Meet the AABIP 2026 Leaders
Carla Lamb, MD
AABIP President
Program Organizing Committee Chair
Jose De Cardenas, MD
Scientific Program Committee
Chair
Niral Patel, MD
Scientific Program Committee
Co-Chair
Program Organizing Committee (POC)
Jose De Cardenas, MD
Scientific Program Committee Chair
Niral Patel, MD
Scientific Program Committee
Co-Chair
Audra Schwalk, MD
Simulation Chair
Van Holden, MD
Simulation Co-Chair
Laura Frye, MD
2025 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
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
Denise Holcomb
Operations Director
Brittany Holcomb
Administrative Director
Amy Peacock
Administrative Coordinator
Erika Thibodeaux
Administrative Coordinator
