Speaker's Highlight

• Don Sin University of British Columbia, St. Paul Hospital (Canada)
  Kenneth R. Chapman Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Canada)
• Parameswaran Nair McMaster University (Canada)
  Carolyn Calfee UCSF (U.S.A.)
• Gregory P. Downey University of Colorado School of Medicine (U.S.A.)
  David A. Schwartz University of Colorado School of Medicine (U.S.A.)
• Neil Schluger Tuberculosis Control Branch, California Department of Public Health (U.S.A.)
  Nick Kim Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego (U.S.A.)
• Nicola Hananiah Baylor College of Medicine (U.S.A.)
  Jae-Joon Yim Seoul National University College of Medicine (Republic of Korea)
• Koichiro Asano Tokai University School of Medicine (Japan)
  Diahn-Warng Perng Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan)
• Konstantinos Kostikas University of Ioannina (Greece)
  Karin Klooster University Medical Center Groningen (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

• News

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  Radiological Patterns of Drug-Induced Pulmonary Injury in Practice01.10.2026Drug-induced pulmonary injury remains one of the most demanding diagnostic puzzles in respiratory medicine. When a patient develops new respiratory symptoms…

  New Biomarkers for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome30.09.2026Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a serious form of acute lung injury, marked by inflammatory damage, leaky pulmonary vessels and impaired…

  Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Suspected Interstitial Lung Disease29.09.2026Bronchoalveolar lavage remains a frequently discussed investigation when clinicians encounter a patient with suspected interstitial lung disease. It is rarely…

  Eating Patterns And The Pace Of Lung Function Decline29.09.2026The effect of dietary patterns on lung function decline is becoming an important question in respiratory medicine. Lung capacity naturally changes with age,…

  Advances in Sputum Induction for Lung Cancer Cytology28.09.2026Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in Australia, claiming more than 8,500 lives each year according to Cancer Australia. Early…

  Managing chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis with antifibrotic agents28.09.2026Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an immune-mediated interstitial lung disease triggered by repeated inhalation of antigens such as avian proteins,…

  How Genes Shape Risk From Environmental Lung Disease27.09.2026Lung disease develops through an interaction between inherited biology and the air people breathe. Tobacco smoke, silica dust, traffic pollution, mould,…

  Pulmonary Rehabilitation In Post-Tuberculosis Respiratory Disability27.09.2026Pulmonary rehabilitation can help people who have completed tuberculosis treatment but continue to experience breathlessness, reduced exercise tolerance,…

  Approach to the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in the Elderly26.09.2026A solitary pulmonary nodule is a rounded opacity within the lung, usually measuring less than 3 cm and surrounded by normal lung tissue. It is often discovered…
  Richard Russell Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
• Mona Bafadhel King’s College London (United Kingdom)
  David Jackson Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London (United Kingdom)
• James Chalmers University of Dundee (United Kingdom)
  David Price University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom)