2024 APCCMPD Annual Conference 

SPEAKER BIOS

February 28-March 1, 2024
Las Vegas, NV

Doreen J. Addrizzo Harris, MD, FCCP is a pulmonary/critical care physician with an extensive background in bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection and medical education. Dr. Addrizzo-Harris is currently a Professor of Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She serves as the Associate Division Director for Clinical and Faculty Affairs and is the Director of the NYU Bronchiectasis and NTM Program. She is now serving in her 22st year as the Program Director of NYU’s Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.

Dr. Addrizzo-Harris received her medical degree and completed her residency and fellowship training at New York University School of Medicine. Since completing her training, she was recruited to stay as a faculty member at NYU, where she has been a critical presence over the past 27 years. She has been instrumental in educating the next generation of pulmonary/critical care physicians and has won a number of awards for her teaching skills, most recently, the 2020 first place Program Director of the ATS Best Practice Program. Dr. Addrizzo-Harris has served on the board of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD), including serving as President from 2006-2007. Academically she authored 47 peer-reviewed publications and 80 scientific abstracts presented at international conferences. She has participated in numerous clinical trials, many as the principal investigator. Dr. Addrizzo-Harris has been recognized as a Distinguished CHEST Educator each year since its inception since 2017, received the Distinguished Service Award in 2019 and the 2021 Master Clinician Educator Award.

Shelly Anthony, MA, C-TAGME’s passion and commitment to excellence, as well as her indefatigable efforts to bring creativity and business excellence to the healthcare industry, can be seen in her two decades of successful experience in healthcare management and residency/fellowship recruitment. Shelly specializes in exceptional organizational skills, and continually seizes opportunities to develop her professional skills. She is a strong believer in the power of positive thinking, and her longevity as Program Administrator and Division Administrator of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division is a result of her impressive attention to detail and organizational prowess. She leads the charge for diversity in the workplace before DEI was even a concept and ensures that more under-represented applicants, especially women, are hired in the field of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

In addition, Shelly holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from the City University of New York, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2000, and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the City College of New York where she graduated with honors. Shelly is an active member on various committees including the APCCMPD Coordinators’ Committee which she recently joined and she is the recipient of several awards including the 2019 Coordinator of the Year Award which was awarded to her by the Residency Program Coordinators’ Forum at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

In her spare time, Shelly enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and a good old-fashioned Netflix binge.

Rendell W. Ashton, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University, and has been a pulmonary and critical care physician in the Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic since July, 2008.He received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, and completed residency and chief residency in internal medicine, followed by fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. He came to Cleveland after three years in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, NY.

He has directed the pulmonary/critical care fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic since 2010 and helped launch the critical care medicine fellowship in 2010, which he directed until July 2013. He was the President of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors in 2017-18. He has served as the Associate Designated Institutional Official and Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education for the Cleveland Clinic since 2019. His clinical and scholarly interests include many areas of critical care and pulmonary medicine, but particularly respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation and sepsis. He is also interested in educational scholarship, including medical simulation as a learning tool.

Gabriel Bosslet, MD, MA is Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine at Indiana University and former Fellowship Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Additionally, he an assistant dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development for Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Bosslet completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Indiana University, where he was chief fellow in his final year of training. During this time, he completed the Clinical Ethics Fellowship at the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, and a Master of Arts in Philosophy and Bioethics at IUPUI.

In 2015, Dr. Bosslet co-chaired a multi-society statement entitled “An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units.” This statement provides guidance to clinicians on how to handle disputed requests for treatments in ICUs.

Kristin M Burkart, MD, MSc is Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and the Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship since July 2011. Dr. Burkart earned her medical degree at Albany Medical College, where she was named to Alpha Omega Alpha; she completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center where she was honored to be selected as chief medical resident for an additional year. Dr. Burkart completed her fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine during which time she also earned her Master of Science in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health.

Dr. Burkart is respected nationally as a leader in fellowship training and education. She is the APCCMPD’s current Secretary-Treasurer and a Past President. As the Chair of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Training Committee Dr. Burkart is actively involved in trainee education at the national level. This committee provides strategic guidance for ATS on issues related to clinical and research training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Burkart is dedicated to providing an educational and research environment for her fellows that fosters their development into compassionate and exceptional physicians, clinician-educators, and physician-investigator.

Sherie Gause, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. She is the current Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She also specializes in interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Gause has a passion for medical education and enjoys teaching and empowering her patients to better manage their lung diseases.

Christopher Ghiathi, MD is the interventional pulmonary fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his medical doctorate from Morehouse School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Washington. He completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. His interests include critical care, interventional pulmonary, procedural education, and curricular development. When outside of work he enjoys biking, gaming, playing guitar, going to concerts and spending time with his wife and dog.

Erin Golembewski, PhD oversees master’s and PhD students at the University of Maryland Graduate School. She also is the co-principal investigator for the collaborative AGEP-T: PROMISE AGEP (Association for Graduate Education and the Professoriate) Maryland Academy. She serves on several committees and organizations, including the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Executive Committee and President-elect.

Patrycja Golinska, MS is the Academic and Faculty Affairs Manager in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian in New York, and has been with the division since 2015. She is responsible for the overall administration and operations of the division including, but not limited to, faculty appointments, recruitment, the fellowship program and other academic activities such as conferences and didactics. She is a member of, and highly involved in, several institutional committees such as the Employee Results Rewards Recognition (R3) Committee, Quality Patient Safety Committee & Working Group, and most recently joined the APCCMPD Program Coordinator Committee.

