MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

Scientific Leadership Council Members

PHA’s Scientific Leadership Council (SLC) members are leading physicians and research scientists in the pulmonary hypertension field from medical centers that include the Mayo Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, University of California San Diego, Harbor UCLA, Duke, Rush Presbyterian, University of Colorado, University of Utah, Vanderbilt, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Pennsylvania. They guide PHA's medical programs.

The SLC is a global body with international members currently from the U.S., France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, China, Canada and Austria.

SLC Chair Richard N. Channick, MD Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Term Ends December 2014
SLC, Immediate Past Chair Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Professor of Medicine University of Michigan CVC Cardiovascular Medicine Ann Arbor, MI Term Ends December 2014
SLC, Chair-Elect Karen A. Fagan, MD Chief of Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor University of South Alabama Mobile, AL Term Ends December 2014
Committee Chairs
Anna Hemnes, MD Chair, Scientific Sessions Committee Assistant Professor Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn. Term Ends June 2014	Robert J. Schilz, DO, PhD Chair, Education Committee Medical Director, Lung Transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associate Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Mediciane Cleveland, OH Term Ends June 2014
Serpil C. Erzurum, MD Chair, Research Committee Chair, Department of Pathobiology Lerner Research Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Term Ends June 2014	Michael A. Mathier, MD Chair, Online University Committee Assistant Professor of Medicine Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Term Ends December 2013
Ronald J. Oudiz, MD Chair, Insurance Advocacy Committee Professor of Medicine Director, Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center Torrance, CA Term Ends June 2014	Jeffrey S. Sager, MD Medical Director Cottage Pulmonary Hypertension Center Keck School of Medicine, USC Term Ends June 2014
Myung H. Park, MD, FACC Editor-In-Chief, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Program Division of Cardiology University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD Term Ends 2013

Members
Charles D. Burger, MD Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Jacksonville, FL Term Ends December 2015	Murali M. Chakinala, MD, FCCP Associate Professor Washington University School of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care St. Louis, MO Term Ends December 2013
Richard N. Channick, MD Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Massachusetts General Hospital Winchester, MA Term Ends December 2014	Serpil C. Erzurum, MD Chair, Department of Pathobiology Lerner Research Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Term Ends December 2015
Karen A. Fagan, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Chief of Pulmonolgy, Critical Care University of South Alabama Mobile, AL Term Ends December 2012	Marc Humbert, PhD, MD Professor of Medicine Hôpital Antoine Béclère National Referal Center for Pulmonary Hypertension Department of Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Paris, France Term Ends December 2013
Dunbar Ivy, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center Denver, CO Term Ends December 2013	Zhi-Cheng Jing, MD, FCCP Director, Thrombosis Medicine Center Fu Wai Hospital & National Cardiovascular Center Beijing, China Term Ends December 2013
Dinesh Khanna, MBBS, MSc Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Term Ends December 2013	James Klinger, MD Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center Associate Professor of Medicine Brown University Providence, RI Term Ends December 2014
Irene M. Lang, MD Professor of Vascular Biology Deputy Chair, Division of Cardiology Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria Term Ends December 2015	Stephen C. Mathai, MD, MHS Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Term Ends December 2015
Michael A. Mathier, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA Term Ends December 2014	Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Professor of Medicine University of Michigan CVC Cardiovascular Medicine Ann Arbor, MI Term Ends December 2014
John H. Newman, MD Vanderbilt University School of Medicine T1218 Vanderbilt Medical Center North Nashville, TN Term Ends December 2014	Ronald J. Oudiz, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center Torrance, CA Term Ends December 2015
Myung H. Park, MD, FACC Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Program Division of Cardiology University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD Term Ends December 2013	Ioana R. Preston, MD Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA Term Ends December 2014
Tomas Pulido, MD Head, Cardiopulmonary Department National Heart Institute Mexico City, Mexico Term Ends December 2013	Erika S. Berman-Rosenzweig, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Medicine Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York, NY Term Ends December 2013
Robert J. Schilz, DO, PhD Medical Director, Lung Transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associate Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Mediciane Cleveland, OH Term Ends December 2014	Virginia Steen, MD Professor, Division of Rheumatology Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC Term Ends December 2013
Duncan J. Stewart, MD, FRCPC Vice President, Research The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, ON Term Ends December 2013	Sean Studer, MD Newark, NJ Term Ends December 2014
Fernando Torres, MD Head of Lung Transplant and Pulmonary HTN Program Associate Professor of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Term Ends December 2014	Terence Trow, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT Term Ends December 2014
Joel A. Wirth, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine University of Vermont Division Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Maine Medical Center Term Ends December 2015	Roham T. Zamanian, MD, FCCP Assistant Professor of Medicine Stanford School of Medicine Stanford, CA Term Ends December 2013

Liaisons
Traci Stewart, RN, MSN (voting) Chair, PH Professional Network University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA	Rita Orth PHA Board Member
Melisa Wilson, ARNP, ACNP-BC (non-voting) Chair-Elect, PH Professional Network Chair, PH Professional Network Symposium Orlando Health Heart Institute Orlando, FL

SLC Distinguished Advisory Committee
David B. Badesch, MD Professor of Medicine Clinical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Aurora, CO	Bruce Brundage, MD Professor of Medicine Emeritus David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Bend, OR
C. Gregory Elliott, MD Professor of Medicine University of Utah School of Medicine Murray, UT	Michael D. McGoon, MD Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN


	The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) awarded PHA the Abbey S. Meyers Leadership Award in 2012 for outstanding service to PHA members in advocacy, education and other key areas.

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

Scientific Leadership Council Members

Committee Chairs

Members

Liaisons

SLC Distinguished Advisory Committee