Scientific Advisors
The Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Lung Association makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on a range of subjects surrounding lung health and the Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel provides the American Lung Association with strategic advice on critical lung cancer science and lung cancer-related issues.
For members of the news media who wish to speak with an expert resource on lung health, contact Media@Lung.org or 312-801-7628.
Scientific Advisory Committee
- William C. Bailey, M.D.Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama Birmingham
- Rabih I. Bechara, M.D.Professor of Medicine: Georgia School of Medicine at Augusta University
- Michael F. Busk, M.D., MPHSystem Executive, St. Vincent Health, Wellness & Preventive Institute
- Mario Castro, M.D., MPHChief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Rainbow Clinical and Translational Science Unit, Frontiers; University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Brian W. Christman, M.D.Professor and Vice-chair, Clinical Affairs and Associate Program Director, Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt University
- Malcolm DeCamp, M.D.Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Anne E. Dixon, M.D.Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
- Marilyn Glassberg, M.D.Division Chief, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine.
- Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D.Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University
- MeiLan K. Han, M.D.Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System and Director of the Michigan Airways Program
- James R. Jett, M.D.Professor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health, and Co-Chief Medical Officer, Biodesix, Inc.
- David J. Lederer, M.D.Medical Director, Clinical Sciences, Respiratory and Inflammation at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Pierre Massion, M.D.Professor of Cancer Research, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Elizabeth L. McQuaid, Ph.D., ABPPProfessor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Bruce Montgomery, M.D.CEO, Avalyn Pharma
- James Mulshine, M.D.Acting Dean of the Graduate College and Vice President and Associate Provost of Research, Rush University
- Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health
- Neil Schachter, M.D.Maurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary and Community Medicine and Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Peter F. Vitiello, Ph.D.Assistant Scientist in the Environmental Influences on Health & Disease Group, Sanford Research and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
- James West, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Robert Wise, M.D.Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel
- Hossein Borghaei, MS, DOChief of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center
- David P. Carbone, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the James Thoracic Center, OSUMC
- David Tom Cooke, M.D., FACSAssociate Professor, University of California, Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Health
- Alberto de Hoyas, M.D.Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgery Services, at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Malcolm DeCamp, M.D.Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Jorge Gomez, M.D.Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program and World Trade Center oncology clinic, Mount Sinai
- Eric Hart, M.D.Associate Professor of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- James R. Jett, M.D.Professor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health, and Co-Chief Medical Officer, Biodesix, Inc.
- Robert Keith, M.D.Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
- Michael Kelley, M.D.University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Scott Lippman, M.D.Director, Moores Cancer Center and Senior Associate Dean, UC San Diego
- David Madtes, M.D.Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington
- Rami Manochakian, M.D.Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Florida
- Peter J Mazzone, M.D., MPH, FCCPPulmonologist and Director, Lung Cancer Program, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
- Andrea McKee, M.D.Partner, Radiation Oncology Associates and Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC)
- James Mulshine, M.D.Acting Dean of the Graduate College and Vice President and Associate Provost of Research, Rush University
- Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, M.D.Professor of Oncology, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Joe Pressler, M.D.University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Patricia L. Rich, M.D.Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology, Cancer Treatment Center of America® (CTCA) and Vice Chief of Staff, Lung Cancer Institute/CTCA®, Southeastern Regional Medical Center
- Albert Rizzo, M.D., FACP
- Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health
- Rachel Sanborn, M.D.Co-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program, Providence Cancer Center
- Alice Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Antoinette Wozniak, M.D., FACPProfessor, Department of Oncology at Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh
Scientific and Medical Editorial Review Panel
- Joseph G. Allen, D.Sc., MPHAssistant Professor/Director, Healthy Buildings program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Lisa M. Brown, M.D., MASAssistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, University of California, Davis Health
- Mario Castro, M.D., MPHChief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Rainbow Clinical and Translational Science Unit, Frontiers; University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Malcolm DeCamp, M.D.Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D.Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University
- David G. Hill, M.D.Director of Clinical Research, Waterbury Pulmonary Associates
- James R. Jett, M.D.Professor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health, and Co-Chief Medical Officer, Biodesix, Inc.
- Martin Joyce-Brady, M.D.Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Center of Boston University School of Medicine
- Meredith C. McCormack, M.D., MHSAssociate Professor of Medicine & Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Stefanie Purdon, M.D., M.B.A.Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Albert Rizzo, M.D., FACP
- Luis Rodriguez, M.D., FAAPChief, Department of Pediatrics, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine
- Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health
- Anna K. Saulitis, AM, LCSW Clinical Social Worker, Rush University Medical Center
- Neil Schachter, M.D.Maurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary and Community Medicine and Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Christine E. Sheffer, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cardinale B. Smith, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
- Carey C. Thomson, M.D., MPHAssociate Chair, Department of Medicine and Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Hilary Tindle, M.D., MPHAssociate Professor, General Internal Medicine & Public Health and Founding Director, ViTAL, the Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction and Lifestyle Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Media Spokespersons
- John R. Balmes, M.D.Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
- Rabih I. Bechara, M.D.Professor of Medicine: Georgia School of Medicine at Augusta University
- Brian W. Christman, M.D.Professor and Vice-chair, Clinical Affairs and Associate Program Director, Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt University
- David Tom Cooke, M.D., FACSAssociate Professor, University of California, Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Health
- Norman H. Edelman, M.D.Professor, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Stony Brook University
- Afif El-Hasan, M.D.Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente, California
- Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., MHSAssistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Community Engagement Co-Director, Baltimore Breathe Center
- Jamie Garfield, M.D.Associate Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple Lung Center, Temple University Hospital; Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Internal Medicine Residency; Core Clinical Educator, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Jorge Gomez, M.D.Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program and World Trade Center oncology clinic, Mount Sinai
- Traci Gonzales, APRN, PNP-C, AE-CPediatric Nurse Practitioner, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
- Payel Gupta, M.D., FACAAIENT and Allergy Associates, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center
- MeiLan K. Han, M.D.Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System and Director of the Michigan Airways Program
- David G. Hill, M.D.Director of Clinical Research, Waterbury Pulmonary Associates
- Meredith C. McCormack, M.D., MHSAssociate Professor of Medicine & Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Andrea McKee, M.D.Partner, Radiation Oncology Associates and Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC)
- Juanita Mora, M.D.Allergist/Immunologist, Chicago Allergy Center
- Albert Rizzo, M.D., FACP
- Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, M.D.Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California Riverside
- S. Christy Sadreameli, M.D., MHSPediatric Pulmonologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Jacob Sands, M.D.Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School