Patrycja enjoys leading change and building teams who work together to exceed expectations for quality, innovation and equity, with a collaborative vision to achieve excellent programs and service. As a huge advocate for professional and academic development, she is excited to work alongside the strong group of program coordinators who belong to the APCCMPD.

Antonio Gomez, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. His research has focused on critical care and respiratory diseases, with an emphasis on sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and organ dysfunction. Through his co-authored research publications, he has contributed to the understanding of various aspects of these conditions, including prognostic factors, biomarkers and clinical characteristics. His work has explored topics such as the impact of cigarette smoke exposure on ARDS in sepsis, the role of telomere length in sepsis survival, and the effectiveness of aerosolized prostacyclin in ARDS patients. His research aims to improve patient outcomes and advance knowledge in critical care medicine, especially as it applies to historically marginalized groups.

Laura Hinkle, MD, MEd received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine. She stayed at Indiana University for her pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship, serving as chief fellow during her final year of training before accepting a faculty position on completion of her fellowship and since then has also earned a Masters in Education from the University of Cincinnati. She has been actively involved in medical education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and currently holds institutional leadership roles in this area including Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and Key Clinical Educator for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She is actively engaged in medical education research and curriculum development and has won awards in these areas, including the Alison Clay Early Career Educator Award in 2023. She is an active member of the American Thoracic Society and has held several education-focused leadership positions in this organization. 

Clinically, Dr. Hinkle has a special interest in sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease. She quickly recognized the need for a more comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to care of these patients and founded a sarcoidosis clinic at IU Health, which is the only World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases clinic in the state of Indiana.

May M. Lee, MD is a clinician-educator in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM). She is currently the Program Director of the PCCM Fellowship Training Program and the Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education at the University of Southern California. She has served in various administrative roles, including Pulmonary and Critical Care Service Chief and the Medical Director of the medical intensive care unit at LAC+USC Medical Center.  

Dr. Lee obtained her MD from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York with a distinction in humanistic studies. She completed her internal medicine residency, fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM), and a post-doctoral research program at the University of Chicago.

Peter H. Lenz, MD, MEd is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati where he serves as the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. Dr. Lenz's career centers on training fellows in a supportive environment to transition them to the independent practice of pulmonary and critical care medicine. Focusing on audience engagement and promoting active teaching modalities to fellows and faculty remains at the forefront of his medical education mission.

His presence at the national level for medical education includes disseminating information he learned while obtaining his Masters of Medical Education from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. His undergraduate degree in biology was earned from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, and his medical degree was earned at Wright State University in Dayton, OH. 

Mirna Mohanraj, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Associate Program Director for the Mount Sinai Morningside-West Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Mohanraj's interests and research focus on curriculum development, humanism in medicine, program remediation, bioethics improvement and education, and innovative education methods. Dr. Mohanraj received the prestigious 2023 Dr. Nathan Kase Innovations in Education Award and the 2023 APCCMPD Mid-Career Educator Award. She is the inaugural recipient of the ACGME 2022-2024 Back to Bedside Multisite Grant and an inductee into the inaugural 2024 Neustein Mid-Career Women Faculty Award Program. Dr. Mohanraj is an engaged member of the APCCMPD Education Committee.

Jaime Palomino, MD earned his medical degree at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He completed his internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at NYU Downtown Hospital in New York City. Dr. Palomino came to Tulane University for a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. After finishing his fellowship training Dr. Palomino joined the Tulane faculty as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Dr. Palomino is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Amee S. Patrawalla, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Rutgers NJMS and the Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. She graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at New York University. Dr. Patrawalla also received a Masters in Global Public Health from NYU.

Dr. Patrawalla is the Medical Director of the Lattimore Practice at the Global TB Institute. She is interested in global health and has worked in India, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia. She is board certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Patrawalla also attends in the MICU, as well as on the Pulmonary and TB Consult services at University Hospital. In addition, she is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the American Thoracic Society.

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd specializes in adult pulmonary and critical care medicine with a focus on medical education. She attends in the Medical ICU, the Neuro ICU, on the Internal Medicine teaching wards, and has clinic at the Pulmonary Outpatient Faculty Practice at UCSF-Parnassus. She is the founder and Medical Director of the multidisciplinary post-COVID/post-ICU OPTIMAL Clinic at UCSF Health.

She serves as the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Parnassus. She obtained her Master's in Health Professions Education from UC-Berkeley. She gives clinical lectures to students, residents, fellows, faculty and interprofessional team members. Her primary interests in medical educational research are related to ICU transitions of care, women in leadership development, clinical reasoning, and subspecialty career choice.

Mark T. Warner, MD received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in Biomedical Science, with a minor in Business Administration. He was awarded his medical degree from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He later his Internship and Residency training in Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School and subsequently served as a Chief Medical Resident.

His Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship training was also completed at the McGovern Medical School. Dr. Warner then joined the faculty in the Division of Critical Care in 2013 and regularly attends in Intensive Care Units in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann-TMC Hospital. Dr. Warner currently serves as the Co-Director of the Cardiac Care Unit. 

Dr. Warner is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Medical Quality.