| Years | Name | Title | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | Brooks Kuhn, MD, MAS | Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Co-Director, UCD Comprehensive COPD Clinic Medical Director of the Department of Respiratory Care |
University of California, Davis | btkuhn@health.ucdavis.edu |
| 2024-2025 | Tisha Wang, MD | Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine | UCLA Los Angeles, CA | TiWang@mednet.ucla.edu |
| 2023-2024 | George Su, MD | Professor of Medicine | University of California, San Francisco | George.Su@ucsf.edu |
| 2022-2023 | Michelle Cao, MD | Clinical Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine | Stanford University, Redwood City, CA | michellecao@stanford.edu |
| 2021-2022 | Vipul Jain, MD | Executive Vice Chief, Department of Medicine, UCSF Fresno; Interim Division Chief, Pulmonary andCritical Care Medicine; Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF; Medical Director, University Pulmonary Associates, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine | University of California San Francisco, Fresno | vjain@fresno.ucsf.edu |
| 2020-2021 | Laren Tan, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine | Loma Linda University | latan@llu.edu |
| 2019-2020 | Lorriana Leard, MD | Professor of Clinical Medicine,Vice Chief, Clinical Operations, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, & Sleep Medicine | University of California, San Francisco | lorriana.leard@ucsf.edu |
| 2018-2019 | Philippe Montgrain, MD | Associate Professor | University of California, San Diego | pmontgrain@health.ucsd.edu |
| 2017-2018 | Christine Garvey, FNP, MSN, MPA, MAACVPR | UCSF Sleep Disorders and Pulmonary Rehabilitation-Retired | University of California, San Francisco | garvrog@sbcglobal.net |
| 2015-2017 | Angela Wang, MD | Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care | University of California, San Diego | a1wang@icloud.com |
| 2014-2015 | Heidi Flori, MD FAAP | Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland | heidiflo@med.umich.edu |
| 2013-2014 | George E. Chaux, MD | Medical Director, Lung and Heart Transplant Program | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | George.Chaux@cshs.org |
| 2012-2013 | Karl Van Gundy MD | Clinical Professor Medicine | UCSF, Fresno | kvangundy@fresno.ucsf.edu |
| 2010-2011 | William W. Stringer MD | Chairman, Department of Medicine | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | stringer@ucla.edu |
| 2009-2010 | Asha V. Devereaux MD | Pulmonary Physician | Sharp Coronado Hospital | ashadevereaux@me.com |
| 2008-2009 | David M. Claman MD | Professor of Medicine | UCSF Mt Zion Hospital | david.claman@ucsf.edu |
| 2007-2008 | Michael W. Peterson MD | Professor and Chief of Medicine | UCSF Fresno | mpeterson@fresno.ucsf.edu |
| 2006-2007 | Jeffrey L. Kupperman MD | Physician | Santa Barbara Pulmonary Consultants | jkupps@sblung.com |
| 2005-2006 | Gregory P. Marelich MD | Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine | The Permanente Medical Group | gregory.p.marelich@kp.org |
| 2004-2005 | Timothy A. Morris M.D. | Physician / pulmonologist (UC San Diego Health) | UC San Diego Health / UC San Diego (UC San Diego Health) | |
| 2003-2004 | Michael S. Stulbarg M.D. | Professor of Clinical Medicine (SFGATE) | UCSF (SFGATE) | |
| 2002-2003 | Charles L. Daley M.D. | Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections (MyCME) | National Jewish Health / University of Colorado (MyCME) | |
| 2001-2002 | John R. Balmes M.D. | Professor of Medicine (UCSF Medicine) | UCSF / San Francisco General Hospital (California Air Resources Board) | |
| 2000-2001 | Robert B. Fick Jr. M.D. | Clinical Professor of Medicine; Staff Clinical Scientist (PagePlace) | Stanford University School of Medicine / Genentech (PagePlace) | |
| 1999-2000 | Ira Jeffry Strumpf M.D. | Pulmonologist (NPI Profile) | Porter Ranch, California practice / institution unknown (NPI Profile) | |
| 1999-2000 | Ira Jeffry Strumpf M.D. | Pulmonologist (NPI Profile) | Porter Ranch, California practice / institution unknown (NPI Profile) | |
| 1998-1999 | Cecilia Smith D.O. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1997-1998 | Richard Casaburi PhD M.D. | Faculty, Division of Respiratory Medicine / later Professor of Medicine (The Lundquist Institute) | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center / UCLA-affiliated program (The Lundquist Institute) | |
| 1996-1997 | Andrew Ries M.D. | Physician / pulmonologist (UC San Diego Health) | UC San Diego / UC San Diego Health (UC San Diego Health) | |
