Thoracic and Critical Care Community (COP)
2024-2025 Executive Committee
Chair: Jignesh Patel (2026)
Co-Chair: Maryjane Farr (2026)
Past Chair: Deborah Levine (2026)
Board Liaison: Shelley Hall (2025)
Michael Duncan (2025)
Andriana Nikolova (2025)
Adrian Lawrence (2026)
Erin Lowery (2026)
Bhavadharini Ramu (2026)
Early Career Member-at-Large: Manu Varma (2025)
Staff Liaison: Olivia Snow (osnow@myast.org)
2023-2024 Activities
- Host Open COP meetings to encourage COP members to get involved and share ideas.
- Complete Controversies Conference deliverables on Lung Sizing Deliverables.
- Host monthly online education meetings and education.
- Host ATC Submission “Office Hours”: Brainstorming and creation of TCC COP ATC submissions and symposia.
- Reignite the Critical Care Workgroup.
- Convene the ACHD Working Group to bring together a diverse multidisciplinary group of experts with a focus on multi-organ transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease.
- Engage in OPTN/UNOS Public Comment.
- Host Mentoring Reception at ATC 2024.
- Offer travel grants to trainees to attend ATC 2024.