Meet Our Experts
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Felix Aguilar, MD, MPH
National Spokesperson
Primary Care, environmental health, pediatric asthma
Medical Director for Quality, L.A. Care Health Plan
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Jose Arias Jr., MD
National Spokesperson
Allergy, immunology, asthma
Partner at Allergy Asthma Specialists, P.A., and Associate Professor for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine
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John R. Balmes, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Air pollution, lung health and occupational exposures
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
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Will Barrett
Senior Director, Nationwide Advocacy, Clean Air
Staff Expert
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Rabih I. Bechara, M.D.
Board DirectorProfessor of Medicine/ Director; Interventional Pulmonology Atrium Wake Baptist
Pulmonology, Lung Cancer
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Laura Kate Bender
Assistant Vice President, Nationwide Healthy Air
Staff Expert
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Brian W. Christman, M.D.
National Spokesperson
General pulmonary medicine and health effects of air pollution
Professor and Vice-chair, Clinical Affairs and Associate Program Director, Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt University
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David Tom Cooke, M.D., FACS
National Spokesperson
Lung (thoracic or chest) surgery, lung cancer
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
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Afif El-Hasan, MD
Board Director Chair, Public Policy CommitteePediatrician
Pediatric asthma and lung health
Kaiser Permanente, California
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Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Pulmonology, tobacco cessation, public health, youth vaping
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Community Engagement Co-Director, Baltimore Breathe Center
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Jamie Garfield, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Pulmonology
Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple Lung Center, Temple University Hospital; Clinical Course Director, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Jorge Gomez, M.D.
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel, National Spokesperson
Lung cancer, oncology
Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program and World Trade Center oncology clinic, Mount Sinai
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Traci Gonzales, APRN, PNP-C, AE-C
National Spokesperson
Pediatric asthma
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
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Michael J. Grant, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Medical Oncology
Yale University School of Medicine
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Payel Gupta, M.D., FACAAI
National Spokesperson
Asthma, Allergy, Immunology, Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center
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MeiLan K. Han, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Committee, ACRC Principal Investigator, National Spokesperson
COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung transplant and women's respiratory health
Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Michigan
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David G. Hill, MD
Chair, Board of DirectorsDirector of Clinical Research
Pulmonology, adult asthma
Waterbury Pulmonary Associates
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Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS
Volunteer Medical Spokesperson
Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology and Environmental Health Sciences
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Amit “Bobby” Mahajan, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
National Spokesperson
Pulmonology
Medical Director, Inova Interventional Pulmonology and Complex Airway Disease Program
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Meredith C. McCormack, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Pulmonology, air pollution
Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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Andrea McKee, M.D.
Lung Cancer Expert Medical Advisory Panel, National Spokesperson
Lung cancer, lung cancer screening
Partner, Radiation Oncology Associates and Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC)
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Juanita Mora, M.D.
Board DirectorPhysician and CEO
allergy and immunology, pediatrics
Chicago Allergy Center
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Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD
Lester and Sue Smith Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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Katherine Pruitt
National Senior Director for Policy
American Lung Association
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Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
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Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, M.D.
National Spokesperson
pulmonology, critical care
West Coast Lung
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S. Christy Sadreameli, M.D., MHS
National Spokesperson
Pediatric asthma and lung health, youth vaping
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Jacob Sands, M.D.
National Spokesperson
Lung cancer oncology, lung cancer screening, lung cancer stigma
Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Kevin Stewart
Director, Environmental Health, Advocacy and Public Policy
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George Douglas Thurston, ScD
Professor of Medicine and Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine