Faculty

Course Directors

Nicholas Hill, MD

Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Chief Emeritus, Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Tufts Medical Center

Ioana Preston, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Center
Tufts Medical Center

Harrison Farber, MD

Director, Pulmonary Embolism
Response Team (PERT), Pulmonologist,
Tufts Medical Center

Rosemary Tsacoyianis, RN, MS

Nurse Coordinator,
Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Tufts Medical Center

Richard Channick, MD

Saul Brandman Endowed Chair in
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Co-Director, Pulmonary
Vascular Disease Program
Director, Acute and Chronic
Thromboembolic Disease Program
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Kelly Chin, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Jean Elwing, MD

Professor of Medicine
University of Cincinnati

Robert Frantz, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine and Science
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Clinic and
Director, Unexplained Dyspnea Clinic
Mayo Clinic

Anna Hemnes, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Attending Physician
Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Luke Howard, MA, DPhil

Faculty of Medicine,
National Heart & Lung Institute
Consultant Pulmonologist
Lead Clinician
Pulmonary Hypertension Service
Hammersmith Hospital,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine
Scleroderma Program Director
University of Michigan

Richard Krasuski, MD

Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Center
Duke University Medical Center

Denise Lewis, RN, BSN

Pulmonary Vascular Disease Coordinator
George Washington University

Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, FACC

Kim A Eagle M.D.
Endowed Professor of
Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Chief
Clinical Officer and
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan

Theo Meyer, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School
UMass Memorial Medical Center

Steven Nathan, MD, FCCP

Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia
Medical Director, Advanced
Lung Disease and Transplant Program
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Raj Parikh, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and
Sleep Medicine
Hartford Hospital

Nicole Ruopp, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Pulmonary and
Critical Care Physician
Tufts Medical Center

Rajan Saggar, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Program
Co-Director, Pulmonary
Vascular Disease Program
Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant and
Pulmonary Hypertension Programs
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Robert Schilz, DO, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
University Hospitals
Cleveland Medical Center

Oksana Shlobin, MD

Medical Director,
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Director of Outreach and Education,
Advanced Lung Disease and
Transplant Program
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University Paris-Saclay

Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD, FESC

Head of the Pulmonary Vascular
Diseases and Heart Failure Clinic
Department of Cardiology
CUB-Hôpital Erasme

Mary Whittenhall, MSN, APRN

Nurse Practitioner and
Program Coordinator
Rhode Island Hospital
Pulmonary Hypertension Center

Melisa Wilson, DNP, APRN

Pulmonary Hypertension
Program Coordinator
Advent Health

Alison Witkin, MD

Associate Director,
Pulmonary Hypertension and
Thromboendarterectomy Program
Massachusetts General Hospital