Presented by Sharp Grossmont Hospital

Community Connections in San Diego was made possible thanks to a grant from The San Diego Foundation.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month Encore Presentation
Community Connections, nicknamed "Dinner with The Docs", is brought to you by Burr Heart and Lung Clinic at Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

Co Hosted by:
Tony Gwynn Jr of the San Diego Padres, Dr. Tim Morris of UCSD, and American Lung Association Board Members

As the nation’s lung health champion for over a century, the American Lung Association is committed to defeating lung cancer and supporting those affected by this disease. We work tirelessly to raise awareness and increase screening rates for high-risk individuals, so they are diagnosed early. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for lung cancer patients and survivors, and to ultimately save lives. Our vision is a future free of lung cancer.

View at your convenience these past episodes on YouTube:

Series One:

• Maintaining Your Overall Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Dr. Michael Welch
• Vaccinations To Prevent COVID-19
  Dr. Sydney Ramirez
• How To Get Vaccinated and What Happens Once You Are Vaccinated
  Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan
• COVID-19, Stress, and Mental Health
  Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang
  Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain
• COVID-19 in Persons With Chronic Lung Disease
  Dr. Mark Fuster
  Dr. Phillippe Montgrain
• How to Avoid COVID-19 Infection
  Dr. Lucy Horton
• Recovery From Acute COVID-19 Illness (Persistent Systems “Long Haulers”)
  Dr. Angela Wang

Series 2

• Defeating COVID-19 at the World’s Busiest Border Regions
  Dr. Tim Morris
• On the Front Lines: First Responders and ICU Nurses
  Capt. Alma Lowry
  ICU Nurses

• Lung Cancer Screening During the Pandemic
  Dr. Kaveh Bagheri, Dr. Mark Fuster, and Dr. Philippe Montgrain
• Lung Health Effects From Wildfires
  Capt. Alma Lowry
  Brian D’Agostino
• COVID-19 K-12 and College Students
  Dr. Michael Welch
  Dr. Nanda Ramchandar
• Biology Of COVID-19 Infection
  Dr. Evan Snyder
  Dr. Sandra Leibel
• San Diego County's Response To COVID-19
  Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan
• A Lung Healthy Diet And Mindfulness
  Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang
  Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain

Series 3

• Asthma Management
  Dr. Praveen Akuthota
• Environmental Effects on Lung Health
  Brian D’Agostino
• Culinary Medicine
  Dr. Sabrina Falquier
• Vaping, Smoking, Flavored Tobacco, and Synthetic Tobacco
  Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander
• Lung Cancer Screening
  Dr. Philippe Montgrain
• Lung Cancer Detection Evaluation
  Dr. Mark Fuster

Mission Committee

• Dr. Tim Morris
  (Chair)
  UC San Diego Health
• Dr. Praveen Akuthota
  UC San Diego Health
• Dr. Mohammed Al-Janabi
  Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Burr Heart & Lung Clinic Medical Director
• Aida C. Castaneda
  Principal ACC, LLC
• Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander
  UC San Diego Health
• Dr. Afif El-Hasan
  Kaiser Permanente
• Dr. Mark Fuster
  UC San Diego Health & VA
  Previously funded American Lung Association Researcher: Veterans Medical Research Foundation
  Disrupting Complex Sugars on Immune Cells Could Inhibit Growth of Lung Cancer
• Gabe Gutierrez
  County of San Diego
• Becky Hart, RN
  Naval Hospital
• Dr. Sandra Leibel
  UC San Diego Health
  Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
• Capt. Alma A Lowry
  San Diego Fire and Rescue
• Dr. Philippe Montgrain
  UC San Diego Health & VA
• Dr. Matthew Nobari
  UC San Diego Health
• Shelane Paraiso, RN
  VA
• Dr. Evan Snyder
  Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  UC San Diego Health
• Edward Cooper Stites, MD, PhD
  The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  American Lung Association Researcher: Targeted Inhibition of Mutant and Wild-type RAS in KRAS G12C Lung Cancer
  Lung Cancer Discovery Award
• Dr. Kelan Tantisira
  Rady Children’s Hospital
• Dr. Michael Welch
  Allergy and Asthma Board
• Dr. Angela Wang
  UC San Diego Health

San Diego Local Leadership Board

• Kevin Narcomey
  Osceola Consulting LLC (Vice Chair)
• Natasha Dowling
  Capgemini
• Scott Evans
  Sharp Grossmont Hospital
• Tony Gwynn, Jr.
  San Diego Padres
• Mark Johnson
  Acadia Pharmaceuticals
• David Lipschutz
  EY
• Tim Morris, MD
  University of California, San Diego
• Aaron Saint
  Accenture