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*


*Inactive member of the 2021 award cycle

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Tufts Medical Center
  • Tufts School of Medicine
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bio

Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc

  • Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
  • Medical Faculty Associates
  • Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
  • George Washington University Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Washington, DC
  • 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
  • Director, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Charleston, South Carolina
  • Bio

Kurt R. Stenmark, MD

  • Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Anesthesiology
  • La Cache Endowed Chair and Section 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 and Director
  • Section of Physiology
  • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of California, San Diego
  • La Jolla, CA
  • Bio

Cornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Director of the Center for Translational Medicine
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Stanford, CA
  • Bio