2026 APCCMPD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SPEAKER BIOS

March 4-6, 2026
Scottsdale, AZ

	Raed Alalawi, MD University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Raed Alalawi, MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. He serves as the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program Director. He is the Director of bronchoscopy at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix. He is interested in medical education and procedural training. Areas of research include procedure training, curricular development, and faculty development. Clinical areas of research include bronchoscopic therapies for advanced COPD, management of sequela of cocci, and advanced diagnostic methods for lung nodules.

	Asha Anandaiah, MD Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
Asha M. Anandaiah, MD is an attending physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical care, and Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She serves as the Program Director of the combined Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, as well as Director of the Inpatient Pulmonary Consultation Service at BIDMC. She is a graduate of the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education and the Harvard Academy Fellowship in Medical Education Research, and her academic interests lie in optimizing how we approach and teach communication and collaboration in the intensive care unit.

	Rendell W. Ashton, MD Cleveland Clinic
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.

	Anna K. Brady, MD Medical University of South Carolina
Anna K. Brady, MD is an Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC, where she is an adult pulmonologist and intensivist. She serves as an associate program director for the Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship at MUSC as well as the course director for the MUSC College of Medicine critical care rotation. Prior to joining MUSC, she was a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR, where she was the fellowship program director. Dr. Brady's clinical passion is caring for patients with respiratory complications of neuromuscular disease, and her educational research interests include procedural teaching, ambulatory training, and recruitment in graduate medical education. She also serves as an associate editor for ATS Scholar.

	Natasha M. Brocks, MHA, C-TAGME HCA Healthcare
With a distinguished career in healthcare administration, Natasha M. Brocks, MHA, C-TAGME is Director of Graduate Medical Education (DGME) for HCA Florida Palm West Hospital and HCA Florida JFK North Hospital, were she oversees multi-site academic operations while championing accreditation compliance, quality improvement, and professional development. Her leadership strengthens compliance, drives continuous improvement, and advances program outcomes across multiple training sites. Natasha currently sits on the Board of Directors for the National Society of Academic Medical Administrators (NSAMA). A member of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) and American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and other national committees within the GME landscape. Natasha earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Leadership from the University of Arizona and a Master of Health Administration with distinction from the University of Phoenix. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Health Administration (DHA), focusing on leadership development and the operational transformation of academic medicine. Natasha resides in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is deeply committed to advancing the future of GME. Beyond her leadership role at HCA, she is the Founder of GMEAdmin Insights, a platform dedicated to supporting program administrators and leaders nationwide through coaching and professional development resources. She is passionate about her family and loves to travel to experience new culture.

	Kristin M. Burkart, MD, MSc Columbia University Medical Center
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 was previously APCCMPD’s Secretary-Treasurer and also 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.

	Erin Camac, DO University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Erin Camac, DO is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky, where she directs the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program. Dr. Camac enjoys caring for patients with interstitial lung disease, narrative medicine, medical education of all kinds, and listening to audiobooks at double speed while cycling. Despite her family members protests, she can often be found taking on home renovation projects of greater scope than her experience recommends. Dr. Camac loves the APCCMPD community, listing it as a source of community and warmth, and is honored to be here today.

	Neal F. Chaisson, MD Cleveland Clinic
Neal F. Chaisson, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He joined Cleveland Clinic in 2013 after completing his fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. His primary area of expertise is in the evaluation and treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Dr. Chaisson has active clinical and research interests in the hemodynamic evaluation of PAH patients and in medical education. He has been a runner-up for the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2015 and 2016 and was presented with the award in 2017. He directs educational training for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program. He also maintains a strong interest in critical care medicine and in the understanding of hemodynamic parameters surrounding shock assessment.

	Dru Claar, MD University of Michigan
Dru Claar, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan Medical School. He holds clinical appointments at both Michigan Medicine and VA Ann Arbor. He serves as the associate program director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and as an assistant program director for the Internal Medicine Residency.

	Cait Clancy, MD, MSHP University of Pennsylvania
Cait Clancy, MD, MSHP is an Associate Program Director at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Vice Chief for Health Equity and Community Engagement in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. She completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, followed by Internal Medicine Residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Clancy completed a Masters in Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a focus on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and was a Fellow in Diagnostic Excellence with the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Her areas of interest include health equity improvement and innovative strategies for curricular delivery across the medical education spectrum.

