Treating the PAH Patient in Primary Care

Richard Channick, MD, is Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboendarterectomy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Channick received his medical degree at Temple University Medical School, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.  He did his residency and was Chief Resident at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.  He did a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center.  Dr. Channick has published over 200 original articles, chapters and reviews focused on all aspects of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism. He serves on many national and international leadership committees including the American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Circulation Program Committee and the American College of Chest Physicians Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network steering committee. Past Chair of the Scientific Leadership Committee and current Vice Chair of the Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center's Board of Directors for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.  He is also President Elect of the National Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium.  Dr. Channick has served on the steering committees for several pivotal clinical trials in pulmonary hypertension and lectures nationally and internationally.

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, is the Kim A. Eagle, MD, Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and Associate Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Heart Association, and is a member of the American Thoracic Society. She has served as Chair of the American Heart Association "Women in Cardiology" Committee and as a member of the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions Program Committee. Professor McLaughlin is a Past-Chair of the Scientific Leadership Council of the PH Association, Past-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension. and Past-Chair of the PH Association Board of Trustees.She was Chair of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Expert Consensus Document on PH. She was inaugurated as a charter member into the Clinical Excellence Society at the University of Michigan. Her research interests focus on PH.