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COPDforum

COPDforum Leadership

The COPDforum Leadership is comprised of COPD experts, who are renowned researchers and clinicians, and have contributed significantly to developments in the field including COPD guidelines. This group represents thought leaders in key areas of COPD education, including COPD diagnosis and treatment, exacerbations, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and COPD inflammation. The Leadership worked collaboratively in the creation of the COPD slides and videos in the multimedia library. Click on the links below to learn more about the Leadership.
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Peter Barnes

Peter Barnes

COPDforum Co-Chair, DM, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS, Professor of Thoracic Medicine

Peter Barnes is Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Head of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College and Honorary Consultant Physician at Royal Brompton Hospital, London. Read more
Sidney S. Braman

Sidney S. Braman

COPDforum Co-Chair, MD, FACP, FCCP, Professor of Medicine

Sidney Braman has been Professor of Medicine and The Division Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University since 2000. Read more
Alvar Agustí

Alvar Agustí

MD, PhD, FRCP, Director of the Institut Clínic del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona

Alvar Agustí is Director of the Institut Clínic del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, and Scientific Director of the National Spanish Centre for Respiratory Research (CIBER Enfermedade Respiatorias). He is also affiliated with the University Hospital Son Dureta. Read more
Jean Bousquet

Jean Bousquet

MD, PhD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine

Jean Bousquet is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Montpellier. Read more
Roland Buhl

Roland Buhl

MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine

Roland Buhl is Professor of Medicine and Head of the Pulmonary Department at Mainz University Hospital. Read more
Peter M. A. Calverley

Peter M. A. Calverley

MB,ChB, FRCP, Professor of Pulmonary and Rehabilitation Medicine

Peter Calverley is Professor of Pulmonary and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Aintree Hospitals, Liverpool. Read more
Marc L. A. Decramer

Marc L. A. Decramer

MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine

Marc Decramer is Professor and Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Medicine, Chief of the Respiratory Division and Chief of the Pneumonology Laboratory, and Director of the Respiratory Rehabilitation Division at the University Hospitals at the Catholic University of Leuven. Read more
P.N. Richard Dekhuijzen

P.N. Richard Dekhuijzen

MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine

P.N. Richard Dekhuijzen is Professor of Pulmonology and Head of the Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands. His specific area of research interest is in asthma and COPD, with a focus on pathophysiology and therapeutic interventions. Read more
Leonardo M. Fabbri

Leonardo M. Fabbri

Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Leonardo Fabbri is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Director of the Section of Respiratory Diseases of the Department of Medicine of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Read more
Peter Frith

Peter Frith

MB, BS, FRACP, FCCP, Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Peter Frith is a Senior Respiratory Physician with clinical and research interests in chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and other chronic lung diseases, pulmonary rehabilitation, the integrated care of chronic conditions, diagnosis and management guidelines for COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation, and mental health effects and management in COPD. Read more
James C Hogg

James C Hogg

MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Lab Medicine

James Hogg is Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the University of British Columbia, where he maintains an active research programme focused on the inflammatory process in the lung with particular reference to the structure and function of the lungs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Read more
José Jardim

José Jardim

MD, PhD, Assistant Professor

José Jardim is an Assistant Professor of Respiratory Diseases at the Federal University of São Paulo, and his main interests are COPD and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Read more
Marc Miravitlles

Marc Miravitlles

MD

Marc Miravitlles is a Chest Physician and Senior Researcher in the Department of Pneumology at the Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. Read more
Klaus F. Rabe

Klaus F. Rabe

MD

Klaus F. Rabe is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Director of the Department of Pneumology at Clinic Grosshansdorf Germany Read more
Stephen I. Rennard

Stephen I. Rennard

MD, Larson Professor

Stephen Rennard is Larson Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Professor (courtesy) in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Read more
Roberto Rodríguez-Roisin

Roberto Rodríguez-Roisin

MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor of Medicine

Roberto Rodríguez-Roisin is Professor of Medicine and Chair at the University of Barcelona, and Senior Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, where he is also Director of Academic Affairs. Read more
Giovanni A. Rossi

Giovanni A. Rossi

MD, Professor of Paediatric Pulmonology

Giovanni Rossi is Professor of Paediatric Pulmonology at the University of Genoa and Chief of the Pulmonary and Allergy Units at the G. Gaslini Institute in Genoa. Read more
Thomas Similowski

Thomas Similowski

MD, Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Thomas Similowski is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of the Respiratory Physiopathology Laboratory at the University of Paris, and Head of Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris. Read more
Robert A. Stockley

Robert A. Stockley

MD, DSc, FRCP, Professor of Medicine

Robert Stockley is currently Professor of Medicine at the University Hospital Birmingham and Director of Research and Development for the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Read more
Jørgen Vestbo

Jørgen Vestbo

MD, FRCP, Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Jørgen Vestbo is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Copenhagen and Consultant at Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark. Read more
Jadwiga Wedzicha

Jadwiga Wedzicha

MA, MD, FRCP, Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Jadwiga Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University College London Medical School and the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust in London, United Kingdom. Read more
Tobias Welte

Tobias Welte

MD, PhD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine

Tobias Welte is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Head of the Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases at Hannover University School of Medicine. Read more
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