Areas of responsibility will include developing responses to industry, other specialties and the government on issues that affect the practice of medicine/thoracic surgery, maintaining interaction with other organizations that will provide coalition support or information that will help the Society maintain its position of strength in the area of health policy, and related media interaction activities.
J. Robert Headrick, Chair — Chattanooga, TN
Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Vice Chair — Burlington, MA
Anelechi C. Anyanwu** — New York, NY
Michael Argenziano** — New York, NY
Jared M. Cappelli — Nashville, TN
Subhasis Chatterjee — Houston, TX
George M. Comas — Morgantown, WV
Ankit Dhamija — Setauket, NY
Carolyn A. Dubeau — San Antonio, TX
Afshin Ehsan — Newton, MA
Trevor Ashton Ellison — New Albany, OH
Taryne A. Imai — Honolulu, HI
J. Chad Johnson — Fairfax, VA
John M. Karamichalis — New York, NY
Peter J. Kneuertz — Columbus, OH
Seth Krantz — Evanston, IL
Kevin W. Lobdell — Charlotte, NC
Keith D. Mortman — Washington, DC
Edward T. Murphy — Grand Rapids, MI
Alykhan S. Nagji — Kansas City, KS
Patrick Roughneen — Dallas, TX
Edward B. Savage — Stuart, FL
Fawwaz R. Shaw — Atlanta, GA
Alan M. Speir — Falls Church, VA
Raymond J. Strobel — Charlottesville, VA
Seth Wolf — Greenville, NC
Y. Joseph Woo** — Stanford, CA
Jane Zhao — Columbus, OH
**AATS representative