	Başak Çoruh, MD University of Washington
Başak Çoruh, MD is a Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Washington. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed residency, chief residency, and fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Çoruh is active in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education both locally and nationally and her interests in medical education include curriculum development, coaching, and leadership.

	Ernest DiNino, MD UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
Ernest DiNino, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus. He completed medical school at the University of Massachusetts, residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA, and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brown University. Dr. DiNino is the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus and Co-Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program at Baystate Health.

	Kathleen Doo, MD, MHPE Kaiser Permanente Northern California-Oakland
Kathleen Doo, MD, MHPE specializes in adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine with a focus on medical education and advocacy. She serves as the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland. She’s obtained a Master’s in Health Professions Education at New York University.

	Arnulfo Duarte, DO University of Pennsylvania
Arnulfo Duarte, DO grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He completed his medical training at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine and his internal medicine residency at the University of Texas at Tyler. He is particularly interested in bedside procedures, point-of-care ultrasound, interventional pulmonology, and academic medicine. Outside of medicine, he enjoys playing tennis, wrestling with his dogs, and trying new restaurants with his wife.

	Tiffany Dumont, DO Allegheny General Hospital
Tiffany Dumont, DO, FCCP serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Allegheny General Hospital. As Program Director of the Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital, she is dedicated to training the next generation of specialists. Dr. DuMont's research interests are focused on COPD and various critical care topics. Beyond her institutional roles, she contributes to the broader medical community through her service on the Membership Committee for the APCCMPD and the FCCP Subcommittee for CHEST. Demonstrating her commitment to community health, Dr. DuMont is actively involved with Breathe PA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lung health and well-being in Western Pennsylvania. Additionally, she lends her expertise to the Critical Care Nursing Quarterly as a member of the Editorial Board.

	Timothy Dyster, MD, MAEd University of California, San Francisco
Timothy Dyster, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in Pulmonary & Critical Care. His clinical work is spread across the UC Health and SFGH campuses and spans general pulmonology, interstitial lung disease, hospital medicine, and critical care. In 2024, he obtained his Master's Degree in Education with a focus in social sciences research at UC Berkeley. His academic work focuses on the interplay between personal and professional identity, including how to apply social learning theory to support the development of early career clinician-educators and prepare them to engage in scholarly pursuits. At the UCSF School of Medicine, he is the Professional Identity Formation Lead for the Physician Identity Weeks and the Director of the Curriculum Ambassador (CURAM) Program. Timothy served as a chief resident in the UCSF Department of Medicine. He currently acts as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, and he is the founder of MedEd Models and the principal content designer. He is the Lead Contributing Editor of Huppert's Notes, a first edition clinical handbook published by McGraw Hill. He is the AAMC's Medical Education Planning Committee fellow from November 2023 through November 2025. Timothy is also the Course Director for HPE Global, an international course for clinician-educators with a class roster spanning six continents. Timothy has extensive experience as a medical education consultant, with notable relationships including work with Blueprint Test Prep, Glass Health, and McGraw Hill.

	Jamie Felzer, MD, MPH Emory University School of Medicine
Jamie Felzer, MD is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. As junior faculty at Emory, she is involved in multiple research projects related to health equity and pulmonary infections. She also founded a multidisciplinary school-wide infectious disease tabletop exercise, created a novel orientation program for new faculty, composed a QI curriculum for fellows, and teaches all levels of learners. Additionally, she is involved in the Southern Regional Disaster Response System to help improve rural health inequities in preparedness and response. Nationally, Dr. Felzer is part of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care, ATS, CHEST Disaster Response and Global Health Committee, where she was recognized with the inaugural Rising Star Award while serving as the Fellow-in-Training on the Chest Infections Network. Dr. Felzer is passionate about educating the next generation of learners to provide equitable and high-quality clinical care no matter the circumstances.

