Medical Advisory Board

The function of the Medical Advisory Board is to ensure that funding for research has the goal of increasing understanding of the disease and saving lives through developing effective treatments and a cure for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. In addition, they provide insight, scientific direction and expertise to the foundation's operations.

* Indicates Member of the Research Advisory Committee

Kevin Brown, MD*
CHAIRMAN

Vice Chair, Department of Medicine &
Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver, Colorado
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David W. Kamp, FCCP, MD
MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
Northwestern University Medical School Chief of Pulmonary Section
VA – Chicago Lakeside Division
Chicago, Illinois
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Jesse Roman, MD*
CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Disorders Medicine
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
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Marvin I. Schwarz, MD
PAST-CHAIRMAN

James C. Campbell Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
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Timothy Blackwell, MD*

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Cancer Biology
Ralph and Lulu Owen Chair in Medicine
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, TN
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Jeffrey T. Chapman, MD

Chair, Quality and Patient Safety
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Harold R. Collard, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
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Rany Condos, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine at New Bellevue Chest Group New York University
New York City, New York
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Gregory Cosgrove, MD, FCCP

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver, Colorado
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Roland M. duBois, MD

Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine at National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College
University of London
London, United Kingdom
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Christine Kim Garcia, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
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Susan S. Jacobs RN, MS

Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
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Naftali Kaminski, MD*

Assistant Professor
Director of the Simmons Interstitial Lung Disease Center in the Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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Joseph Lasky, MD*

Professor of Medicine
Section Chief
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Andrew H. Limper, MD*

Professor of Medicine
Chair, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
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Kathleen Lindell, PhD, RN

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
UPMC Montefiore Hospital - NW628
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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James E. Loyd, MD*

Professor of Medicine
Director, Familial Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Registry
Director, Familial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
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David Lynch, MD

Radiology, Academic Affairs
Co-Director, Division of Radiology
Professor
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Fernando J. Martinez, M.D., M.S.*

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Diagnostic Services
University of Michigan, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
Ann Arbor, MI
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Imre Noth, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Bronchoscopy
Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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Ralph Panos, MD

Professor, VA Pulmonary Section Chief and Associate Clinical Director
Pulmonary,Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ganesh Raghu, MD, FACP, FCCP

Professor of Medicine & Laboratory Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director - Interstitial Lung Disease / Sarcoid / Pulmonary Fibrosis Program
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
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Glenn Rosen, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Interim Co–Chief
Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
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Patricia J. Sime, MD*

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care), Environmental Medicine, and Oncology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
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David A. Schwartz, MD*

Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center
Denver, CO
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Moisés Selman, MD, FCCP

Director of Research
Mexican National Institute of Respiratory Diseases
Mexico City, DF Mexico
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Charlie Strange III, MD, FCCP

Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Principal Investigator for the NIH Rare Lung Disease Consortium
Principal Investigator for the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Registry
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
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Robert Strieter, MD*

Chairman, Department of Medicine
Henry B. Mulholland Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
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Jeffrey James Swigris, DO, MS

Assistant Professor, National Jewish Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
Clinical Instructor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University
Denver, Colorado
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Janet Talbert, MS, CGC

Certified Genetic Counselor
National Jewish Health
Denver, Colorado
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