New members join the CHEST Physician editorial board

Dr. Jennifer D. Cox, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and clerkship director for the fourth-year medical student Critical Care Selective, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida. Her academic interests include medical student, resident, and fellow education and simulation training. Her clinical interests include mechanical ventilation, critical care, palliative care in the ICU and advanced bronchoscopic techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal nodules and masses.

Dr. Eric J. Gartman, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine,Warren Alpert Medical School,Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the site director for the Brown Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a staff physician at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He serves several leadership roles locally, including President of the Rhode Island Thoracic Society and Assistant Director of the weekly statewide Brown chest conference. Dr. Gartman’s clinical and research interests are in airway diseases, pulmonary physiology, and critical care medicine.

Dr. Ramesh M. Gowda, MBBS, is Director, Peripheral Interventions, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Beth Israel Medical Center, Heart Institute, New York, New York. He practices both general and interventional cardiology. He is proficient in radial access and a variety of newer techniques that treat peripheral arterial diseases. His procedures include but are not limited to coronary, carotid, and peripheral angiography; interventions; and pericardiocentesis. Dr. Gowda has served on the Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork.

Dr. James A. L. Mathers Jr., FCCP, recently retired from Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia, with 30 years of private practice experience in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Dr. Mathers has served the American College of Chest Physicians in numerous leadership roles including President in 2008-2009; Regent-at-Large on the Board of Regents; two terms on the Executive Committee of the Board; Trustee of The CHEST Foundation; Chair of the Government Relations Committee; and Chair of the Critical Care Work Group. Dr. Mathers has worked with national societies, legislators, and regulatory agencies to remove barriers to appropriate care for patients with diseases of the chest. He is currently a member of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care and is the author of its monthly Washington Watchline.

Dr. Daniel R. Ouellette, FCCP, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, in Detroit, Michigan, and a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he chairs the Credentials Committee for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program. Dr. Ouellette has over 20 years of military service and was the consultant to the US Army Surgeon General for Pulmonary Medicine during the last several years of his military career. He is the Chair of the Guideline Oversight Committee for the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). Dr. Ouellette has been active in the leadership of CHEST with previous positions, including Chair of the Clinical Pulmonary NetWork, Chair of the Council of Governors, and a member of the Board of Regents. Dr. Ouellette’s clinical areas of interest include general pulmonary and critical care medicine and evidence-based practice.

Dr. Francis J. Podbielski, FCCP, is Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine and the Medical Director of the lung cancer program at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He joined the American College of Chest Physicians in 1997 and has served as the Governor for Massachusetts and was the Vice-Chair and Chair of the US and Canadian Council of Governors, the Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee and the Chest Medicine Affairs Committee, a Vice-Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, and a member of the Board of Regents of the College. Dr. Podbielski’s interests are thoracic oncology and surgical management of chest infections.

Dr. Eleanor M. Summerhill, FCCP, is an Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Summerhill has served on the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Critical Care and Disaster Medicine NetWork steering committees and is a past Governor for Rhode Island. She has also been very active in developing the simulation-based difficult airway course for CHEST. Dr. Summerhill’s research interests include simulation in medical education, disaster preparedness, obstructive lung diseases, and respiratory muscle function.

Dr. Krishna Sundar, FCCP, is Medical Director of the Sleep-Wake Center and Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is board-certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine. Dr. Sundar’s research interests are centered on understanding the impact of OSA therapy in chronic lung disease and delineating mechanistic pathways of disease from untreated OSA. His work has included herpes reactivation in the ICU, use of ventilator strategies in influenza-ARDS, and understanding role of nonphagocytic NADPH oxidase in acute lung injury.

Dr. Jennifer D. Cox, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and clerkship director for the fourth-year medical student Critical Care Selective, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida. Her academic interests include medical student, resident, and fellow education and simulation training. Her clinical interests include mechanical ventilation, critical care, palliative care in the ICU and advanced bronchoscopic techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal nodules and masses.

Dr. Eric J. Gartman, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine,Warren Alpert Medical School,Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the site director for the Brown Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a staff physician at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He serves several leadership roles locally, including President of the Rhode Island Thoracic Society and Assistant Director of the weekly statewide Brown chest conference. Dr. Gartman’s clinical and research interests are in airway diseases, pulmonary physiology, and critical care medicine.

Dr. Ramesh M. Gowda, MBBS, is Director, Peripheral Interventions, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Beth Israel Medical Center, Heart Institute, New York, New York. He practices both general and interventional cardiology. He is proficient in radial access and a variety of newer techniques that treat peripheral arterial diseases. His procedures include but are not limited to coronary, carotid, and peripheral angiography; interventions; and pericardiocentesis. Dr. Gowda has served on the Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork.

Dr. James A. L. Mathers Jr., FCCP, recently retired from Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia, with 30 years of private practice experience in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Dr. Mathers has served the American College of Chest Physicians in numerous leadership roles including President in 2008-2009; Regent-at-Large on the Board of Regents; two terms on the Executive Committee of the Board; Trustee of The CHEST Foundation; Chair of the Government Relations Committee; and Chair of the Critical Care Work Group. Dr. Mathers has worked with national societies, legislators, and regulatory agencies to remove barriers to appropriate care for patients with diseases of the chest. He is currently a member of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care and is the author of its monthly Washington Watchline.

