Abstract Awards Review Committee

The Abstract Awards Review Committee is a group of experts who convene annually to review abstracts submitted for the APCCMPD Award for Medical Education Research and the APCCMPD Award for Novel Medical Education Implementation. Their role is crucial in evaluating the abstracts submitted for the awards and recommending the most deserving abstract to the APCCMPD Board of Directors (BOD) for approval.

2026-2027 ABSTRACT AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE
	Chair and Board of Directors Liaison May M. Lee, MD PCCM Training Program Director Clinical Professor of Medicine Keck School of Medicine of USC
	Asha M. Anandaiah, MD PCCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital/BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
	Ramesh Kesavan, MD Pulmonary Training Program Director Associate Professor of Medicine University of Houston-Kingwood
	Brett Lindgren, DO PCCM Associate Program Director Assistant Professor Keck School of Medicine of USC
	Kinner Patel, MD PCCM Core Faculty Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Ziad S. Shaman, MD, MHcM PCCM Training Program Director Associate Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University
	Gloria E. Westney, MD, MSCR PCCM Associate Program Director Professor Morehouse School of Medicine

Value Statement

The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) believes that diversity with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions, and disabilities is vital to advancing pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship education and the next generation of medical educators.

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