Chapter List

See list of chapter names, officers and administrators, Some chapters have websites with more information. For contact information for chapters email Kimberly Lawrence at klawrence@thoracic.org

California Thoracic Society

President: George Su, MD
President-Elect: Tisha Wang, MD
Secretary: Brooks Thomas Kuhn, MD, MAS
Treasurer: Jessica Goggin, PhD, MAS, RN
Immediate Past President: Michelle Cao, MD
Chapter Administrator: Jason Seidler

Colorado Thoracic Society

President: John D. Mitchell, MD
Vice-President: Carol Welsh, MD
Councilor: Carol Welsh, MD

Metropolitan DC Thoracic Society

President: Alan Nyquist, MD (INOVA Fairfax Hospital)
Vice President: Darling A. Ruiz Cerrato, MD (Medstar WHC)
Immediate Past President: Anna McLean, MD (George Washington University)
Secretary: Folasade O. Ogunlesi, MD (Children's National)
Board Member: Jalil Ahari, MD (George Washington Hospital)
Board Member: Christine Fleury, MD (Medstar Georgetown)
Board Member: Nicholas Ghionni, DO (Medstar WHC)
Board Member /Councilor: Robin Gross, MD (Medstar Georgetown)
Board Member: Kadija Hersi, MD (NIH)
Board Member: Nikhil Huprikar, MD (WRNMMC)
Board Member: Steven Kariya, MD (Suburban Hospital)
Board Member: Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, MPH (Children's National)
Board Member: Alem Mehari, MD (Howard)
Board Member: Parker Ruhl, MD (NIH)
Board Member: Alicia Thomas, MD (Howard)
Board Member: Christopher Thomas, MD (INOVA Fairfax Hospital)
Board Member: Alicia Thomas, MD (Howard)
Fellow Representative: Kaitlyn Kuntzman, MD (Children’s National)
Fellow Representative: Jared Wilkinson (INOVA Fairfax Hospital)
Fellow Representative: Randy Bitrus (Medstar Georgetown)
Fellow Representative: Mansi Chaurvedi (NIH/University of Maryland)

Florida Thoracic Society

President: William Miller, MD, MS
Vice President: M. Raheel Qureshi, MD

Indiana Thoracic Society

President: Ioana Cristea, MD
Councilor: Sarah E. Bauer, MD
Chapter Administrator: Karen Shirey

Massachusetts Thoracic Society

President: Kai Saukkonen, MD
Vice President: Sydney Montesi, MD
Secretary: Finn Hawkins, MD
Treasurer: Asha Anandaiah, MD
Immediate Past President: Peter Barkin, MD
Councilor: Sydney Montesi, MD
Chapter Administrator: Anila Kraja

Michigan Thoracic Society

President: Paul Bozyk, MD (Royal Oak)
President-Elect: Najia Huda, MD (Sterling Heights)
Secretary-Tresaurer: TBD
Immediate Past President: Fauziya Hassan, MD (Ann Arbor)
CCR Representative: Samya Z. Nasr, MD (Ann Arbor)
Members at Large: Heidi Flori, MD (Ann Arbor)
Members at Large: Stephen Doyle, MD (Grand Rapids)
Members at Large: Zahia Esber, MD (Detroit)
Members at Large: Rania Esteitie, MD (Saginaw)
Chapter Administrator: Angie Kemppainen, CAE

Mississippi Thoracic Society

President: Jessie Harvey, MD
Councilor: George E. Abraham, MD
Chapter Administrator: Ellie Hales

New Jersey Thoracic Society

President: Sabiha Hussain, MD
Vice-President: Yonatan Greenstein, MD
Secretary-Treasurer: Deborah Kim, MD
Immediate Past President: Anne Sutherland, MD
Councilor: Jag Sunderram, MD
Government Affairs Representative: Alfred Lardizabal, MD
Chapter Administrator: Melody Shaffer

New Mexico Thoracic Society

President: Ross Davidson, DO
Immediate Past-President: Nour Assad, MD
Vice President: James T Dean, DO
Secretary / Treasurer: Vanessa Josef, MD
Council of Chapters Representative: Hayley Israel, MD, MHS
Planning Committee Members: Sarah Medrek, MD, Dona Upson, MD, Polly Dendy, BSRT, RRT-NPS
Chapter Administrator: Samantha Roudabush, BS Ed, RRT-ACCS

New York State Thoracic Society

President: Ioana Amzuta, MD, FCCP, D-ABSM
President Elect: Meredith L. Turetz, MD
Past President: Oleg Epelbaum, MD
Vice President: Manoj Jacob Mammen, MD, MS, ATSF
Secretary: Shari Brosnahan, MD
Treasurer: Morgan I. Soffler, MD
Chapter Administrator: Andrea Hadcock

North Carolina Thoracic Society

President: Sweta Patel, MD (Duke University)
Vice-President: Ross Hoffman, MD (Asheville Pulmonary)
Secretary-Treasurer: Verranna Maddipati, MD (East Carolina University)
Executive Director: Roy Pleasants, PharmD
Immediate Past President: Praveen Mannam, MD
Councilor: Chad Kloefkorn, MD (Duke University)

Oklahoma Thoracic Society

President: Houssein Youness, MD
Councilor: Cory Cross, MD
Chapter Administrator: Delisa McKinzie

Oregon Thoracic Society

President: Karen Wesenberg, MD
President-Elect: Ethan Corcoran, MD, PhD
Secretary: Brad Glavin, MD
Past President: Holly Vanni, MD
Conference Co-Chair: Jeffrey Robinson, MD
Conference Co-Chair: Ryan Clay, MD
Councilor: Svetlana (Lana) Kotova, MD
Chapter Administrator: Paul Hiller

South Carolina Thoracic Society

President/Councilor: Eddie Kilb, MD
Vice President: Abhijit Raval, MD
Secretary/Treasurer: Harrison Smith, MD
Chapter Administrator: Sara Frampton

Utah Thoracic Society

President/Chair of Finance Committee: Krishna Sunda, MD
President-Elect/Councilor: Sarah Beesley, MD, MSc
Vice President: Jeanette Brown MD, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer/Chair of Membership Committee: Denitza Blagev, MD
Chair of Advocacy Committee/Government Affairs Rep: Sean Callahan, MD

Washington State Thoracic Society

President: Erik Swenson, MD
Secretary-Treasurer: Martha Billings, MD
Immediate Past President: John Clark, MD
Councilor: Kathleen Horan, MD
Chapter Administrator: Season Oltmann

For contact information for chapters email Kimberly Lawrence at klawrence@thoracic.org

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