	Jennifer Fermin-Solon NYU Langone Health
Jennifer Fermin-Solon is a dedicated healthcare professional with over ten years of experience in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department at NYU Langone on Long Island. Beginning her career as an Office Assistant, she advanced to the role of Medical Secretary in the Pulmonary Division, demonstrating a strong work ethic and commitment to excellence. Throughout her tenure, she has developed a broad and specialized skill set, including managing front desk operations and patient interactions, expertly handling high call volumes, and proficiently utilizing the EPIC electronic medical records system to optimize patient care. She coordinates provider calendars and clinical schedules, support Graduate Medical Education (GME) initiatives, manages departmental budgets, oversees insurance authorizations, and provides essential administrative and operational support to division leadership. Passionate about contributing to the advancement of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. she is looking forward to engaging with peers at the APCCMPD Conference to exchange knowledge and foster professional growth.

	James Frank, MD, MA University of California, San Francisco
James Frank, MD, MA is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he focuses on medical education across undergraduate and graduate learners. He is a medical student coach in the UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum and directs the medical student critical care immersion experience and critical care acting internship. He has been the Program Director for the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program for the past four years. His clinical roles include critical care medicine and co-leading the pulmonary embolism response team, and the neuromuscular respiratory clinic at the SFVA. His current academic interests include education leadership, teaching quality improvement and communication skills, professional/personal coaching, and curriculum development and implementation.

	Sherie Gause, MD Oregon Health & Science University
Sherie Gause, MD specializes in caring for adults with lung disease. She is particularly drawn to those with advanced lung conditions such as 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 problems. In her free time Dr. Gause enjoys traveling and exploring Portland’s rich restaurant scene.

	Shewit Giovanni, MD, MSc Oregon Health & Science University
Shewit Giovanni, MD, MSc earned her undergraduate degree from The College of William and Mary and her medical degree from Tufts University. She completed internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Washington where she earned a Masters' of Science in Epidemiology before joining the division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in 2020. She serves as core faculty for the OHSU PCCM fellowship where she is focused on teaching fundamentals of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety and engaging trainees to use these principles to improve patient care and part of a team focused on developing a longitudinal Health Systems Sciences curriculum for DOM fellowships. She is also the QI director for the critical care service line at OHSU. Her research interests include ARDS and the intersection between QI and implementation science in delivery of therapies in critical care medicine.

	Janel Gordner, C-TAGME Geisinger Medical Center
Janel Gordner, C-TAGME has served as the Senior Program Administrator for the Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowships at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania for over four years. Her career in healthcare spans more than a decade, beginning in the Anesthesia department at Geisinger as an administrative assistant, and eventually moving into a Project Coordinator role. Seeking a deeper sense of purpose and professional growth, Janel transitioned to the Graduate Medical Education (GME) community in 2021. At an institutional level, she was awarded the 2024 -2025 Clinical Education Excellence Award at Geisinger Medical Center. Janel is also an inaugural member in establishing the Senior Administrator Resource Group (SARG), a committee focused on advocating and providing resources for program coordinators. She is an active member of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Program Directors (APCCMPD) and National Society of Academic Medical Administrators (NSAMA). Janel is passionate about promoting wellness, efficiency, and time management for both fellows and program administrators. Her extensive experience has cultivated a strong foundation in medical education administration and instilled a robust work ethic, making her a confident and capable professional in her field. .

	Janae Heath, MD, MSCE University of Pennsylvania
Janae Heath, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care) at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and Assistant Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. Her scholarship centers on competency-based education, equity in assessment, and learning analytics/NLP for improving feedback and program evaluation. She leads CCC and program evaluation initiatives and is a frequent national educator on assessment and faculty development.

	Laura Hinkle, MD, MEd Indiana University School of Medicine
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. Since then she 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 serves as the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. 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 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors and the American Thoracic Society. 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..

	Van Holden, MD University of Maryland School of Medicine
Van Holden, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is an interventional pulmonologist within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In addition, she is the Program Director of the PCCM fellowship program. Dr. Holden specializes in minimally invasive methods of diagnosing and staging lung cancer, central airway obstruction and pleural disease. Dr. Holden graduated from Newman University in Wichita, KS with a BA in Biology and completed her MD at University of Kansas School of Medicine. She did her residency in internal medicine at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ and stayed for an additional year as Chief Medical Resident. She completed her fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and served as Chief Fellow during her last year. An additional year of fellowship training in Interventional Pulmonology was completed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.

