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PHA Scientific Leadership Council (SLC)

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Chair, SLC

University of Michigan
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
University of Michigan CVC Cardiovascular Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI

David B. Badesch, MD
Immediate Past-Chair, SLC

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Aurora, CO

John H. Newman, MD
Vice-Chair, SLC

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Elsa S. Hanigan Professor of Medicine,
Nashville, TN

Raymond L. Benza, MD

Allegheny General Hospital
Medical Director, Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

Todd Bull, MD
Chair, Preceptorship Program Committee

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Assistant Professor, University Hospital, University of Colorado
Denver, CO

Richard Channick, MD
Editor-in Chief, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension

UCSD Thornton Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
La Jolla, CA 

C. Gregory Elliott, MD

University of Utah School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
Salt lake City, UT

Karen A. Fagan, MD

University of South Alabama
Assistant Professor and Chief
Pulmonology, Critical Care
Mobile, AL

Robert Frantz, M.D.
Chair, Education Committee, PHA Online University Committee

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Rochester, MN  

John Granton, MD

The Toronto General Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Nicholas S. Hill, MD

Tufts-New England Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Boston, MA

Marius Hoeper, MD

University of Hanover Medical School
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hanover, Germany

Dunbar Ivy, MD

University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Denver, CO

Zhi-Cheng Jing, MD

Fu Wai Heart Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Beijing,China

Anne M. Keogh, MD

St. Vincent's Public Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Physiology and Transplantation Division
Sydney Australia

Michael J. Krowka, MD

Mayo Clinic
Professor of Medicine,
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Rochester, MN

James E. Loyd, MD

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Nashville, TN

Michael Mathier, M.D.
Chair, Medically Led Sessions Committee 2010 Conference

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Pittsburgh, PA 

Michael D. McGoon, MD
Immediate Past-Chair, PHA Board of Trustees

Mayo Clinic
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Ronald J. Oudiz, MD Immediate Past Editor-in-ChiefAdvances in Pulmonary Hypertension

UCLA School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
Torrance, CA

Andrew Peacock, M.D.

Western Infirmary
Professor of Medicine
Department of Respirator Medicine
United Kingdom

Erika Berman Rosenzweig, MD
Editor-In-Chief Elect, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Medicine
Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center
New York, NY

Ivan Robbins, MD
Chair, Scientific Sessions Committee 2010 Conference

Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Julio Sandoval, MD

National Institute of Cardiology of Mexico
Assistant Affiliate Professor
Cardiopulmonary Department
Tlalpan, Mexico

Richard Silver, MD

Medical University of South Carolina
Professor of Medicine
Director of Rheumatology and Immunology
Charleston, SC

Victor F. Tapson, MD

Duke University Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Durham, NC

Jason Yuan, MD, PhD
Chair, Research Committee

University of California, San Diego
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
La Jolla, CA

Srinivas Murali, MD

Allegheny General Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Director, Division of Cardiology
Pittsburgh, PA

Liaisons

Arlene Schiro, NP (voting)
Chair, PH Resource Network
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Boston, MA
Harry Rozakis
PHA Board Member


Emeritus Members

Bruce H. Brundage, MD

St. Charles Medical Center - Bend
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Institute of the Cascades
Bend, OR

Alfred P. Fishman, MD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Program Development, School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA


Research Committee

Jason Yuan, M.D., Ph.D. Chair
John Newman, M.D., Immediate Past-Chair
Nick Morrel, M.D.
Ray Benza, M.D.,
Ioana Preston, M.D.
Mardi Gomberg, M.D.
Serpil Ezrum, M.D.

Goals:

  • Follow up on all awarded studies that the PHA has funded
  • Serve as a point of communication for possible registries
  • Generate grant proposals for studies that are unlikely to be funded by other sources (such as the NIH or industry).  Pilot proof of concept clinical trials are often difficult to fund and may be appropriate for funding by the PHA, e.g. single institution studies.

Journal Editorial Committee

Richard Channick, M.D., Editor-in Chief
Ronald Oudiz, M.D., Immediate Past Editor
Erika Berman Rosenzweig, M.D., Editor-in Chief Elect

Associate Editors
Kristin Highland, M.D.
Francisco Soto, M.D, M.S.
Todd Bull, M.D.
Robert Schilz, D.O., Ph.D
 
Editorial Board
Omar Minai, M.D.
Myung Park, M.D.
Eli Gabbay, M.D.
Fernando Torres, M.D.
Charles Burger, M.D.
Zamanian Roham, M.D.
R. James White, M.D.
Karen Fagan, M.D.
Deborah Jo Levine, M.D.

Goals:

  • Support production of quarterly journal

Nominations Committee

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, M.D., Chair
David B. Badesch, M.D Immediate Past-Chair
John H. Newman, MD, Chair-Elect

Goals:

  • Define and initiate nominations process
  • Define the length of terms for the various committees.  Currently there is a 3-year term for the SLC with members serving a maximum of 2 terms.
  • Discuss how to increase PHCR as well as the international presence in the PHA.

Education Committee

Robert Frantz, M.D.
Srinivas Murali, M.D.
Evelyn Horn, M.D.
Omar Minai, M.D.
Tomas Pulido, M.D.
James Runo, M.D.

Goals:

  • Give assistance to PAH staff with patient educational materials, survival guide, fact sheets, web site, etc., as well as physician educational projects
  • Work on educational programs which can be made into DVDs both for the lay population as well as for the scientific community.

Scientific Sessions Conference Committee

Ivan Robbins, M.D., Chair
Karen Fagan, M.D.
Paul Hassoun, M.D.
Darren Taichman, M.D., Ph.D.
Aaron Waxman, M.D.

Goals:

  • Reach consensus regarding what we think offers the best overall balance of presenting scientific data as well as invited lectures, being aware of the additional time this adds to the meeting. 
  • Plan structure of sessions at 2008 PHA Conference
  • Apply for research grants to fund sessions
  • Arrange for CME and CEU credits for physicians and nurses attending the meeting

Medical Sessions Conference Committee

Michael Mathier, M.D.
Michael Krowka, M.D.
Francisco Soto, M.D., M.S.
Fernando Torres, M.D.
Jeffrey Sager, M.D.
Myung Park, M.D.
Jessica Lazar, P.A.
David Langleben, M.D.
Natalie Doughty, R.N.
Stephen Mathai, M.D.
Brian Hanna, M.D., Ph.D.

Goals:

  • Plan structure of medically led sessions at 2008 PHA Conference


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