AABIP 2025 Committees

Carla Lamb, MD

AABIP President
Program Organizing Committee Chair

Sonali Sethi, MD

AABIP President
Elect

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS

AABIP Secretary-Treasurer

Laura Frye, MD

Scientific Program Committee Chair

Jose De Cardenas, MD

Scientific Program Committee Co-Chair

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD

Simulation Chair

Audra Schwalk, MD

Simulation Co-Chair

Jasleen Kaur Pannu, MBBS

2024 Scientific Program Chair

Ellen Volker, MD

Communications Committee Chair

George Cheng, MD

Research Committee Chair

Ara Chrissian, MD

Education Committee

Colleen Channick, MD

Education Committee

CONTENT COMMITTEES

ADVANCED BRONCHOSCOPY

Jaskaran Sethi, MD: Co-Chair

Elliot Backer, MD: Co-Chair

Christina Bellinger, MD

Janet Cady, MD

Krista Dollar, MD

Alberto Goizuetta, MD

Elliot Ho, MD

Lucas Pitts, MD

INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Uzair Ghori, MD: Co-CHair

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MD: Co-Chair

Shalini Mehta, MD

Abesh Niroula, MD

Majid Shafiq, MD

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Raed Alalawi, MD: Co-Chair

Van Holden: Co-Chair

Jacqueline Choa, MD

Michael DiRico, MD

Yu Htwe, MD

Brian Shaller, MD

David Shore, MD

PLEURAL DISEASE

Lakshmi Mudambi, MD: Co-Chair

Christopher Kapp, MD: Co-Chair

Yvonne Carter, MD

Rebecca Priebe, MD

Saadia Faiz, MD

Shashvat Sukhal, MD

Chan Yeu Pu, MD

THERAPEUTIC BRONCHOSCOPY

See Wei Low, MD: Co-Chair

Niral Patel, MD: Co-Chair

Steven Allen, MD

Maykel Irandost, MD

Or Kalchiem-Dekel, MD

Daniel Kapadia, MD

Suchitra Pilli, MD

Angela Sherman, MD

MISCELLANEOUS

Sujith Cherian, MD: Co-Chair

Jonathan Kurman, MD: Co-Chair

Joon Chang, MD

Shailendra Das, MD

Upendra Kaphle, MD

Alberto Goizueta, MD

Content Track Member

Advanced Bronchoscopy

Elliot Ho, MD

Content Track Member

Advanced Bronchoscopy

Lucas Pitts, MD

Content Track Member

Advanced Bronchoscopy

Krista Dollar, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Advanced Bronchoscopy

Uzair Ghori, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Shalini Mehta, MD

Content Track Member

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Abesh Niroula, MD

Content Track Member

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Majid Shafiq, MD

Content Track Member

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Raed Alalawi, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Medical Education

Van Holden, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Medical Education

Jacqueline Choa, MD

Content Track Member

Medical Education

Michael DiRico, MD

Content Track Member

Medical Education

Yu Htwe, MD

Content Track Member

Medical Education

Brian Shaller, MD

Content Track Member

Medical Education

David Shore, MD

Content Track Member

Medical Education

Lakshmi Mudambi, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Pleural Disease

Christopher Kapp, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Pleural Disease

Yvonne Carter, MD

Content Track Member

Pleural Disease

Rebecca Priebe, MD

Content Track Member

Pleural Disease

Shashvat Sukhal, MD

Content Track Member

Pleural Disease

Chan Yeu Pu, MD

Content Track Member

Pleural Disease

Saadia Faiz, MD

Content Track Member

Pleural Disease

See Wei Low, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Niral Patel, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Steven Allen, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Maykel Irandost, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Or Kalchiem-Dekel, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Daniel Kapadia, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Suchitra Pilli, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Angela Sherman, MD

Content Track Member

Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Sujith Cherian, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Miscellaneous

Jonathan Kurman, MD

Content Track Co-Chair

Miscellaneous

Joon Chang, MD

Content Track Member

Miscellaneous

Shailendra Das, MD

Content Track Member

Miscellaneous

Upendra Kaphle, MD

Content Track Member

Miscellaneous

Denise Holcomb

Operations Director

Brittany Holcomb

Administrative Director

Amy Peacock

Administrative Coordinator

Erika Thibodeaux

Administrative Coordinator

Jasleen Kaur Pannu, MBBS

Past Scientific Program Chair

Scientific Program Committee

Laura Frye, MD

2024 Co-Chair

Scientific Program Committee & Simulation Sessions

Abdul “AB” Alraiyes, MD

2024 Co-chair

Simulation Sessions

Christina Bellinger, MD

Co-Chair

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

 

Fawad Chaudry, MD

Co-Chair

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

 

Jacqueline Choa, MD

Member

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

 

Hasnain Bawaadam, MD

Member

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

Yu Htwe, MD
Member

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

Lisa Jarnagin, MD

Member

Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

 

See Wei Low, MD

Co-Chair

Airway-based therapeutics

 

Jaskaran Sethi, MD

Co-Chair

Airway-based therapeutics

 

Bruce Sabath, MD

Member

Airway-based therapeutics

 

Or Kalchiem-Deke, MD

Member

Airway-based therapeutics

 

Harpreet Singh, MD

Member

Airway-based therapeutics

 

Margaret Zambon, MD

Member

Airway-based therapeutics

Elliot Backer, MD

Co-Chair

Pleural Diseases

 

Lakshmi Mudambi, MD

Co-Chair

Pleural Diseases

 

Sevak Keshishyan, MD

Member

Pleural Diseases

 

Faria Nasim, MD

Member

Pleural Diseases

 

Rebecca Cloyes, FNP-BC

Member

Pleural Diseases

 

Van Holden, MD
Co-Chair

Medical Education

 

Sujith Cherian, MD

Co-Chair

Medical Education

 

Upendra Kaphle, MD

Member

Medical Education

 

Michael DiRico, MD

Member

Medical Education

 

Abhijit Raval, MD, FCCP

Member

Medical Education

Danai Khemasuwan, MD

Co-Chair

Innovations and Entrepreneurship 

 

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS

Co-Chair

Innovations and Entrepreneurship

 

Abesh Niroula

Member

Innovations and Entrepreneurship

 

Chan Yeu Pu, MD

Member

Innovations and Entrepreneurship

Tuhina Raman, MD

Member

Innovations and Entrepreneurship

 

Majid Shafiq, MD

Chair

Miscellaneous

 

Uzair Ghori, MD

Member

Miscellaneous

 

Mohammed Alnijoumi, MD

Member

Miscellaneous

 

Jeff Chambers, MD

Member

Miscellaneous