The Scientific Leadershp Council of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association

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:

• David B. Badesch, MD, SLC Chair University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado

• Robyn J. Barst, MD, SLC Immediate Past Chair Columbia Presbyterian Medical, Center Babies Hospital New York, New York

• Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, SLC Vice-Chair University of Michigan, Health System Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Raymond L. Benza, MD, University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama

• Todd Bull, MD, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado

• Richard N. Channick, MD, UCSD Medical Center San Diego, California

• Ramona Doyle, MD, Vera M. Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Palo Alto, California

• Karen A. Fagan, MD, Chair, Scientific Sessions, Committee University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado

• Adaani Frost, MD, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas

• Nazzareno Galiè, MD, Universita di Bologna Bologna, Italy

• Nicholas S. Hill, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Tufts-New England Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts

• Marc Humbert, MD, Hopital Antoine Beclere Clamart, France

• Dunbar Ivy, MD, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado

• Anne M. Keogh, MD, St. Vincent’s Public Hospital Sydney, Australia

• Michael J. Krowka, MD, Chair, Medical Sessions, Committee Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

• David Langleben, MD, Jewish General Hospital Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• James E. Loyd, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical, Center Nashville, Tennessee

• Michael D. McGoon, MD, Chair, PHA Board of Trustees Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic/, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

• Srinivas Murali, MD, Chair, Education Committee Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA

• John H. Newman, MD, Chair, Research Committee Vanderbilt Medical School Nashville, Tennessee

• Ronald J. Oudiz, MD, Liu Center for Pulmonary, Hypertension Los Angeles Biomedical Research, Institute Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Torrance, California

• Marlene Rabinovitch, MD, Stanford University, School of Medicine Stanford, California

• Ivan M. Robbins, MD, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee

• Julio Sandoval, MD, Cardiopulmonary Department National Institute of, Cardiology of Mexico Tlalpan, Mexico

• James Seibold, MD, University of Michigan, Health System Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Victor F. Tapson, MD, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina,

Liaisons

• Joy Beckmann, RN, MSN Chair, PH Resource Network Torrance, California

• Joanne Sperando Schmidt, Patient Liaison

• Carol E. Vreim, PhD, Division of Lung Diseases, NHBLI Bethesda, Maryland

Emeritus Members

• Bruce H. Brundage, MD St. Charles Medical, Center-Bend Bend, Oregon

• Alfred P. Fishman, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Health System Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Mission of the Scientific Leadership Council is to provide medical and scientific guidance and support to the PHA by:

• Developing and disseminating knowledge for diagnosing and treating pulmonary hypertension

• Advocating for patients with pulmonary hypertension

• Increasing involvement of basic and clinical researchers and practitioners

More information on PHA’s Scientific Leadership Council and associated committees can be found at: www.PHAssociation.org/SLC/