Planning Committee

Committee Co-Chair
Rudy Lackner MD, 2019 Chair
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Committee Co-Chair
Bryan Krajicek MD, 2019 Co-Chair
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy

Committee Members
Kimberly Buchmeier,
American Lung Association

Lisa R Fuchs, MHA, RRT, CTTS, CHWC
Nebraska Methodist College

Apar Kishor Ganti, MD,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Michelle Grady, MHA,
Nebraska Medicine

Julie Lazure, MSN, RN,
Nebraska Medicine

Sumit Mukherjee, MD, MPH, MS
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital

Jean Rommes, PhD
Iowa LUNG FORCE Expo, Veteran Patient Advocate

Emily Sarcone, MPH, CHES,
CHI Health Cancer Center

Ryan Schmidt, BS, RRT, Pulmonary Disease/Alpha-1 Specialist,
Grifols USA

Kristina Wright, RRT,
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital