2020 ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE FACULTY AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE
2022 ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE GENERAL INFORMATION
FACULTY
VIRTUAL CTS JANUARY 2021 CONFERENCE
Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
Harmeet Bedi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford University
Zea Borok, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Southern California
George Z. Cheng, MD, PhD
Director of Interventional
Pulmonology, Bronchoscopy, and Pleural Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Krystal M. Craddock, RRT
Respiratory Care Manager University of California, Davis
Millie Das, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Chief, Oncology Division
Palo Alto VA Health Care
Asha Devereaux, MD, MPH
Staff Pulmonologist
Sharp Healthcare
Yaron B. Gesthalter, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Sleep Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Nicholas Hill, MD
Professor and Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division
Tufts University School of Medicine
Dennis Hwang, MD
Director of Sleep Services
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, California
Jose Joseph-Vempilly, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Francisco at Fresno
Shanthi Kappagoda, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
Stanford University
Aimee Kizziar, MHAL, BA, RRT-NPS
Supervisor, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program University of California, Davis
Jess Mandel, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Mark Nicolls, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford University
Justin Phillips, RCT, RRT-ACCS
Respiratory Care Services
UC San Francisco, Zuckerberg
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Chad M. Ruoff, MD
Senior Associate Consultant, Sleep Medicine Mayo Clinic
Lekshmi Santhosh, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Dean Sheppard, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Neeta Thakur, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Michelle Cao, DO
Conference Chair
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Neuromuscular Medicine and Division of Sleep Medicine
Stanford University
George Su, MD
Conference Vice Chair
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
San Francisco General Hospital University of California, San Francisco
Krystal Craddock, MSRC, RRT, RRT- ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CCM
Clinical Operations Manager
Department of Respiratory Care
UC Davis Medical Center
Jessica Goggin, MAS, RN
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
University of California, San Diego Health
Vipul Jain, MD
Executive Vice Chief, Department of Medicine Interim Division Chief, Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California San Francisco at Fresno
Shazia Jamil, MD
Head, Academic Affairs: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Scripps Clinic Co-Director: Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders and Chronotherapy Program
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine University of California, San Diego
Nicholas Kolaitis, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, & Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Kristina Kudelko, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford University
Lorriana Leard, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Vice Chief, Clinical Operations
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, & Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Susan Metcalfe, RRT
Respiratory Therapist Stanford Health Care
Philippe Montgrain, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Gaurav Singh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
Palo Alto VA Health Care
Laren Tan, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Loma Linda University Health
Janine Vintch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Angela Wang, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, & Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Diego