Organizing Committee
Course Directors
Alison Morris, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Clinical & Translational Research
Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Center for Medicine and the Microbiome
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Janet S. Lee, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Chair in Acute Lung Injury
Tomeka Suber, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Organizing Committee
Natalie Covalt, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Melanie Königshoff, MD, PhD, ATSF, FERS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Chief of Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Janet S. Lee, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Chair in Acute Lung Injury
Alison Morris, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Clinical & Translational Research
Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Center for Medicine and the Microbiome
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Anuradha Ray, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Immunology
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Prabir Ray, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Immunology
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Lauren Tomsic-Spiegel, MHS, PA-C
Staff Physician Assistant
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Tomeka Suber, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine