Faculty

Course Directors

Nicholas Hill, MD

Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Chief Emeritus, Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Tufts Medical Center

Harrison Farber, MD

Director, Pulmonary Embolism
Response Team (PERT), Pulmonologist,
Tufts Medical Center

CME Course Reviewer

Ioana Preston, MD

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension
Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Nicole Ruopp, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Pulmonary and
Critical Care Physician
Tufts Medical Center

Abdullah Aldalaan, MD

Professor of Medicine
AlFaisal University
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
Lung Health Centre, OTCoE
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre

Murali Chakinala, MD, FCCP

Professor of Medicine
Washington University
School of Medicine
Director, WUSM & BJH
Pulmonary HTN Care Center
Director, WUSM HHT
Center of Excellence

Kelly Chin, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, University
Hospital Heart & Lung Clinic
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Colin Church, MB ChB, PhD

Professor
Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Golden Jubilee
National University
University of Glasgow

Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP

Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
Pulmonary, Critical Care &
Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati

Rodolfo Estrada, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
UT Health San Antonio

H. James Ford, MD

Professor of Medicine,
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
UNC School of Medicine

Robert Frantz, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine and Science
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Clinic
Director, Unexplained Dyspnea Clinic
Mayo Clinic

Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc

Walter G Ross
Professor of Clinical Research
George Washington University
School of Medicine and
Health Sciences
Chief Clinical Research Officer,
GW SMHS Office of
Clinical Research
Director of Pulmonary Hypertension
Division of Cardiology

Gustavo Heresi, MD, MS

Section Head, Pulmonary
Vascular Disease
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

Marc Humbert, MD, PhD

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University Paris-Saclay

Jennifer Keeley, DNP, ANP-BC

Nurse Practitioner,
Allegheny General Hospital,
Allegheny Health Network

John Kingrey, MD

Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Center
Oklahoma Heart Hospital

James Klinger, MD

Professor of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School
of Brown University
Medical Director
Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Rhode Island Hospital

Joyce Lee, MD

Professor of Medicine,
University of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Medical Campus

Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS

Director, Inpatient
Pulmonary Services
The Johns Hopkins
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

John McConnell, MD

Medical Director,
Norton Healthcare
Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, FACC

Kim A Eagle M.D.
Endowed Professor of
Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
University of Michigan

John Ryan, MD, MB BCh, BAO

Cardiology
CommonSpirit

Zeenat Safdar, MD

Professor of Medicine,
Houston Methodist
Academic Institute
Director, Clinical Research and
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Houston Methodist
Hospital Lung Center

Rajan Saggar, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
Co-Director, Pulmonary Vascular
Disease, and Lung & Heart-Lung
Transplant Programs
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP

Associate Professor of Medicine,
Director,
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Houston Methodist Hospital

Oksana Shlobin, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Pulmonary
Vascular Disease Program
Director of Education
and Outreach,
Advanced Lung Disease and
Transplant Program,
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University Paris-Saclay

Glenn Treisman, MD, PhD

Eugene Meyer III Professor of
Psychiatry and Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Jean-Luc Vachiéry, MD, FESC

Head of the Pulmonary Vascular
Diseases and Heart Failure Clinic
Department of Cardiology
HUB-Hôpital Erasme, Brussels

Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
& Assistant Dean
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension,
Right Heart Failure &
CTEPH Program
Associate Program Director,
Cardiology Fellowship
Temple University Hospital and
Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Pulmonary,
Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Alpert Medical School of
Brown University

Aaron Waxman, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director,
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Melisa Wilson, DNP, APRN

Pulmonary Hypertension
Program Coordinator
Advent Health

Paul Yu, MD, PhD

Charles and Elizabeth Sanders
Endowed Chair and
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Massachusetts
General Hospital Cardiovascular
Research Center (CVRC)
Heart and Vascular Institute,
Mass General Brigham