	Kaytlyn Hope, MHA, C-TAGME Boston Children's Hospital
Kaytlyn Hope, MHA, C-TAGME is the Education Program Manager in Graduate Medical Education at Boston Children’s Hospital and serves as Chair of the Board for the National Society of Academic Medical Administrators (NSAMA). In her role as chair, she co-directs national training programs for both new and advanced GME administrators and leads efforts to expand professional development and membership engagement across the country. A TAGME-certified leader with a Master’s in Healthcare Administration, Kaytlyn is also a national speaker on artificial intelligence, public speaking, and leadership in academic medicine.

	James Horowitz, MD NYU Grossman School of Medicine
James Horowitz, MD is the Director of the Section of Critical Care Cardiology and the Assistant Chief of Service for the Division of Cardiology at NYU, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Critical Care Cardiology. He also serves as an Assistant Program Director for PCCM at NYU, with a special focus on the Critical Care Cardiology fellowship track, now in its sixth year. His research interests include pulmonary embolism and cardiogenic shock, and he has led several national trials in the PE space including FLAME, EXTRACT-PE and PEERLESS 1.

	Marcie Hudson, C-TAGME Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Marcie Hudson, C-TAGME is the Graduate Medical Education Program Manager for the Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Fellowships at St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City.

	Tristan Huie, MD University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Tristan Huie, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado and National Jewish Health. He has directed the Fellowship Program at the University of Colorado since 2017. He specializes in the care of patients with interstitial lung disease and was the Clinical Director for ILD at National Jewish Health from 2013-17. He still enjoys attending in the ICU and is passionate about medical education. Dr. Huie graduated from Gonzaga University, attended Georgetown University for medical school and residency, and completed his fellowship training in Denver.

	Mira John, MD University of California, San Diego
Mira John, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine & Physiology at University of California, San Diego. She joined UCSD in 2024 after completing her Internal Medicine Residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2020 and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington in 2024. While in fellowship, she also completed the University of Washington's CLIME Teaching Scholars Certificate Program. Academic interests include fellowship recruitment, curriculum design, and professional identity formation.

	Diana Kelm, MD Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Diana Kelm, MD is a core faculty physician and clinician educator in the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester and Associate Professor of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She attended medical school at Texas A&M Health Science Center. She completed internal medicine residency, chief medical residency, and pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Dr. Kelm holds many leadership positions at Mayo Clinic including the Medical Director of the Multidisciplinary Simulation Center, associate program director for the PCCM fellowship program, and program director of a tri-site GME Clinician Educator pathway. Dr. Kelm has received several teaching awards both internally and externally. She is a grant-funded medical education researcher with a focus on procedural training/supervision and interprofessional education. She is also boy mom to 3 busy, athletic boys.

	Jonelle Kelner, MSEd, C-TAGME University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Jonelle Kelner, MSEd, C-TAGME is a seasoned administrator who thrives on making complex programs run smoothly. With a strong background in program development, accreditation, contracts, data management, and strategic planning, she’s known for turning challenges into opportunities. Jonelle’s exceptional communication skills and knack for building collaborative, high-performing teams have made her a trusted leader in Graduate Medical Education (GME). She creates supportive environments where professionals can grow, succeed, and feel genuinely valued. Key Skills & Strengths: Leadership & Team Building: Encourages collaboration, nurtures talent, and inspires high-performing teams. Data Management & Reporting: Skilled at turning GME data into actionable insights to support accreditation and continuous improvement. Compliance & Accreditation: Deep understanding of ACGME standards and regulations to keep programs on track. Budget & Financial Management: Experienced in managing budgets, optimizing resources, and ensuring financial efficiency for educational programs.

	Samantha King, MD, MS University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Samantha King, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado. She studies how we teach pulmonary fellows about interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis.

