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The Arizona Respiratory Center announces a new Advisory Board. Bill Nevin, M.D., a leader in the pulmonary community, will be the new Advisory Board Chairman.

The announcement comes at a time of tremendous growth for the Respiratory Center and the new Board will be active leaders in its future. "I am gratified to serve on this Board made up of individuals who support the Arizona Respiratory Center's dedication to understanding the origins of respiratory diseases and its mission to remain on the cutting edge of discovering treatments and preventions for these debilitating diseases," said Dr. Nevin.

"The Center has long enjoyed an international reputation for its research and treatment of respiratory diseases. With this Board we now have a first-rate group of individuals who share our dedication to understanding and eradicating respiratory disease. The Board will help the Arizona Respiratory Center create meaningful partnerships in the community and will be indispensable to helping us shape a successful future," said Fernando Martinez, M.D., Director of the Arizona Respiratory Center.

The Arizona Respiratory Center Advisory Board Members are the following:

Karen Dalton
Bonnie S. Dombrowski, Esq., Jacoby & Meyers
Celestino Fernandez, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
Jan Harrison, who also serves on the Board of Directors of the Congenital Central Hypo-Ventilation Syndrome board
Steve Henry, who works in his family's business, Baskin Robbins on Wrightstown Road and is a cystic fibrosis and diabetes patient
Caroline "Liney" Jessen, who has been active in Yuma Friends of Arizona Health Sciences since its inception
Janel Lloyd, M.D., Catalina Pediatrics, PC
Molly McKasson, a Mentor Specialist with the Tucson Unified School District and freelance writer
Bill Nevin, M.D., FACP, FCCP, Pulmonary Associates of Southern Arizona,
(Advisory Board Chair)
David Oppenheim, Chairman of the Board, Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
John Palmer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology, University of Arizona
Bill J. Pfeifer, President and CEO, American Lung Association of Arizona/New Mexico
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Ph.D., Professor of Cognitive Science, University
of Arizona
Jordan Sterling
John Sullivan, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Associate Dean for
Clinical Affairs, University Physicians Incorporated
Lynn M. Taussig, M.D., President and CEO, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Tom Tyma, RN, Senior Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
Anna Valencia
Anthony Vuturo, M.D., MPH, Senior Vice President, Canyon Ranch, Professor Emeritus, Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona
William Weese, M.D., Arizona Affiliated Lung Physicians, PLC

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