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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.

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.

2026-2027 Executive Committee

Andriana Nikolova, MD PhD

Chair
Term ending: 2028

MD PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Brian Keller, MD PhD

Co-Chair
Term ending: 2028

Medical Director of Lung Transplantation
Massachusetts General Hospital

Maryjane Farr, MD MSc FACC FAST

Past Chair
Term ending: 2028

Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern

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

John Greenland, MD PhD

Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2028

Associate Professor
University of California San Francisco

Chris Wrobel, MD

Early Career Member-at-Large
Term ending: 2027

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern

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