	Maryl Kreider, MD, MSCE University of Pennsylvania
Maryl Kreider, MD is Professor of Clinical Medicine and Program Director for the PCCM fellowship at University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kreider is the Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program and has expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients with diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. In addition, she serves as the Director of the Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Clinic at Penn. Dr. Kreider’s clinical interests include patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis associated with Collagen Vascular Disease, Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Sarcoidosis and cystic lung disease including LAM. A recipient of a Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dr. Kreider studies risk factors for both the development of Interstitial Lung Diseases and for poor outcome.

	Ilana Krumm, MD, MAEd Virginia Mason Medical Center
Ilana Krumm, MD, MAEd completed her internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Washington. She completed pulmonary/critical care Fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, while simultaneously obtaining a Masters in Education from University of California, Berkeley. She subsequently went on to complete interventional pulmonology fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess/Massachusetts General Hospital combined fellowship. She is now an interventional pulmonologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Her research domain centers around procedural educations and identify formation of proceduralists.

	Susan K. Mathai, MD Baylor University Medical Center
Susan K. Mathai, MD is a Clinical Professor at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Her focus is on clinical care and research related to interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and pulmonary fibrosis. Her interest in ILD started when she was a medical student at Yale University. Prior to joining the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, she was a member of the faculty at the University of Colorado in Denver, where she was also a clinical and research fellow. She currently serves as the principal investigator on numerous clinical trials related to treatments for ILD and sarcoidosis. She is active in medical education and is the program director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center.

	Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, completed her internal medicine and chief residency at Boston University/Boston Medical Center, followed by a year working with Partners in Health in Rwanda. She completed her pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship and obtained her Master of Science degree in medical education in 2017 from the University of Pittsburgh. She now serves as Program Director for the UPMC Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship training program, core subspecialty faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency program, co-director of the pulmonary physiology course in the School of Medicine, and co-director of a graduate level course on enhancing teaching skills in the Institute for Clinical Research and Education. She is one of the co-founders of the UPMC Clinicians for Climate Action, a grass-roots group formed in 2022 by several physicians to address healthcare sustainability within the largest healthcare system in Pennsylvania. Dr. Maximous has an interest in how we train clinicians to both understand the implications of climate change on patients’ health and how clinicians can effectively advocate for environmental justice and healthcare sustainability.

	Jennifer McCallister, MD The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Jennifer McCallister, MD is a Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine where she is also a leader in medical education. She currently serves as the Associate Dean of Medical Education for the College of Medicine and the Assistant Director of Faculty Affairs for the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. She is a Past President of the Association of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors, a past Chair of the ATS Section on Medical Education, and she served as the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director at Ohio State from 2014-2022. Employing these positions to bolster clinician-educator career development and streamline the transition from undergraduate to medical education, she has made great strides in cultivating stronger pulmonary and critical care education programs. Her current areas of interest include mentorship in medical education and optimizing inclusivity in medical education.

	Cynthia Meyers, C-TAGME Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cynthia Meyers, C-TAGME received her Bachelor of Science degree at Brooklyn College in New York. She started working at Mount Sinai Hospital in the Institute for Critical Care Medicine in 2007, where she has been for the past eighteen years. She is the Program Manager for two fellowship programs and one residency program (Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Anesthesiology, and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Medicine Residency). She manages a total of 33 house staff across all programs. IShe currently serves on the MSHS GME coordinator mentor committee.

	Mirna Mohanraj, MD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mirna Mohanraj, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is Associate Program Director for the Mount Sinai Morningside-West Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and the systemwide Department of Medicine Vice Chair for Strategic Community Engagement. Dr. Mohanraj's interests and research focus on curriculum development, humanism in medicine, program remediation, bioethics 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. Dr. Mohanraj chairs the APCCMPD Education Committee.

	Anna Neumeier, MD University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Anna Neumeier, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado. She is the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and the Assistant Dean for Post-clerkship curriculum at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her academic interests include curriculum design, simulation-based education, and innovative teaching strategies, with a focus on professional identity formation to foster reflective and resilient physicians across the continuum of medical education.

