Scientific Advisors
The Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Lung Association makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on a range of subjects surrounding lung health and the Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel provides the American Lung Association with strategic advice on critical lung cancer science and lung cancer-related issues.
Scientific Advisory Committee
- William C. Bailey, MDProfessor Emeritus
- Mario Castro, MD, MPHProfessor of Medicine & Pediatrics
- Brian W. Christman, MD Professor of Medicine and Associate Program DirectorArea of Expertise: Healthy air, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, critical care
- Barry GottschalkPresident and CEO
- Mitchell H. Grayson, MDDirector, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Professor of Pediatrics
- MeiLan K. Han, MDAssociate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical SchoolArea of Expertise: COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung transplant and women's respiratory health
- James R. Jett, MDProfessor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health
- David J. Lederer, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Director, Pulmonary & Intensive Care Translational Outcomes Research (PICTOR) Group
- Pierre Massion, MDProfessor of Cancer Research
- Elizabeth L. McQuaid, PhD, ABPPProfessor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pediatrics
- Jonathan M. Samet, MDProfessor and Flora L. Thornton Chair
- Neil Schachter, MDMaurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary and Community Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care
- Karin TollefsonSr. Director Portfolio Project Management & Operations, Oncology Business Unit
- James West, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Robert Wise, MDProfessor of Medicine
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel
- David P. Carbone, MD, PhDProfessor of Internal Medicine, Director of the James Thoracic Center
- David Tom Cooke, MD, FACSAssistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Alberto de Hoyas, MDDirector of the Center for Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- Malcom DeCamp, MDFowler McCormick Professor of Surgery & Professor of Medicine/ Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Jorge Gomez, MDSenior Faculty MedicineArea of Expertise: Lung cancer, oncology
- Curtis C. Harris, MDHead, Molecular Genetics and Carcinogenesis Section, Laboratory Chief
- Eric Hart, MDAssociate Professor of Radiology
- James R. Jett, MDProfessor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health
- Robert Keith, MDProfessor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
- Scott Lippman, MDDirector, Moores Cancer Center
- Thomas Lynch, MDCEO and Chairman
- David Madtes, MDAssociate Professor
- Pierre Massion, MDProfessor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Professor of Cancer Biology
- Peter J Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCPPulmonologist, Director
- Andrea McKee, MDChairman of Radiation OncologyArea of Expertise: Lung cancer, lung cancer screening
- James Mulshine, MDActing Dean of the Graduate College and Vice President and Associate Provost of Research
- Larry NortonDeputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, MDProfessor of Oncology
- Joe Pressler, MDUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
- Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, FCCPSenior Medical Advisor to the American Lung Association
- Jonathan M. Samet, MDProfessor and Flora L. Thornton Chair
- Rachel Sanborn, MDCo-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program
- Alice Shaw, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Patricia L. Thompson, MDMedical Director of Thoracic Oncology
- Antoinette Wozniak, MD, FACPProfessor of Oncology and Medicine; Co-Director of Division of Hematology/Oncology
Scientific and Medical Editorial Review Panel
- Lisa M. Brown, MD, MASAssistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery
- Mario Castro, MD, MPHProfessor of Medicine & Pediatrics
- Malcom DeCamp, MDFowler McCormick Professor of Surgery & Professor of Medicine/ Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
- Marilyn Glassberg, MDProfessor of Medicine, Surgery, and Pediatrics
- David G. Hill, MDChair-Elect of the American Lung Association of the Northeast
- James R. Jett, MDProfessor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health
- Martin Joyce-Brady, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine
- Norman H. Edelman, MDSenior Scientific Advisor
- Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, FCCPSenior Medical Advisor to the American Lung Association
- Luis Rodriguez, MD, FAAPChief, Department of Pediatrics, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
- Jonathan M. Samet, MDProfessor and Flora L. Thornton Chair
- Neil Schachter, MDMaurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary and Community Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care
- Tim K. Takaro, MD, MPH, MSPhysician-scientist and Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences