Steering Committee

The ENTELLIGENCE Steering Committee is comprised of leaders in the pulmonary hypertension field. ENTELLIGENCE grants are awarded by the Steering Committee, who evaluate grant proposals based on scientific merit, originality, feasibility, mentorship, and applicability to the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension.

Ronald J. Oudiz, MD, Program Chairman

  • Professor of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Director, Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
  • LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Torrance, California
  • Bio

Harrison W. Farber, MD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
  • Boston Medical Center
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bio

Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc

  • Director of RV Failure, HFpEF, and Cardio-Oncology Programs
  • Co-Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
  • Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
  • Falls Church, Virginia
  • Bio

Maureen D. Mayes, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology
  • Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics
  • University of Texas - Houston Medical School
  • Houston, Texas
  • Bio

Evangelos D. Michelakis, MD

  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
  • Vice Chair (Research) - Department of Medicine
  • Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
  • University of Alberta
  • Canada Research Chair in Applied Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine 
  • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Bio

Harold I. Palevsky, MD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
  • Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Bio

Richard M. Silver, MD

  • Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
  • Director, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Charleston, South Carolina
  • Bio

Kurt R. Stenmark, MD

  • Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Anesthesiology
  • Division Head, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Director, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Aurora, Colorado
  • Bio

Jason X-J Yuan, MD, PhD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Associate Vice President for Translational Health Sciences
  • University of Arizona
  • Director, Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Tucson, Arizona
  • Bio