| The COPD Foundation Board of
Directors |
The COPD Foundation recruited scientists,
physicians, and health care activists to guide its efforts. They are some
of the leading lights in their fields. They serve three-year terms and set
the Foundation’s agenda. They seek to speed innovations, make treatments
more available and affordable, and improve services to everyone with COPD.
We list them here with pride.
Bartolome
R. Celli, MD
He is a professor of medicine at Tufts University and chief of the Division
of Pulmonary and Critical Care at
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston
He chairs the American Thoracic Society’s committee that established the
Standards for the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Patients with
COPD. He
also serves on the executive committee of the Global Initiative for Chronic
Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
Chip
Ga tchell
As an engraver and artisan, he won commissions for major monuments all over
the Northeast. COPD eventually forced him to seek a second career as a Web
designer and computer consultant. A leading patient advocate, he co-founded
and chairs COPDInternational.com, which offers interactive support
and information about the disease.
Suzanne S. Hurd
She directed the Division of Lung Diseases in the National
Heart,
Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI) until her retirement in December 1999. She
currently serves as scientific director of the Global Initiative for Asthma
(GINA) and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
She was a leader in forming the U.S. National COPD Coalition.
David M .
Mannino,
MD
He
served
as the chief science officer of the Centers for Disease Control’s Air
Pollution
and Respiratory Health Branch. He is currently associate professor of
medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the
University of Kentucky in Lexington. An active member of and advisor to
several professional
organizations,
he is also an award-winning researcher, focusing on COPD, asthma, and other
lung diseases.
Thomas L.
Petty, MD
He is a clinical professor of
medicine at Oklahoma State
University in Tulsa, founded and currently
co-chairs the National Lung Health Education Program, which promotes early
detection and treatment of COPD. His work as a physician, researcher, and
educator has won wide recognition and many awards. In addition to numerous
scientific publications, he authored
Adventures of an Oxy-Phile,
a book for and by patients who have learned to
adapt to the need for supplemental oxygen.
Stephen R ennard,
MD
He is Larson
professor of medicine in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Section of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center in Omaha and courtesy professor of the Department
of Pathology and Microbiology. In addition to his activities with
government, professional societies, and
scholarly journals, he maintains an active program of clinical investigation
in COPD and smoking cessation. He also maintains a program of basic
research in the mechanisms of lung tissue repair and remodeling.
James K. Stoller,
MD
As professor of medicine and vice-chairman of the Division of Medicine at
the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, he heads the respiratory therapy section in
the Department of Pulmonary
and Critical
Care Medicine there. His research interests
include alpha-1
antitrypsin deficiency and
respiratory care health services.
An active clinician, he cares
for many Alpha-1 patients.
Byron Thomashow,
MD
He serves as clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical
Center and medical director of the Jo-Ann LeBuhn Center for Chest Disease at
New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. In addition to serving on
the board of many health care and professional organizations, he co-chairs
the Medical Advisory Council of the National Emphysema COPD Association (NECA).
Gerard
Turino, MD
He
founded
and currently directs the James P. Mara Center
for
Lung Disease
at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, where
he is also director
emeritus of the Department of Medicine. He is also the John H. Keating Sr.
professor of medicine (emeritus) at the
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In addition to his work with several health care
organizations as a board member and consultant, he is past president of the
American Thoracic Society and was awarded the Trudeau Medal of ATS and ALA.
His research interests include
the mechanisms of lung matrix injury and lung matrix remodeling.
John W. Walsh
 After his
diagnosis with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in 1989, he became
one of the nation’s leading patient advocates. He co-founded the Alpha-1
Foundation (a research organization) and AlphaNet, Inc. (a unique
not-for-profit disease management services company run by and for patients).
In addition to leading those
organizations, he also currently serves on the
boards and advisory committees of several major health organizations.
 Wayne E. “Chip”
Withers Jr.
He is the president of Withers Transfer &
Storage of Coral Gables, Fla.; Withers Worldwide Forwarders, Inc.; and
Withers Transportation Systems.
A fourth generation Miamian, he is serving his third term as a Coral Gables
commissioner, as well as staying active on the boards of many local and
civic charitable organizations.
JamesCrapo,
MD
He is
Professor of Medicine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center (NJMRC)
in
Denver,
Colorado. Dr. Crapo is also a
Professor of Medicine and the Director of Ph.D. Programs for Graduate Health
Care Professionals at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He
received his B.S. in Chemistry from
Brigham
Young
University (1967) and his M.D. from
the
University of
Rochester (1971).
Donald Gray
Collin W. Scarborough
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