Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)
Region 1 Director
The current Region 1 director is Lillian Eason.
“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
Connecticut
- Frank H. Netter Medical School at Quinnipiac University
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- Yale School of Medicine
Massachusetts
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
Maine
- University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
New Hampshire
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Rhode Island
- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vermont
- University of Vermont College of Medicine