Scientific Advisory Committee
The Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Lung Association makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on a range of subjects surrounding lung health.Donald J. Alcendor, PhD, MS
Scientific Advisory Committee
Associate Professor, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Division of Microbiology & Immunology, Physiology & Obstetrics & Gynecology, Meharry Medical College
Rabih I. Bechara, M.D.
Board DirectorProfessor of Medicine/ Director; Interventional Pulmonology Atrium Wake Baptist
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine
Kathryn Blake, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, CIP
Scientific Advisory Committee
Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Translational Research Chair, IRB 2 at Nemours Children's Health
Mario Castro, M.D., MPH
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Principal Investigator
Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Rainbow Clinical and Translational Science Unit, Frontiers; University of Kansas School of Medicine
Anne E. Dixon, MA, BMBCh
Board Director Chair, Scientific Advisory CommitteeProfessor of Medicine
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Laura C. Feemster, M.D., M.S.
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington
Mitchell Glass, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
CEO and Managing Director Chronic Airway Therapeutics (CAT)
Marilyn Glassberg, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee
Chair, Department of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee
Grant Morrow, III, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research; Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine
MeiLan K. Han, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Principal Investigator, National Spokesperson
Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Michigan
Mary K. Hayden, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
The James Lowenstine Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology Director, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center
David A. Kaminsky, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
John Koomen, PhD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Senior Member in Molecular Oncology and the Molecular Medicine Program Scientific Director for Proteomics & Metabolomics Core at the Moffitt Cancer Center
James Krings, MD, MSCI
Scientific Advisory Committee
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Elizabeth L. McQuaid, PhD, ABPP
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Bruce Montgomery, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
CEO, Avalyn Pharma
James L. Mulshine, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee, Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel
Professor of Internal Medicine at Rush University
Patrick Nana-Sinkam MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Enid Rose Neptune, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Associate Professor Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
Ivan O. Rosas, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor and Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Lester and Sue Smith Chair in Lung Heath Baylor College of Medicine
Jonathan M. Samet, MD
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel, Scientific Advisory Panel
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health
Lewis J. Smith, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor Emeritus, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
James West, PhD
Scientific Advisory Committee
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert Wise, MD
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Principal Investigator
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University