Advisory Board

These entrepreneurs, investors and executives are leading the way in developing new pulmonary and respiratory therapies for patients in critical need. We’re grateful for their leadership of the Respiratory Innovation Summit.

CO-CHAIRS

Cecelia Gonzalo

Cecilia Gonzalo

Partner
Oberland Capital
Tim Watkins

Timothy Watkins, MD, MSc

Executive Director, Clinical Research, Respiratory Disease Area Lead Inflammation/Respiratory Therapeutic Area
Gilead Sciences

ADVISORY BOARD

Bernard Coulie

Bernard Coulie, MD, PhD

President & CEO
Pliant Therapeutics

Cayce Denton

Director
Temasek
James Donohue

James Donohue, MD

Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Erik Folch

Erik Folch, MD, MSc

Chief, Complex Chest Disease Center
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Mark Gelfand

Mark Gelfand

Managing Partner
Coridea
Jeffrey Goldstein

Jeffrey Goldstein

President
Lung Transplant Foundation
Cecelia Gonzalo

Cecilia Gonzalo

Partner
Oberland Capital
Gregory Grunberg

Gregory Grunberg, MD

Managing Director
Longitude Capital
C. Matthew Kinsey

C. Matthew Kinsey, MD, MPH

Director, Interventional Pulmonary
University of Vermont
Wade Lange

Wade Lange

COO
Magnolia Therapeutics
Jason Pesterfield

Jason Pesterfield

President & CEO
Veran Medical Technologies
Irina Petrache

Irina Petrache, MD

Chief & Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
National Jewish Health
Colin Reisner

Colin Reisner, MD

SVP & Head of Late RIA, R&D BioPharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca
Theodore Reiss

Theodore Reiss, MD, MBE, ATSF

Corporate VP, Head of I&I Clinical R&D
Celgene Corporation
Mahendra Shah

Mahendra Shah, PhD

Managing Director
Vivo Capital
Michelle Turenne

Michelle Turenne

Chief, Corporate Alliances and Business Development/ Staff, ATS Committee on Drug Device Discovery & Development
American Thoracic Society
Milica Vukmirovic

Milica Vukmirovic, PhD

Blavatnik Fellow
OCR Yale University
Dennis Wahr

Dennis Wahr, MD

CEO
Nuvaira
Jonathan Waldstreicher

Jonathan Waldstreicher, MD, MBA

Principal
Apple Tree Partners
Tim Watkins

Timothy Watkins, MD, MSc

Executive Director, Clinical Research, Respiratory Disease Area Lead Inflammation/Respiratory Therapeutic Area
Gilead Sciences
Lonny Yarmus

Lonny Yarmus, DO, MBA FCCP, ATSF

Clinical Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine