Committees

The President of the AABIP, who oversees committee functions during a two-year tenure, appoints committee chairs. Each year, the committee chair develops an action plan that is shared with the membership. Committee chairs are asked to report back to the AABIP membership during a general business meeting held after the yearly scientific meeting.

Committee Standard Operating Procedures:
  • All AABIP Committees and Subcommittees are expected to establish a regular monthly meeting cadence that is to be expanded as needed to meet the workload.
  • All meetings will be scheduled through the AABIP Meeting Platform unless an exception to policy is required.
  • All AABIP Committees and Subcommittees are responsible for preparing all necessary external communication for review and approval by the Public Relations Subcommittee of the Executive Committee.
  • Except for the Executive committee that is selected by election and the nominating committee that elects its Chair, All Chairs should plan for a 2-4 year transition plan. Chairs are responsible for creating and maintaining a succession plan that approved by the Executive Committee and includes identifying, mentoring and coaching the next chair.

CALENDAR YEAR: 2022-2024

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • President
  • President Elect
  • Secretary – Treasurer
  • Immediate Past President
CHAIR: Septimiu Murgu, MD - 08/22 to 8/24
  • Carla Lamb, MD - 08/22 to 8/24
  • Sonali Sethi, ME - 08/22 to 8/24
  • George Eapen, MD - 08/22 to 8/24

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • AABIP President X2
  • AABIP Secretary Treasurer
  • Up to five additional members

CHAIR: Ali Musani, MD

  • George Eapen, MD
  • Sonali Sethi, MD
  • Aki Al Zubaidi, MD
  • Bill Krimsky, MD
  • Carla Lamb, MD
  • Chris Manley, MD
  • Colleen Keyes, MD
  • George Cheng, MD
  • Jared Meeker, MD
  • Joe Cicenia, MD
  • Jonathan Kurman, MD
  • Laura Frye, MD
  • Mohammed Alnijoumi, MD
  • Neeraj Desai, MD

CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE

CHAIR: Nicholas Pastis, MD
CO-CHAIR: Labib Debiane, MD

  • Ali Musani, MD
  • Amit Goyal, MD
  • Anuradha Ramaswamy, MD
  • Ashutosh Sachdeva, MD
  • Carla Lamb, MD
  • Christian Ghattas, MD
  • Christine Argento, MD
  • Danai Khemasuwan, MD
  • Fawad Chaudry, MD
  • Hiren Mehta, MD
  • Irfan Budhani, MD
  • Joe Cicenia, MD
  • Kamran Mahmood, MD
  • Laura Frye, MD
  • Majid Shafiq, MD
  • Muhammad Ali, MD
  • Otis Rickman, MD
  • Raed Alalawi, MD
  • Shalini Mehta, MD
  • Suchitra Pilli, MD
  • Van Holden, MD

COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • AABIP President Elect
  • Director of Operations
  • IT support staff
  • At least one additional BOD member
  • Up to 10 additional members

CHAIR: Abdul "AB" Alraiyes, MD

  • Carla Lamb, MD
  • Ajay Wagh, MD
  • Alberto Goisueta, MD
  • Ashutosh, Sachdeva, MBBS
  • Brian Tran, MD
  • Deep Sharma, MD
  • Enambir Josan, MD
  • Ghassan Habib, MD
  • Grant Senyei, MD
  • Jeff Chambers, DO
  • Sanket Thakore, MD
  • Shayan Mahapatra, MD
  • Suchitra Pilli, MD

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND UNITY COMMITTEE

CHAIR: Carla Lamb, MD

  • Abdul "AB" Alraiyes, MD
  • Ali Musani, MD
  • Ara Chrissian, MD
  • Chenchen Zang, MD
  • Colleen Channick, MD
  • Fatima Wong, MD
  • George Cheng, MD
  • Husam Nayef, MD
  • Jasleen Pannu, MD
  • Javeryah Safi, MD
  • Joe Cicenia, MD
  • Krystle Pew, MD
  • Labib Debiane, MD
  • Mayank Vats, MD
  • Mihir Parikh, MD
  • Molly Jozefowski, NP
  • Nicholas Pastis, MD
  • Raul Mendoza, MD
  • Sandra Okoli, MD
  • Sonali Sethi, MD
  • Tehmina Hakeem, MD
  • Timothy Udoji, MD
  • Vikas Pathak, MD

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • Past President leaving the Executive Committee
  • Two BOD members
  • One IP Fellowship Program Director
  • One General member

CHAIR: Sonali Sethi, MD (interim chair)
  • Ali Musani, MD 
  • Adnan Majid, MD
  • Brian Husta, MD
  • Chakravarthy Reddy, MD
  • Sangita Goel, MD

MEDIA SUB-COMMITTEE

CHAIR: Matt Aboudara, MD

  • Abdul "AB" Alraiyes, MD
  • Abhinav Agrawal, MD
  • Ala Eddin Sagar, MD
  • Ali Saeed, MD
  • Amir Abramovich, MD
  • An Ho, MD
  • Christian Ghattas, MD
  • Elliot Ho, MD
  • Faria Nasim, MD
  • Javier Diaz-Mendoza, MD
  • Labib Debiane, MD
  • Luke Seaburg, MD
  • Maykol Postigo, MD
  • Nate Ivanick, MD
  • Roy Cho, MD
  • Sean Stoy, MD
  • See Wei Low, MD
  • Suchitra Pilli, MD

