Meet the 2025 Winner: Kristina Crothers, MD
Kristina Crothers, MD is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington and Section Head of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System. Dr. Crothers has been an active and committed member of ATS since her pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She has served as a member of multiple PI-TB committees and currently serves on the ATS Research Advisory Committee, the ATS Awards Committee, and chairs the PI-TB Planning Committee. She has been PI-TB Program Committee Chair and the Assembly Chair, serving on the ATS Board in this role. Dr. Crothers was recognized with the ATS PI-TB Mid-Career award in 2014. Dr. Crothers is a physician-scientist with grant funding from NIH and VA, studying the role of HIV on the clinical course and management of lung diseases as well as the intersection of COVID-19 and chronic lung diseases on patient outcomes. Her work includes observational, clinical and translational studies and clinical trials, with recent projects seeking to improve the implementation of equitable evidence-based care of COPD in people with HIV (PWH); investigating ways to tailor lung cancer screening for PWH; and increasing smoking cessation in Veterans living with HIV. Dr. Crothers is committed to the career development and tmentoring of trainees, serving as a program director of the UW PCCSM Division’s NIH NHLBI T32. Dr. Crothers was selected to be inducted into the Association of American Physicians in 2025.
Description
This award is given to a PI-TB member with clear commitment to PI-TB and the ATS, advancing their missions, and with significant contribution(s) to the PI-TB Assembly in the area(s) of research, clinical care, teaching, mentoring or service (may include leadership).
Criteria
- Associate Professor, Professor, or equivalent
- At least 20 years from having completed postdoctoral or clinical training, excluding time off for personal circumstances
- PI-TB Assembly Member (primary or secondary)
- Significant contribution(s) to the PI-TB Assembly in the area(s) of research, clinical care, teaching, mentoring or service, typically including leadership.
Submit
- Nomination letter from sponsor(s) (2-page limit, using a template)
- Updated candidate CV