| 1995-1996 | James R. Dexter M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1994-1995 | Gibbe H. Parsons M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1993-1994 | Thomas E. Addison M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1992-1993 | Christopher J.L. Newth M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1991-1992 | Bernhard A. Votteri M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1990-1991 | Roger Spragg M.D. | Pulmonologist / faculty physician (UCSD Profiles) | UC San Diego / San Diego VA-linked practice (UCSD Profiles) | |
| 1989-1990 | Michael G. Cleary M.D. | Pulmonary Disease specialist (Healthgrades) | Mercy Medical Center Redding / Redding practice (Healthgrades) | |
| 1988-1989 | Spencer K. Koerner M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1987-1988 | Philip C. Hopewell M.D. | Faculty physician, later Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (UCSF Center for Tuberculosis) | UCSF / San Francisco General Hospital (UCSF Center for Tuberculosis) | |
| 1986-1987 | Steven E. Levy M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1985-1986 | Jack L. Clausen M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1984-1985 | Lowell E. Renz M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1983-1984 | Homer A. Boushey M.D. | UCSF faculty member / pulmonologist (American Thoracic Society) | UCSF (American Thoracic Society) | |
| 1982-1983 | Paul A. Selecky M.D. | Pulmonologist (Healthcare6) | Newport Beach / Hoag-associated practice (Healthcare6) | |
| 1981-1982 | Myron Stein M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1980-1981 | Irwin Ziment M.D. | Professor of Medicine; Chief of Pulmonary Diseases / Olive View-UCLA leader (Doctor.ndtv.com) | UCLA / Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (Doctor.ndtv.com) | |
| 1979-1980 | Philip M. Gold M.D. | Pulmonologist (Healthgrades) | Loma Linda University Medical Center / Faculty Physicians (Healthgrades) | |
| 1978-1979 | Warren Gold M.D. | Faculty physician / pulmonologist (UCSF Medicine) | UCSF (UCSF Medicine) | |
| 1977-1978 | Kenneth M. Moser M.D. | Pulmonary division leader / professor-level physician (KGL Meridian) | UC San Diego School of Medicine (KGL Meridian) | |
| 1976-1977 | Gerschen Schaefer M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1975-1976 | George G. Burton M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1974-1975 | John F. Murray M.D. | Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Professor of Medicine (UCSF Pulmonary) | UCSF / San Francisco General Hospital (UCSF Pulmonary) | |
| 1973-1974 | Stanley N. Rokaw M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1972-1973 | Wilbur Y. Hallett M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1971-1972 | Charles T. Carman M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1970-1971 | Hans E. Einstein M.D | tbd | tbd | |
| 1969-1970 | Lowell F. Steel M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1968-1969 | Woodbury Perkins M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1966-1967 | John L. Gompertz M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1965-1966 | Samuel Sills M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1964-1965 | Francis S. North M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1963-1964 | Homer Peabody M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1962-1963 | David Salkin M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1961-1962 | James Kieran M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1960-1961 | David M. Caldwell M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1959-1960 | William H. Oatway Jr. M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1958-1959 | J. Hallam Cope M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1957-1958 | JP Myles Black M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1956-1957 | James O. Greenwell Jr. M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1955-1956 | Franklin S. Reding M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1954-1955 | Robert S. Quinn M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1953-1954 | Antonio A. Adames, M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1952-1953 | Gordon A. Diddy M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1951-1952 | Joseph L. Robinson M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1950-1951 | C. Gerald Scarborough M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1949-1950 | Rufus A. Schneiders M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1948-1949 | Henry Randel M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1947-1948 | Cabot Brown M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1945-1947 | A. B. Steele M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1944-1945 | David Proctor M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1943-1944 | Howard H. Bosworth M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1942-1943 | William L. Rogers M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1941-1942 | Reginald H. Smart M.D. | tbd | tbd | |
| 1940-1941 | Buford H. Wardrip M.D. | tbd | tbd |
