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.

Professor 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

Vice President, Nationwide Advocacy and Public Policy

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

Pediatrician

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

Vin Gupta, MD, MPA

NBC News Medical Analyst and Managing Director of Health Innovation

Manatt

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

Director 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.

Physician 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

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