Officers

• President: Christine Argento, MD
• Vice President: Hitesh Batra, MD, MBA
• Secretary/Treasurer: Nikhil Meena, MD

Education Committee

• Shaheen Islam, MD (Co-Chair)
• Adnan Majid, MD (Co-Chair)
• Jonathan Pulchalski, MD
• Colleen Keyes, MD
• Kamran Mahmood, MD
• Javier Diaz-Mendoza, MD
• Colin Gillespie, MD
• Sadia Benzaquen, MD

Accreditation Committee

• Hans Lee, MD (Co-Chair)
• David Berkowitz, MD (Co-Chair)
• Francisco Almedia, MD
• Chakravarthy Reddy, MD
• Erik Folch, MD
• Fabian Maldonado, MD

Fellowship Career Development

• Jason Akulian, MD (Co-chair)
• Christine Argento, MD (Co-Chair)
• Hitesh Batra, MD, MBA (Co-chair)
• Nikhil Meena, MD (Co-chair)

Past Presidents

• Jason Akulian, MD
• Neeraj Desai, MD
• Hans Lee, MD
• Carla Lamb, MD
• Kevin Kovitz, MD
• Michael Simoff, MD

Curriculum

Responsible for defining the breadth of curriculum topics to be included in IP fellowship training programs, template of format for curriculum modules, online reading resources , standardize education materials, collaborate with Education committee, standardize knowledge testing of the devised curriculum

Education

Develop individual teaching modules for procedures in a disease based format utilizing the curriculum committees breadth of topics, create separate subgroup for specific research education, cognitive testing, hands- on, collaborate with Curriculum committee, create online access to all educational material approved by the Board of AIPPD

Accredidation

Create specific requirements that deem an IP program accreditation, create time line for meeting requirements, provide a mechanism / process to vet each program based on the established criteria for IP fellowship program,   process for maintenance of accreditation after initial accreditation, collaborate with both Education and Curriculum committees in providing programs with educational resources for meeting these goals