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • Two BOD
  • One general member
CHAIR: Joseph Cicenia, MD
  • Adnan Majid, MD
  • Amit Bobby Mahajan, MD
  • Becky Cloyes, FNP-BC
  • Benjamin Seides, MD
  • Carlos Aravena, MD
  • Catherine Oberg, MD
  • Fawad Chaudry, MD
  • Jaspal Singh, MD
  • Kamran Mahmood, MD
  • Leslie Kumpf, RRT
  • Rebecca Priebe, NP
  • Udit Chaddha, MD

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • Three BOD
  • One general member
  • One IP fellow (to assume role of general member on completing fellowship)

Chair: Colleen Channick, MD
Co-Chair: Ara Chrissian, MD
  • Abdul "AB" Alraiyes, MD 
  • Abhinav Agrawal, MD
  • Ala Eddin Sagar, MD
  • Alfin Vicencio, MD
  • Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS
  • Audra Schwalk, MD
  • Christian Ghattas, MD
  • Colleen Keyes, MD
  • David Hsia, MD
  • Diana Yu, MD
  • George Cheng, MD
  • Hasnain Bawaadam, MD
  • Jose De Cardenas, MD
  • Matt Aboudara, MD
  • Max Wayne, MD
  • Niral Patel, MD
  • Rebecca Priebe, NP
  • Scott Oh, MD
  • See Wei Low, MD

AABIP / AIPPD IP FELLOWSHIP ACCREDITATION SUB-COMMITTEE

Current Committee members:

AABIP
  • John Mullon, MD (co-chair, non-voting)
  • Tim Murgu, MD 
  • Erik Folch, MD 
  • Sonali Sethi, MD 
  • Zack DePew, MD 
  • George Cheng, MD 
  • Ryan Kern, MD
  • Brian Shaller, MD 
AIPPD
  • Ash Sachdeva, MBBS (co-chair)
  • David Berkowitz, MD 
  • Carla Lamb, MD
  • Jenn Toth, MD
  • Jason Akulian, MD
  • Jamie Bessich, MD
  • Hitesh Batra, MD
Hans Lee, MD (ex-officio, non-voting) 

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Member composition:
  • Four BOD members
  • Two general members
CHAIR: George Cheng, MD
  • Adnan Majid, MD
  • Colleen Keyes, MD
  • Fabien Maldonado, MD
  • Joseph Cicenia, MD
  • Nicholas Pastis, MD
  • Samira Shojaee, MD
Research Committee Workgroup: Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
  • Christopher Kapp, MD
  • Janani Reisenauer, MD
  • Jason Beattie, MD
  • Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD
  • Michael Pritchett, MD
  • Roberto Casal, MD
Research Committee Workgroup: Healthcare Transformation
  • Nicholas Pastis, MD
  • Andrew DeMaio, MD 
  • Jasleen Pannu, MD
  • Kim Styrvoky, MD
  • Mihir Parikh, MD
  • Robert Lentz, MD
Research Committee Workgroup: Pleural Disease
  • Horiana Grosu, MD
  • Samira Shojaee, MD
  • Audra Schwalk, DO
  • Labib Debiane, MD
  • Niral Patel, MD
  • Udit Chaddha, MD
Research Committee Workgroup: Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
  • Adnan Majid, MD
  • Fayez Kheir, MD
  • Kyle Hogarth, MD
  • Majid Shafiq, MD
  • Mathieu Marcoux, MD
  • See Wei Low, MD

JOBIP COMMITTEE

Member Composition:
  • AABIP President Elect
  • Publisher representative
  • Senior Editor: 
    • David Ost, MD  
  • Associate Editors:
    • Samira Shojaee, MD
    • Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD 
    • Horiana Grosu, MD
    • Momen Wahidi, MD
    • Najib Rahman, DPhil, MSc

EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY AND REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMITTEE (BEARC)

CHAIR: Labib Debiane, MD

  • Abdul "AB" Alraiyes, MD 
  • Catherine Oberg, MD
  • Christopher Radchenko, MD
  • Colleen Channick, MD
  • David DiBardino, MD
  • Deep Sharma, MD
  • Edward Pickering, MD
  • Faisal Khan, MD
  • Fawad Chaudry, MD
  • Fayez Kheir, MD
  • Jennifer Toth, MD
  • Jonathan Kurman, MD
  • Joseph Thachuthara George, MD
  • Laura Frye, MD
  • Muhammad Ali, MD
  • Nicholas Pastis, MD
  • Niral Patel, MD
  • Philip Ong, MD
  • Sonali Sethi, MD
  • Suchitra Pilli, MD
  • Thomas Gildea, MD

FINANCE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE (AD HOC)

Member composition:
  • Secretary Treasurer
  • President Elect
  • Director of Operations
  • Accountant (ad hoc)
CHAIR: Sonali Sethi, MD
  • Carla Lamb, MD
  • Denise Holcomb
Updated 5/8/2023