Dr. Jesse Roman is a Professor of Medicine in Emory University School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. He is Director for Research of the Emory Interstitial Lung Diseases Program and Co-Director of the Aerodigestive and Lung Cancer Program of the Winship Cancer Institute.

He received his MD from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1983.  After completing training in internal medicine at the San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he joined the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  

In 1991, Dr. Roman joined the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Medicine.  He served as Pulmonary Section Chief at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center from 1994 to 2000 and as Associate Division Director from 1997 to 2001.

Dr. Roman has written extensively in the areas of lung tissue remodeling and inflammation and on the role of extracellular matrices in the control of cellular functions, with over 120 papers, book chapters, and review articles.  His research has been continuously funded by federal and non-federal organizations, and his national reputation is evidenced by his membership in ad hoc and permanent VA and National Institutes of Health study sections.  He has served on leading committees of local and international professional organizations (e.g., American Thoracic Society) and serves as Past-President of the Georgia Thoracic Society.  He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the National Institutes of Health Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Network.