Abstract Awards Review Committee

The Abstract Awards Review Committee is a group of experts who convene annually to review abstracts submitted for the APCCMPD Award for Medical Education Research and the APCCMPD Award for Novel Medical Education Implementation. Their role is crucial in evaluating the abstracts submitted for the awards and recommending the most deserving abstract to the APCCMPD Board of Directors (BOD) for approval.

2024-2025 ABSTRACT AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE
	Chair and Board of Directors Liaison May M. Lee, MD PCCM Training Program Director University of Southern California Clinical Professor of Medicine Keck School of Medicine of USC
	Asha Anandaiah, MD PCCM Training Program Director Assistant Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	Ramesh Kesavan, MD Pulmonary Program Director HCA Houston Healthcare/University of Houston-Kingwood
	Brett Lindgren, DO PCCM Associate Program Director University of Southern California Assistant Professor Keck School of Medicine of USC
	Kinner Patel, MD Assistant Professor Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
	Ziad S. Shaman, MD, MHcM PCCM Training Program Director MetroHealth Medical Center Associate Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University
	Gloria Westney, MD, MSCR PCCM Associate Program Director Professor Morehouse School of Medicine

Value Statement

The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) believes that diversity with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions, and disabilities is vital to advancing pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care fellowship education and the next generation of medical educators.