	Stella B. Ogake, MD The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Stella B. Ogake, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center. She serves as Associate Program Director of the PCCM fellowship, overseeing procedural training. Dr. Ogake also directs LEAD @ OSU, a longitudinal leadership program for GME trainees that promotes leadership development and supports scholarly work aimed at improving healthcare through education, advocacy and innovation. Nationally, she is active in ATS, CHEST and APPCMPD contributing to medical education and trainee advancement. She was honored with the APPCMPD Emerging Educator Award in 2025 for her contributions to medical education. As a clinician-educator, Dr. Ogake is passionate about mentoring the next generation of physician leaders and cultivating inclusive, supportive learning environments.

	Emily Olson, MD Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science
Emily Olson, MD is an Instructor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Olson received her medical degree at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency at Mayo Clinic before completing Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at Northwestern University. In addition to ongoing research addressing gender equity in medicine, she is interested in helping trainees navigate transitions in medical education.

	Jaime Palomino, MD Tulane University School of Medicine
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 trained in Pulmonary/CCM at Tulane University and subsequently joined the Tulane faculty where he currently is an Associate Professor of Medicine and has served as the Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director since 2013.

	Mihir Parikh, MD Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Mihir Parikh, MD is an interventional pulmonologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, MA. Since joining the faculty at BIDMC, he has developed a particular focus in the diagnosis, treatment, and palliation of airway and pleural manifestations of thoracic malignancy. A graduate of the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education, Dr Parikh serves as the Program Director for the Fellowship in Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy and Program Director of the Harvard Combined BIDMC/MGH Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship.

	Amee Patrawalla, MD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Amee Patrawalla, MD 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. Dr. Patrawalla's main clinical and research interest is pulmonary mycobacterial infections, including tuberculosis. She is a dedicated educator with interests in innovative learning and medical education at both the GME and CME level.

	Paru Patrawalla, MD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Paru Patrawalla, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Program Director for the Mount Sinai Morningside/West Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She was named a Master-Educator in the ISMMS Institute of Medical Education in 2017. Dr. Patrawalla is a national expert, leader and educator in point-of-care ultrasonography. Her research interests center on medical education and critical care outcomes, including evaluating the complex relationship between training, educational outcomes and patient outcomes.

	Alyssa A. Perez, MD University of California, San Francisco
Alyssa A. Perez, MD is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She is an Associate Program Director for the PCCM fellowship program and internal medicine residency program. She is a transplant and cystic fibrosis pulmonologist, and is also the director of the adult cystic fibrosis program.

	Julia Powelson, MD Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Julia Powelson, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, where she serves as Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She received her MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. She went on to complete Internal Medicine Residency and a Chief Medical Resident year at the University of Vermont, after which she completed fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. In addition to her role as Program Director, she serves as course director of multiple pre-clinical and clinical courses at the Renaissance School of Medicine. Her research interests include simulation-based education and curriculum development.

	Deepak R. Pradhan, MD, MHPE NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Deepak R. Pradhan, MD, MHPE is an Associate Professor (Scholar Track) at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Associate Medical Director of the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences (NYSIM), and Senior Associate Program Director for NYU’s PCCM/CCM/Cards CCM fellowship programs. Clinically, he attends in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at NYU Langone Manhattan campus and Bellevue Hospital.  His interests include point-of-care ultrasound, simulation, procedural competency, faculty development, and all things related to medical education.

	Navitha Ramesh, MD, CPE Medical University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Navitha Ramesh, MD, CPE is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician, physician-executive, and medical educator with national expertise in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and critical care education. She serves as Chair of Medicine and is the founding Program Director of a Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, where she designed and implemented a comprehensive, competency-based Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS) curriculum aligned with ACGME Milestones and entrustable professional activities. Dr. Ramesh is a frequent national faculty member at CHEST and ATS, teaches advanced critical care ultrasound and ECMO-related applications, and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters focused on POCUS in critical care. She holds the Certified Physician Executive (CPE) credential and is currently pursuing an MBA with a healthcare focus, integrating educational leadership, outcomes-based assessment, and programmatic innovation to advance fellowship training nationwide.

	Brian Reuland, MD Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Brian Reuland, MD is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida and clinical assistant professor of medicine at Florida International University. He is a recent graduate of New York University Grossman School of Medicine's PCCM fellowship program. He completed a simulation fellowship accredited by the American Society for Simulation in Healthcare in 2024-2025. He has been involved in medical education at the national level by chairing the ATS Trainees Interested in Medical Education Committee in 2024-2025.

