The Society’s assemblies and sections will hold their annual meetings Sunday, May 20, and Monday, May 21, during ATS 2012. All members and other interested parties are encouraged to attend these meetings to receive updates on activities, vote for future leaders and provide input on future directions. See below for the schedule of Assembly meetings and receptions, Section meetings and Assembly dinners.
Meetings and Receptions
Sunday, May 20
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Assembly on Behavioral Science (BSHSR)
Outgoing Chair: Lynn B. Gerald, PhD, MSPH
Incoming Chair: Jerry K. Krishnan, MD, PhD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 10-13, Lower B2 Level
Assembly on Pediatrics (PEDS)
Chair: Howard B. Panitch, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 7, Lower B2 Level
Monday, May 21
5 to 7 p.m.
Assembly on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation (AII)
Chair: Jeffrey L. Curtis, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 8, Lower B2 Level
Assembly on Clinical Problems (CP)
Outgoing Chair: Kevin K. Brown, MD
Incoming Chair: Charlie Strange, MD
Hilton San Francisco Union Square—Continental Ballroom 1-3, Ballroom Level
Assembly on Critical Care (CC)
Chair: Gordon Rubenfeld, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Golden Gate B, B2 Level
Assembly on Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH)
Chair: Paul K. Henneberger, MPH, ScD
Hilton San Francisco Union Square—Continental Ballroom 4, Ballroom Level
Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections (MTPI)
Outgoing Chair: Laurence Huang, MD
Incoming Chair: David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Golden Gate A, B2 Level
Assembly on Nursing (NUR)
Outgoing Chair: Lisa Cicutto, PhD, RN
Incoming Chair: Lynn F. Reinke, PhD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Club Room, Second Level
Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation (PC)
Chair: Paul M. Hassoun, MD
Note: The PC Reception precedes the membership meeting. The reception is from 5 to 7 p.m., and the meeting follows from about 7 to 10 p.m.
The Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation Reception is supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
Hilton San Francisco Union Square—Continental Ballroom 5, Ballroom Level
Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
Chair: Richard L. ZuWallack, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 13-15, Lower B2 Level
Assembly on Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB)
Outgoing Chair: Lynn M. Schnapp, MD
Incoming Chair: Jesse Roman Rodriguez, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 7, Lower B2 Level
Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF)
Outgoing Chair: Andrew J. Halayko, PhD
Incoming Chair: Robert H. Brown, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 9, Lower B2 Level
Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN)
Chair: James A. Rowley, MD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 1-3, Lower B2 Level
Note: The SRN Reception follows from 7 to 10 p.m.
“The Strange Tale of Narcolepsy: From Cataplectic Dogs to Side Effects of a Flu Vaccination”
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and director of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
The Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Reception is supported by donations from Philips Respironics, Inc., and ResMed Corp.
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 4-6, Lower B2 Level
Section Meetings
Sunday, May 20
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters Section
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Pacific Suite B, 4th Floor
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thoracic Oncology Section
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 1-3, Lower B2 Level
Supported by Varian Surgical Services
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Genetics and Genomics Section Meeting
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 1-2, Lower B2 Level
Assembly Dinners*
Monday, May 21
7 to 10 p.m.
AII
“The American Asthma Foundation: Two Perspectives”: William E. Seaman, MD, professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology, University of California, San Francisco, and research director, American Asthma Foundation (AAF) and AII Assembly Past-Chair Serpil C. Erzurum, MD, chair of pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
“The Intersection of Medicine, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties”: Anthony D. Romero, AAF board member, and executive director, American Civil Liberties Union
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 8, Lower B2 Level
CC
Speaker TBD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Golden Gate Salon C2-3, B2 Level
MTPI
“Tuberculosis and the ATS”
John F. Murray, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Mission Grille, Second Level
NUR
Speaker TBD
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Golden Gate Salon C1, B2 Level
PEDS
“Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”
Victor Chernick, MD, professor emeritus, pediatrics and child health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Atrium, Second Level
PR
No Speaker
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Salons 10-12, Lower B2 Level
RCMB
“Dissecting Lung Development and Disease at Single Cell Resolution”
Mark A. Krasnow, MD, PhD, professor and chair of biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 7, Lower B2 Level
RSF
“Your Body in Flight in World War II: Contributions Made by America’s Aero Medical Scientists to Protect Airmen Fighting in the World’s First High Altitude, High Speed Air War”
Jay B. Dean, PhD, professor of molecular pharmacology and physiology and director of the Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa
San Francisco Marriott Marquis—Yerba Buena Ballroom 9, Lower B2 Level
* Reserve your ticket in advance by going to the ATS 2012 online registration site. Dinner tickets are $75 for ATS members, $35 for members-in-training, and $85 for non-members; the deadline to purchase tickets is 2 p.m. (PT) Monday, May 21.