: CHEST 2019 Scientific Program Committee

Vice-Chair

Margaret Pisani, MD, MS, FCCP

Steering Committee

Debasree Banerjee, MD, MS
Tim Crozier, MBBS
Megan Hardin, MD
Candace Huebert, MD, FCCP
Stephen Lapinsky, MBBCh, MS
Mariam Louis, MD, FCCP
Aditi Mathur, MD, BA
Anita Rajagopal, MD
Cristina Reichner, MD, FCCP

Fellow-in-Training Member

Nikita Desai, MD

Consultant

Diane Stover, MD, FCCP

Ex Officio Member

Ghada Bourjeily, MD, FCCP

Staff Liaison

Maggie Kosinski