	Laura K. Rock, MD Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
Laura K. Rock, MD is a Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Internationally recognized for her work in high-stakes communication and team culture, she teaches clinicians to navigate conflict, give feedback, and build connection. Her work centers human connection as the foundation of patient safety, teamwork, and purpose. Outside the MICU, she is faculty with the Center for Medical Simulation and VitalTalk, consults with hospital teams worldwide, and hones her negotiation skills with her teenage sons.

	Ali Rueschhoff, MD University of Kansas School of Medicine
Ali Rueschhoff, MD received her medical degree from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2017. She then completed combined training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at The University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, TX. Following this, she moved back to Kansas to complete her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Her clinical interests include critical care, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and rare lung diseases. She possesses clinical expertise in treating conditions that include: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, vasculitis, connective tissue disease-related ILD and cystic lung disease. Within academic medicine, she is a clinician educator and serves as an Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program and an Assistant Director/Education Coach for the Fitzsimmons Society in the KU School of Medicine. She additionally has a special interest in teaching Pulmonary procedures including bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), thoracentesis and chest tube insertion.

	Oscar A. Salguero, C-TAGME Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Oscar A. Salguero, BSPH, C-TAGME is a Fellowship Coordinator at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Baylor University and is C-TAGME certified. Oscar has extensive experience in program operations, accreditation readiness, and strategic planning across multiple fellowship programs. He serves on the Program Coordinator Committee for the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors and has presented nationally and locally over various topics. Oscar is passionate about innovation in medical education, leveraging technology to streamline workflows and enhance coordinator efficiency. .

	Nitin Seam, MD University of Maryland School of Medicine
Nitin Seam, MD is the Assistant Dean for Innovation and Educational Technologies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Vice Chair for Education in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise relate to mechanical ventilation and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and his educational interests relate to thoughtful implementation of technology into medical education, specifically artificial intelligence and simulation-based education. He has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and given talks at national meetings in these areas. Dr. Seam served as the Inaugural Editor in Chief of ATS Scholar. He was also a member of the NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel of multi-disciplinary US experts who provided real-time updated clinical guidance for care of patients with COVID-19 disease.

	Ziad S. Shaman, MD, MHcM The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University
Ziad "Zee" Shaman, MD, MHcM graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2000. He trained in Internal Medicine and then in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the MetroHealth programs of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. He has been the Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program at MetroHealth since 2013, and has focused his career on medical education scholarship and on innovation in academic administration. Dr. Shaman is a registered diagnostic medical sonographer, and an authority on the use of point-of-care ultrasound in critical care. He has led many courses, regionally and nationally, for different levels of learners. Dr. Shaman holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Management from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. His most recent focus includes business and leadership education for Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows to advance administrative skills in medical subspecialty graduates. Dr. Shaman has been an active member of the APCCMPD since 2009.

	Briana Short, MD Columbia University Medical Center
Briana Short, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine whose academic focus is on medical education and wellbeing in the critical care setting. Her clinical expertise is in acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. She is the Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her work focuses on advancing and standardizing airway training for fellows and faculty using simulation. She also serves as the Medical Director for Wellbeing for the Medical ICU and Medical Critical Care services. She works to improve improve access to mental health resources for critical care providers.

	Avinash Singh, MD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Avinash Singh, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) and Assistant Program Director of the Pulmonary, Critical Care Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai Morningside & West Hospitals. Dr Singh received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, India. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Mount Sinai Morningside and West Hospitals, followed by a Chief Medical Residency in the same program. Dr Singh went on to complete his Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Fellowship, and Chief Fellowship at Pulmonary, Critical Care Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai Morningside and West Hospitals. Dr Singh's clinical interests include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), venous thromboembolic disease (VTE), bronchiectasis, lung cancer screening, lung nodule, preventive pneumonia immunization, smoking cessation, and medical education. He educates fellows and residents through a variety of clinical activities including inpatient pulmonary consultations, clinical conferences, precepting at chest clinic and in faculty practice.

