SPEAKERS

Thank you to our distinguished speakers for their inspiring presentations throughout the years. Our diverse speakers are located across the U.S. and are selected by our Trudeau Society Steering Committee for their innovative research, best practices in patient care, and their immense work in improving lung health in our communities.

To inquire about becoming a speaker of Trudeau Society, please contact Kelly Vuong at kvuong@breathesocal.org

Toby Maher, M.D.

Toby Maher, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Director of Interstitial Lung Disease at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has spent the last 15 years specializing in the management of all forms of pulmonary fibrosis and orphan interstitial lung diseases.

Jonathan Corren, M.D.

Jonathan Corren, M.D., has been a faculty member in the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, since 1991 and is currently actively involved in allergy and immunology education at the university.

Guy W. Soo Hoo, MD, MPH

Dr. Soo Hoo is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is also the Acting Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Section and Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit at the West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center.

Jo Marie Reilly, MD MPH

Dr. Reilly is a Professor of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC (KSOM). She is the Director of the Keck School of Medicine of USC Primary Care Initiative, Associate Director of the KSOM Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course and KSOM Family Medicine Pre- Doctoral Director.

Brian Tiep, MD

Dr. Tiep is a seasoned pulmonologist who is distinguished amongst his peers and associates and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and recognition throughout his celebrated career as a physician.

Jeremy Falk, MD

Dr. Falk received his medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1998. He completed his residency, chief residency, and Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at Temple University.

Greg Lewis, M.D.

Dr. Lewis currently serves as Section Head of Heart Failure, Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program, and Director of the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Donald P. Tashkin, MD

Dr. Tashkin is Emeritus Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Chris Cooper , MD

School of Medicine at UCLA where he is Director of the UCLA Exercise Physiology Research Laboratory. He is also a Global Medical Expert working with the Respiratory Franchise at GlaxoSmithKline.

Harry Rossiter, PhD

Dr. Rossiter is an Associate Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He received a PhD in Physiology from the University of London, and completed postdoctoral training in Pulmonary Physiology at the University of California San Diego.

William W. Stringer, MD

Dr. Stringer graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a BA in Biochemistry. He completed his MD at UCSD in 1984 and performed his Internal Medicine Internship, Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California.

Zab B. Mosenifar, MD

Dr. Mosenifar is a Geri and Richard Brawerman Professor of Medicine and Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He is also the Medical Director of Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

George Chaux, MD

Dr. Chaux is Board certified in Internal Medicine, and has specialized certification in Pulmonary and in Critical Care Medicine. His primary areas of research and clinical interest involve state-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment and post-operative management strategies for lung transplant patients and individuals with pulmonary arterial hypertension and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Reza Ronaghi, MD

Medical Board Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2015 Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018 Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019

Richard Irwin, MD

Dr. Richard Irwin, Master FCCP is a tenured Professor of Medicine and Professor of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA. He retired as Division Chief of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine in 2005 after serving in that role for 26 years.

Michael Mathay,MD

Dr. Michael Mathay is a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of California at San Francisco and a Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. He is Associate Director of the Critical Care Medicine Training in the Department of Medicine and Associate Director of the Intensive Care Unit.

Jane Deng, MD

Dr. Jane Deng is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She was faculty at UCLA 2005-2016 before returning to the University of Michigan to assume the role of Section Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at the Ann Arbor VA. She continues to be active clinically and in the lab setting.

Ara Chrissian, MD

Dr. Ara Chrissian is a faculty member at Loma Linda University Medical Center in southern California since 2011, where he is the Medical Director of Adult Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology and Associate Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship.

Samuel Louie, MD

Dr. Samuel Louie is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Dr. Louie was the Founder and past Director of the UC Davis Reversible Obstructive Airway Diseases Center, also known as the ROAD Center, Director of the UC Davis Asthma Network (UCAN), Director of the Pulmonary Services Laboratory, Director of the Department of Respiratory Care, and former Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at the UC Davis Medical Center where he was recognized as Physician of the Year in 1996.

Lorraine Ware, MD

Dr. Lorraine Ware is the Ralph and Lulu Owen Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She is an expert in the area of the diagnosis and treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Meilan K. Han, MD, MS

Dr. Meilan Han is the Henry Sewall Endowed Professor and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan Health. Her research focuses on defining COPD phenotypes using imaging and serves on the board for the COPD Foundation, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association, and is currently a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Raj Dasgupta, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

Dr. Raj Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He is currently the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Huntington Health in Pasadena, California and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine for the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

Featured Keynote Speakers

Yuri Matusov, MD

Laura Crotty-Alexander, MD

Twinkle Chandak, MD

Paul W. Noble, MD

Jane Fazio, MD

Presentation Topics

Trudeau Society speakers present on a variety of topics, take a look at a few of our remarkable speakers and discussion topics through the years below:

Advances in Biologics for Treating Asthma

Jonathan Corren, MD

Cell Based Therapies for ARDS

Michael Matthay, MD

My Journey to Patient Focused Care and Lessons Learned Along the Way

Richard Irwin, MD

Through the Prism: Identifying Treatable Phenotypes in ARDS and Sepsis

Lorraine Ware, MD

The Lung Health Crisis: The Achilles Heel We Didn’t Know We Had

Meilan Han, MD

COPD: A Lie Told Often Enough Becomes the Truth

Samuel Louie, MD

Neutrophils and Severe Respiratory Infections: How to Goldilocks a Finicky Cell

Jane Deng, MD

Past Presentations

View presentations from past Trudeau Society events, shared by our featured speakers.

Respiratory Protection Training and Fit Testing for Day Laborers and Domestic Workers Following the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires

Lizabeth Diaz, MPH & Veronica Ponce de Leon, MPH

UCLA Center for Occupational & Environmental Health