Volume 4: Issue 3

The scientific program of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association is guided by the association's Scientific Leadership Council. The Council includes the following health care professionals:

Robyn J. Barst, MD, SLC Chair, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Babies Hospital, New York, New York
David B. Badesch, MD, SLC Vice-Chair, Chair, Nominations Committeee, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Raymond L. Benza, MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
Richard N. Channick, MD, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California
Ramona Doyle, MD, Vera M. Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Palo Alto, California
C. Gregory Elliott, MD,

In this discussion four experts shared insights on what might be considered the “gestalt” of diagnosing and monitoring pulmonary arterial hypertension. They ranged over a broad spectrum of issues that included thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, exercise testing, hemodynamics, imaging studies, and response to therapy. The discussion was moderated by Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The participants included Richard N. Channick, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California; Ivan M. Robbins, MD, Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Victor F. Tapson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

PHA Achieves Educational Breakthrough With New Interactive CD-ROM

The Scientific Leadership Council of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association

Never Wavering From a Long Commitment to a Cure for PH, Stuart Rich, MD, Aims to Stop the Disease in Its Tracks

Physical Examination in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Initial Diagnostic Testing in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiac Catheterization in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Updated Guide to Proper Use

Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable

Conference Abstracts

Guest Editor’s Memo

A Roundtable Discussion Addressing Patient-Centered Care and Quality of Life in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Editor’s Memo

Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Parenchymal Lung Disease