Meet Our Experts
Felix Aguilar, MD, MPH
National Spokesperson
Medical Director for Quality, L.A. Care Health Plan
Jose Arias Jr., MD
National Spokesperson
Partner at Allergy Asthma Specialists, P.A., and Associate Professor for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
John R. Balmes, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Will Barrett
Senior Director, Nationwide Advocacy, Clean Air
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
Laura Kate Bender
Assistant Vice President, Nationwide Healthy Air
Brian W. Christman, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Professor and Vice-chair, Clinical Affairs and Associate Program Director, Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt University
David Tom Cooke, M.D., FACS
National Spokesperson
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Afif El-Hasan, MD
Board Director Chair, Public Policy CommitteePediatrician
Kaiser Permanente, California
Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Community Engagement Co-Director, Baltimore Breathe Center
Jamie Garfield, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple Lung Center, Temple University Hospital; Clinical Course Director, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Jorge Gomez, M.D.
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel, National Spokesperson
Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program and World Trade Center oncology clinic, Mount Sinai
Traci Gonzales, APRN, PNP-C, AE-C
National Spokesperson
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Michael J. Grant, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Medical Oncology
Yale University School of Medicine
Payel Gupta, M.D., FACAAI
National Spokesperson
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center
MeiLan K. Han, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Principal Investigator, National Spokesperson
Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Michigan
David G. Hill, MD
Chair, Board of DirectorsDirector of Clinical Research
Waterbury Pulmonary Associates
Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS
Volunteer Medical Spokesperson
Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology and Environmental Health Sciences
Amit “Bobby” Mahajan, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
National Spokesperson
Medical Director, Inova Interventional Pulmonology and Complex Airway Disease Program
Meredith C. McCormack, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Andrea McKee, M.D.
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel, National Spokesperson
Partner, Radiation Oncology Associates and Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC)
Juanita Mora, M.D.
Board DirectorPhysician and CEO
Chicago Allergy Center
Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD
Lester and Sue Smith Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Katherine Pruitt
National Senior Director for Policy
American Lung Association
Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, M.D.
National Spokesperson
West Coast Lung
S. Christy Sadreameli, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jacob Sands, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Kevin Stewart
Director, Environmental Health, Advocacy and Public Policy
George Douglas Thurston, ScD
Professor of Medicine and Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine