Speaker Biographies
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Professor Ahmedzai
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
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Professor Blasi
University of Milan
Italy
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Professor Buist
Oregon Health and Science University
USA
Dr. Sonia Buist is currently Professor of Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA. She is presently Chair of the Global Initiative on Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). She has held numerous positions in the American Thoracic Society and was President in 1990-91.
Professor Calverley
University Hospital Aintree
United Kingdom
After graduating in Edinburgh and working there and in Montreal , Professor Calverley moved to Liverpool in 1985. He has published extensively on COPD and contributed to many international meetings and Guideline groups. He is a past President of the British Thoracic Society and currently chairs the Department of Health External Reference Group developing a National Service Framework for COPD care in England.
Professor Celli
Caritas St. Elizabeth Medical Center
USA
Bartolome Celli graduated from Universidad Central de Venezuela, completed his training in Internal Medicine, and was Chief Medical Resident, at the Boston City Hospital. He then trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at Tufts University and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Celli has published over 300 scientific papers and edited several books related to COPD. His primary research interest is in COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, exercise, respiratory muscles and control of breathing. The laboratory he directs has concentrated on biomarkers and outcomes of this disease. He is Co-Chairperson of the ATS Committee that established the Standards for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with COPD and ex-member of the GOLD executive committee. He is past Chairman of the Clinical Assembly of the ATS and past President of the Massachusetts Thoracic Society and New England College of Chest Physicians. His trainees have spread around Boston, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Latin America.
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University of British Colombia
Canada
Dr. Churg received his B.A. from Columbia University, NY, and M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has been on the faculty of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, for the past 20 years, and is currently Professor of Pathology. His research interests are related to the effects of environmental and occupational agents on the lung.
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Dr Cleland
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
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LDS Hospital
USA
Robert O. Crapo is a Professor of Medicine at the University of and Medical Director of the Pulmonary Lab at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah where his primary interests are in pulmonary function testing and the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung diseases.
He is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Crapo serves on the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s Asthma Clinical Research Network Protocol Review Committee. He has been a member of the American Thoracic Society Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Laboratories since 1983 and has chaired the committee since 1993. The committee has recently published international standards for pulmonary function testing in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society.
The independent testing laboratory at LDS Hospital tests most pulmonary function instruments for accuracy and precision before they come to market. He provides teaching and quality control oversight for pulmonary function tests performed as part of NHLBI and pharmaceutical company studies. He has also served as member of the Asthma Clinical Research Network's protocol review committee. Publications include 115 original manuscripts, 16 reviews, and 19 monographs or book chapters. More importantly, he is married to Susan Edman Crapo. We have four children and two delightful grandchildren.
Dr Davies
University Hospital Aintree
United Kingdom
Lisa Davies is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool and an Honorary Senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She is the clinical lead for COPD management in the Trust and oversees a wide range of services for COPD patients including ‘hospital at home’, oxygen assessment, pulmonary rehabilitation and smoking cessation. She is actively involved in COPD research, with a particular interest in the clinical management of the disease and has published several recent papers on this subject. She is member of the British Thoracic Society tobacco committee, an Associate Editor of Respiratory Medicine and Editor of Respiratory Medicine; COPD Update.
Professor Dirksen
Gentofte University Hospital
Denmark
Professor Fabbri
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Italy
Leonardo M 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.
He leads a multicenter research group at the Universities of Modena, Ferrara and Padua on the role of inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. He is President Elect of the ERS.
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David Glass
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
USA
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Dr Hansel
Imperial College
United Kingdom
Dr Jones
Peninsula Medical School
United Kingdom
Martin Latham
St James' University Hospital
United Kingdom
Patrick Mallia
Imperial College
United Kingdom
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Christine Mikelsons
Royal Free Hospital
United Kingdom
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Dr Miller
University Hospital Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Marc Miravitlles
Institut Clinic der Torax
Spain
Marc Miravitlles is a Chest Physician and Senior Researcher in the Department of
Pneumology at the Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
His primary research interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
chronic bronchitis, alpha-1-antitripsin deficiency (AAT), lung defence mechanisms and
respiratory infections.
He serves on various medical committees and is a member of numerous professional
societies, including the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, where he
served as Secretary from 1999 until 2003. Currently he is secretary of the Respiratory
Infections group of the European Respiratory Society. He has acted as a consultant for the
development of Central American, Latin American and Canadian guidelines on the
management of exacerbations of COPD and has participated in the development of Spanish
guidelines on the management of COPD. He serves as the Co-ordinator of the Spanish
Registry of Patients with AAT deficiency and is the Spanish Representative for the Alpha-1
International Registry (AIR).
He has published over 100 articles in a number of medical journals including the American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, European Respiratory Journal, Thorax,
and Chest.
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Paolo Navalesi
University A Avogadro
Italy
Professor Papi
University of Ferrara
Italy
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Dr Parr
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
United Kingdom
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Vivienne Parry
Writer and Broadcaster
Professor Partridge
Imperial College
United Kingdom
Professor Polkey
Royal Brompton Hospital
United Kingdom
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Professor Price
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
Professor Rennard
University of Nebraska
USA
Stephen Rennard is Larson Professor of Medicine in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Reasearch includes clinical investigation in COPD and mechanistic study of lung tissue repair and remodeling.
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Dr Silverman
Brigham and Women's Hospital
USA
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Dr Simmonds
Royal Brompton Hospital
United Kingdom
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Dr Stolk
Leiden University Medical Center
Netherlands
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Professor Troosters
K.U.Leuven
Netherlands
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Professor Wedzicha
University College London
United Kingdom
Wisia Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London. She qualified from Oxford University and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College.
She has a major interest in the causes, mechanisms and impact of COPD exacerbations and has published extensively on this topic. She also is an expert on home ventilatory support in COPD patients and is currently the Chair of the British Thoracic Society working group on the home oxygen therapy and a member of the Department of Health’s External Stakeholders Advisory Group for the Home Oxygen Service. He was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the NICE COPD guidelines. She is currently Editor in Chief of the respiratory journal Thorax and on the Editorial Board of AJRCCM.
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Dr White
King's College London
United Kingdom
