Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)

Region 1 Director
The current Region 1 director is Veronica Arroyo Rodriguez, a medical student at the University of Connecticut.
“Why More Women Should Pursue Critical Care”
UCONN hosted a Critical Care Physician Panelists event with members of the American Thoracic Society (ATS)-Women in Critical Care group (View Photos)
Panelists included:
Michelle Biehl, MD, MS – Staff Physician, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Director, Post-ICU Recovery Clinic (PIRC), Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Jenny Han, MD, MSc – Associate Professor Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medical Director Respiratory Therapy Department, Grady Memorial Hospital, Associate Director of Emory Medical Intensive Care Unit, Grady Memorial Hospital
Nandini Sarma, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Former president of AMWA UC Davis School of Medicine
Erika J. Yoo, MD, FCCP – Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit Director, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Jane & Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, TJU & NJH, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Moderator:
Janice M. Liebler, MD – Professor of Clinical Medicine Director, PCCM Fellowship Research Program Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California, Former MICU Director at Los Angeles County General Hospital

Region 1 Branches
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- President: Amber Wilkes
- Board members: Angela Lynne McCarthy, Pooja Prasad,
Seda Gul Sahin, Pearl Sutter, Hiromi Terai
Frank H. Netter Medical School at Quinnipiac University
Yale School of Medicine
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
- President: Sarah Trent, [email protected]
- Regional Delegate: Darby Melia, [email protected]
Boston University School of Medicine
- Co-President: Geethika Bodanapu, [email protected]
- Co-President: Brittny Garcia, [email protected]
- Co-President: Nancy Donohoo, [email protected]
Tufts University School of Medicine
- Co-President: Caroline Rush
- Co-President: Sophie Smith
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Harvard Medical School
- Co-Lead: Leena Ambady, [email protected]
- Co-Lead: Avina Rami, [email protected]
- Co-Lead: Anna Wilson, [email protected]
- Co-Lead: Michelle Zhang, [email protected]
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- Board TBD- chapter in process of getting reinstated
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- President: Amy Oh
- VP: Sophia Ahn
- Treasurer: Anna Kimata
- Secretary: Julia Gillette
- Student Liaison for Faculty: Mary Lou
University of Vermont College of Medicine
- Nicki Nikkhoy, [email protected]
- Varsha Pudi, [email protected]
- Chloe I Ruscilli, [email protected]