	Amik Sodhi, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Amik Sodhi, MD is a pulmonary critical care physician with over 15 years of experience in Critical Care, POCUS and education. She is currently the director for Critical Care services at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She has previously been Program director for a PCCM fellowship and has extensive experience developing and implementing POCUS curricula at different institutions. She has co-chaired numerous POCUS courses nationally and internationally over her career.

	Trevor Steinbach, MD University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Trevor Steinbach, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is a clinician educator and serves as Associate Program Director for the University of Colorado Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship program. He also directs rotations for medical students and medicine residents rotating in outpatient pulmonary clinics. He is very active in the American Thoracic Society, serving on several education-related committees and teaches annually at Resident Boot Camp. He practices at the University of Colorado Hospital in the General Pulmonary and COPD clinics as well as the Medical Intensive Care Unit. His clinical interests include pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, bronchiectasis, and advanced COPD. Outside of medicine, his interests include cycling and skiing in the Colorado outdoors, especially with his wife and daughter.

	Robin Stiller, MD Oregon Health & Science University
Robin Stiller, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She serves as core faculty for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship program and is also the Assistant Program Director for Subspecialty Medicine for the Internal Medicine residency at OHSU.

	Geneva Tatem, MD Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Geneva Tatem, MD is the former Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship program at Henry Ford Hospital, the largest training program in Michigan within these specialties. She is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and is the Associate Division Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for Henry Ford Health. Dr. Tatem is a dedicated leader in medical education with a focus on advancing equity in graduate medical education through equitable recruitment processes. She has a number of publications on the subject, with a call to action for change. She is a dedicated clinician, educator and advocate for health equity.

	Claudia Tejera Quesada, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham
Claudia Tejera Quesada, MD is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Miami/JFK Medical Center, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Tejera is passionate about medical education, leadership development, and advancing diversity and inclusion in academic medicine. Her scholarly work focuses on simulation-based learning, curriculum design, and integrating health equity and social determinants of health into medical education. She currently serves as Chair of the Fellows-in-Training Committee and Fellow Representative on the Board of Directors for the APCCMPD, as well as a member of the CHEST and American Thoracic Society committees. Dr. Tejera’s research and advocacy aim to shape the next generation of physicians into compassionate, socially conscious, and technically skilled leaders in pulmonary and critical care medicine.

	Jack Tomen, MD Wayne State University School of Medicine
Jack Tomen, MD is a third-year fellow in the clinical education program in the pulmonary and critical care fellowship program at Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed residency and chief residency at Detroit Medical Center in Detroit.

	Keriann Van Nostrand, MD University of California, San Diego
Keriann Van Nostrand, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego and Director of the UCSD Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program. Board-certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Interventional Pulmonology, she specializes in advanced bronchoscopic procedures and the management of complex pulmonary diseases, including lung cancer, COPD, central airway obstruction and pleural conditions. She completed her medical degree at West Virginia University, followed by residency and fellowship training at Indiana University, and advanced interventional pulmonology training at Emory University. Dr. Van Nostrand is a nationally recognized leader in interventional pulmonology education, an active clinical researcher of medical education of pulmonary procedures. She is known for her compassionate, patient-centered care and her commitment to training the next generation of interventional pulmonologists. Outside of medicine she enjoys time with her family, including her schnoodle Lilly, travel, and baking.

	F. Mae West, MD Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
F. Mae West, MD is a an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She obtained her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, followed by Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is a Testamur of the National Board of Echocardiography’s Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography, and is currently on track for board certification. At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Dr. West works clinically as an and intensivist in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. She serves as the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She founded the Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Fellowship, and is the Director of the Internal Medicine POCUS Program. She is a core faculty member of the Rector Clinical Skills and Simulation Center and leads GME invasive skills training. Dr. West is a founding member of Jefferson’s Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (JeffPERT) and the current Vice President-elect of the The PERT Consortium. Dr. West serves as faculty for the Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Workshop and on the Item Writing Committee for the National Board of Echocardiography Critical Care Echocardiography exam. Her research interests include pulmonary embolism and POCUS, which often converge.
	James Wykowski, MD University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
James Wykowski, MD is a third-year Pulmonary/Critical Care fellow in the medical education track at the University of Colorado. His education research interests include the impact of challenging events in the ICU on learner well-being and Professional Identity Formation, medical students in the ICU, and competency based medical education.

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