Thoracic and Critical Care
The TCC COP is a community of professionals dedicated to advancing the field of heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and donor management, and to improving patient care by promoting research, education, advocacy, and organ donation.
AST members can join TCC COP.
What We’re Working on Now
Host Online Programming
Plan journal clubs, case discussion, and webinars on thoracic and critical care related topics.
Newsletter
Share TCC COP activities and updates with members and encourage involvement through a quarterly newsletter.
ACHD Working Group
Bring together a diverse multidisciplinary group of experts with a focus on multi-organ transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease to create education and guidance documents.
ATC Travel Grants
Provide travel grants to trainees presenting abstracts on thoracic and critical care topics at the ATC.
Specialty Resources
Contact the TCC COP
Staff Liaison | Olivia Snow
If you have questions related to the Thoracic and Critical Care Community of Practice, please contact Olivia Snow.
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EMAIL:
osnow@myAST.org
2025-2026 Executive Committee
Maryjane Farr, MD MSc FACC FAST
Chair
Term ending: 2027
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern
Andriana Nikolova, MD PhD
Co-Chair
Term ending: 2026
MD PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Deborah Levine, MD FAST
Past Chair
Term ending: 2027
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Stanford University
Adrian Christopher Lawrence, MD MACM
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern
Erin Lowery, MD MS
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Madison
Ersilia DeFilippis, MD
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Ann Nguyen, MD
Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027
Assistant Professor
University of Chicago
Fatima Anjum, MD
Early Career Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2026
MD
Temple University Health System / Lewis Katz School of Medicine
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