New faces for CHEST Physician’s board and special sections
He is the incoming President of Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) and the current Chair of the ACCP Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Steering Committee. He is very passionate about medical education in the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, and was recently inducted into the Emory University Academy of Medical Educators. His main research interests are in the areas of airway disorders, pulmonary physiology and obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Ioachimescu is the editor of the first online textbook of Sleep Medicine, entitled “Contemporary Sleep Medicine.” He is also the VAMC Sleep Medicine Center Medical Director and Sleep Section Chief).
Dr. Jason M. Lazar, FCCP, is Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York, where he serves as the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and Director of Cardiovascular Training Program. He joined CHEST in 1990 and has served as Chair of the Cardiovascular NetWork and more recently as New York State Governor. Dr. Lazar’s clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension in multisystem disease and multimodality imaging of cardiovascular disease. His research interests include ventriculoarterial coupling, cardiovascular manifestations of HIV and rheumatologic disorders, and assessment of microvascular and macrovascular function.
Dr. Michael E. Nelson, FCCP, works in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, where he practices pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. He has been a member of the ACCP since 1989 and has served in many positions, which include the Governor for the state of Kansas, the Practice Management Committee, the CHEST Regulations and Reimbursement Committee, the steering committee of the Private Practice and Practice Operations NetWorks, and the Board of Trustees of the CHEST Foundation. He is the ACCP alternate adviser to the AMA CPT editorial panel. Dr. Nelson’s interests include pulmonary physiology, obstructive lung disease, and practice management.
