The CHEST Scientific Program Committee is accountable for overseeing the design and development of all continuing medical education topics related to the CHEST Annual Meeting and reports to the CHEST Education Committee. Its mission is to evaluate and recommend approval of all topic proposals that correlate with the current CHEST continuing medical education curriculum.
Charges to the Committee
- Analyzes evaluations from the prior CHEST Annual Meeting to improve the member educational experience.
- Reviews and grades educational topic proposals (online).
- Participates on Curriculum Group Calls prior to the Scientific Program Committee meeting.
- Creates new sessions when content gaps are identified.
- Reviews final program grid for CHEST.
- Meets twice a year: once in February at the CHEST Global Headquarters and once during the annual meeting.
Committee Members
Chair: William Kelly, MD, FCCP
Vice-Chair: Victor Test, MD, FCCP
Immediate Past Chair: David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
President: Clayton Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP
President-Elect: Stephanie Levine, MD, FCCP
Immediate Past President: John Studdard, MD, FCCP
President-Designate: Steven Simpson, MD, FCCP
Muhammad Adrish, MD, FCCP
Amy Ahasic, MD, MPH, FCCP
Raed Alalawi, MD, FCCP
Olivier Axler, MD, PhD, FCCP
Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP
Mary Cataletto, MD, FCCP
Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN
Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, FCCP
Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP
Bennett deBoisblanc, MD, FCCP
Daniel Dilling, MD, FCCP
Kevin Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP
Stuart Garay, MD, FCCP
John Gjevre, MD, MSc, FCCP
Matthew Hegewald, MD, FCCP
Steven Hollenberg, MD, FCCP
Laura Johnson, MD, FCCP
Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP
George Karam, MD, FCCP
Cassie Kennedy, MD, FCCP
May Lee, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS, FCCP
Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
Sean McKay, MD, BA, FCCP
Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP
Alexander Niven, MD, FCCP
Kevin O'Neil, MD, FCCP
Howard Panitch, MD, FCCP
Jason Poston, MD
Mary Jane Reed, MD, FCCP
Cristina Reichner, MD, FCCP
M. Patricia Rivera, MD, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
Salim Surani, MD, MSc, FCCP
Victor Test, MD, FCCP
David Unkle, APRN-BC, MSN, FCCP
Saiprakash Venkateshiah, MD, FCCP
Whittney Warren, DO
Henry Yaggi, MD
Lonny Yarmus, DO, FCCP
David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
Executive Committee Members
Chair: William Kelly, MD, FCCP
Vice-Chair: Victor Test, MD, FCCP
Immediate Past Chair: David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP
President: Clayton Cowl, MD, MS, FCCP
President-Elect: Stephanie Levine, MD, FCCP
Olivier Axler, MD, PhD, FCCP
Linda Bell, RN, MSN
Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP
Kevin Chan, MD, FCCP
Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN
Angel Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP
Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP
Bennett deBoisblanc, MD, FCCP
John Gjevre, MD, MSc, FCCP
Demondes Haynes, MD, FCCP
George Karam, MD, FCCP
May Lee, MD, FCCP
Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP
Sean McKay, MD, BA, FCCP
Amy Morris, MD, FCCP
Septimiu Murgu, MD, FCCP
Alexander Niven, MD, FCCP
Kevin O'Neil, MD, FCCP
Jason Poston, MD
Cristina Reichner, MD, FCCP
Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MA, FCCP
Bernardo Selim, MD, FCCP
David Unkle, APRN-BC, MSN, FCCP
Whittney Warren, DO
Henry Yaggi, MD
Mary Zellinger, APRN-CCNS, MN, ANP-BC, CCRN-CSC
Lilly Zenor, PA-C
David Zielinski, MD, FCCP
For More Information
Contact Teresa Rodriguez-Aviles.