Dr. Daniel R. Ouellette, FCCP, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, in Detroit, Michigan, and a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he chairs the Credentials Committee for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program. Dr. Ouellette has over 20 years of military service and was the consultant to the US Army Surgeon General for Pulmonary Medicine during the last several years of his military career. He is the Chair of the Guideline Oversight Committee for the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). Dr. Ouellette has been active in the leadership of CHEST with previous positions, including Chair of the Clinical Pulmonary NetWork, Chair of the Council of Governors, and a member of the Board of Regents. Dr. Ouellette’s clinical areas of interest include general pulmonary and critical care medicine and evidence-based practice.

Dr. Francis J. Podbielski, FCCP, is Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine and the Medical Director of the lung cancer program at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He joined the American College of Chest Physicians in 1997 and has served as the Governor for Massachusetts and was the Vice-Chair and Chair of the US and Canadian Council of Governors, the Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee and the Chest Medicine Affairs Committee, a Vice-Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, and a member of the Board of Regents of the College. Dr. Podbielski’s interests are thoracic oncology and surgical management of chest infections.

Dr. Eleanor M. Summerhill, FCCP, is an Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Summerhill has served on the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Critical Care and Disaster Medicine NetWork steering committees and is a past Governor for Rhode Island. She has also been very active in developing the simulation-based difficult airway course for CHEST. Dr. Summerhill’s research interests include simulation in medical education, disaster preparedness, obstructive lung diseases, and respiratory muscle function.

Dr. Krishna Sundar, FCCP, is Medical Director of the Sleep-Wake Center and Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is board-certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine. Dr. Sundar’s research interests are centered on understanding the impact of OSA therapy in chronic lung disease and delineating mechanistic pathways of disease from untreated OSA. His work has included herpes reactivation in the ICU, use of ventilator strategies in influenza-ARDS, and understanding role of nonphagocytic NADPH oxidase in acute lung injury.

Dr. Jennifer D. Cox, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and clerkship director for the fourth-year medical student Critical Care Selective, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida. Her academic interests include medical student, resident, and fellow education and simulation training. Her clinical interests include mechanical ventilation, critical care, palliative care in the ICU and advanced bronchoscopic techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal nodules and masses.

Dr. Eric J. Gartman, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine,Warren Alpert Medical School,Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the site director for the Brown Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a staff physician at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He serves several leadership roles locally, including President of the Rhode Island Thoracic Society and Assistant Director of the weekly statewide Brown chest conference. Dr. Gartman’s clinical and research interests are in airway diseases, pulmonary physiology, and critical care medicine.

Dr. Ramesh M. Gowda, MBBS, is Director, Peripheral Interventions, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Beth Israel Medical Center, Heart Institute, New York, New York. He practices both general and interventional cardiology. He is proficient in radial access and a variety of newer techniques that treat peripheral arterial diseases. His procedures include but are not limited to coronary, carotid, and peripheral angiography; interventions; and pericardiocentesis. Dr. Gowda has served on the Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery NetWork.

Dr. James A. L. Mathers Jr., FCCP, recently retired from Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, in Richmond, Virginia, with 30 years of private practice experience in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Dr. Mathers has served the American College of Chest Physicians in numerous leadership roles including President in 2008-2009; Regent-at-Large on the Board of Regents; two terms on the Executive Committee of the Board; Trustee of The CHEST Foundation; Chair of the Government Relations Committee; and Chair of the Critical Care Work Group. Dr. Mathers has worked with national societies, legislators, and regulatory agencies to remove barriers to appropriate care for patients with diseases of the chest. He is currently a member of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care and is the author of its monthly Washington Watchline.

Dr. Daniel R. Ouellette, FCCP, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, in Detroit, Michigan, and a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he chairs the Credentials Committee for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program. Dr. Ouellette has over 20 years of military service and was the consultant to the US Army Surgeon General for Pulmonary Medicine during the last several years of his military career. He is the Chair of the Guideline Oversight Committee for the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). Dr. Ouellette has been active in the leadership of CHEST with previous positions, including Chair of the Clinical Pulmonary NetWork, Chair of the Council of Governors, and a member of the Board of Regents. Dr. Ouellette’s clinical areas of interest include general pulmonary and critical care medicine and evidence-based practice.

Dr. Francis J. Podbielski, FCCP, is Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine and the Medical Director of the lung cancer program at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He joined the American College of Chest Physicians in 1997 and has served as the Governor for Massachusetts and was the Vice-Chair and Chair of the US and Canadian Council of Governors, the Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee and the Chest Medicine Affairs Committee, a Vice-Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, and a member of the Board of Regents of the College. Dr. Podbielski’s interests are thoracic oncology and surgical management of chest infections.

Dr. Eleanor M. Summerhill, FCCP, is an Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Summerhill has served on the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Critical Care and Disaster Medicine NetWork steering committees and is a past Governor for Rhode Island. She has also been very active in developing the simulation-based difficult airway course for CHEST. Dr. Summerhill’s research interests include simulation in medical education, disaster preparedness, obstructive lung diseases, and respiratory muscle function.

Dr. Krishna Sundar, FCCP, is Medical Director of the Sleep-Wake Center and Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is board-certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine. Dr. Sundar’s research interests are centered on understanding the impact of OSA therapy in chronic lung disease and delineating mechanistic pathways of disease from untreated OSA. His work has included herpes reactivation in the ICU, use of ventilator strategies in influenza-ARDS, and understanding role of nonphagocytic NADPH oxidase in acute lung injury.