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International Speakers

SURINDER BIRRING
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London

CORINA BUDIN
Pneumology Department, Clinic County Hospital Mureș, Romania
Lecturer, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Romania

LUTZ FREITAG
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Oxygain Institute, Hemer, Germany

DAVID JACKSON
FRCP MSc PhD Professor of Respiratory Medicine, King's College London, Consultant in Asthma & Eosinophilic Lung Diseases, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, Clinical Lead , GSTT - South Thames - Kent Asthma Network, Guy’s Severe Asthma Centre, Guy's Hospital , London, UK

TOM KOTSIMBOS
Specialist Respiratory, Cystic Fibrosis and Transplant Physician, Deputy Director Adult CF Service, Australia

NICOLAS ROCHE
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Paris Descartes University, Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cochin-Broca-Hôtel-Dieu Hospital Group, Paris, France

PAOLO SPAGNOLO
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Padua, Italy

SAMY SUISSA
PhD, FRSC, FCAHS Distinguished James McGill Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine, McGill University, Director, Centre For Clinical Epidemiology Lady Davis Research Institute - Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

CHRISTIAN VIRCHOW
Professor of Medicine and Pneumology, Head of the Departments of Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Clinic, University of Rostock, Germany

IOANNIS VOGIATZIS
Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

ATHOL WELLS
Professor, Consultant, Respiratory Medicine Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Faculty Members

MARIA ALEVIZAKI
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

CHRISTINA ANAGNOSTOPOULOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece

VASILEIOS ANGELOPOULOS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

KATERINA ANTONIOU
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Crete, Molecular & Cellular Pneumonology Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece, ERS Assembly 12 Head

ANTONIA ASSIOURA
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

PETROS BAKAKOS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Secretary Special of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece

VANESA BELLOU
Respiratory Physician, Scientific Associate, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

DEMOSTHENES BOUROS
Professor Emeritus, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens Medical Center, Athens

ANDRIANI CHARPIDOU
Chest Physician, Head of Clinical Trials Bureau, 3rd Dpt of Internal Medicine and Laboratory
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" General Hospital, Athens

IOANNIS CHRISTOPOULOS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patra, Greece

CHRISTOS CHRONIS
Respiratory Physician,Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

ZOI DANIIL
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Thessaly, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece

AIKATERINI DIMAKOU
Pulmonologist, MD, PhD, FCCP, f. Director of 5th Respiratory Department and Bronchiectasis Unit of
‘’Sotiria” General Hospital of Chest Diseases, Founding member of the European Bronchiectasis steering group of ERS, Scientific Αssociate of ''Attica''Rehab Center, Medical Practice, Athens , Greece

PHILIPPOS EMMANOUIL
Respiratory Physician, Coordinator, Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Mediterraneo” Hospital, Athens, Greece

EVANGELIA FOUKA
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

MINA GAGA
Director, 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hygeia Hospital Athens, Greece

IRINI GEROGIANNI
Respiratory Physician, Tuberculosis Specialist, Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University General Hospital of Larissa, Greece

THEOCHARIS GEORGIADIS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 1st Department of Critical Care, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Athens, Greece

GEORGIA GKREPI
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

ATHENA GOGALI
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

GEORGIA HARDAVELLA
Consultant Chest Physician
Athens' Chest Diseases Hospital 'Sotiria', Athens, Greece
Lung Cancer Group (11.01) Chair, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Lung Cancer Group Chair, Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS)
Secretary, Management Council, European Board of Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP

GEORGIOS HILLAS
Consultant in Respiratory medicine, 5th Pulmonary Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece, Coordinator-COPD Working Group, HTS

IOANNIS KALOMENIDIS
Professor of Pulmonology, 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Athens, Greece

GEORGIOS KALTSAKAS
Consultant Respiratory Physician (MD, PhD) and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Lane Fox Respiratory Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

ELENI KARETSI
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University General Hospital of Larissa, Greece

PARASKEVI KATSAOUNOU
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Unit of Respiratory Failure, 1st Department of Critical Care, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Board Member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece

KONSTANTINOS KATSOULIS
Respiratory Physician, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

ATHANASIOS KITSAKOS
GeneralSurgeon, Intensivist, Emergency Medicine Specialist Director of Emergency Department, University Hospital of Ioannina Greece

LYKOURGOS KOLILEKAS
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, 7th Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens, Greece

ATHANASIOS KONSTANTINIDIS
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Scientific Director, Sleep Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

EPAMEINONDAS N. KOSMAS
Scientific Director, Athens Lung Institute
Head, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital
Assoc. Professor, Medical School, University of Nicosia (UNIC), Cyprus

KONSTANTINOS KOSTIKAS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

NIKOLAOS KOULOURIS
Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

CHRISTOS KYRIAKOPOULOS
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

ANDREA KYRIAKOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 7th Pulmonary Department ‘Sotiria’ Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece

AGGELOS LADIAS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

STYLIANOS LOUKIDES
Professor of Respiratory Medicine,National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2nd University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, President of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece

MICHAEL MAKRIS
Allergist, Director, Head of Allergy Unit, 2nd Department of Dermatology & Venereology, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece, Visiting Scientist, Allergy Center, Charite Universitat Medicin, Berlin, Germany

EFFROSINI D. MANALI
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

KATERINA MANIKA
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine-Tuberculosis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Respiratory Infections Unit, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

GEORGIOS MARGARITOPOULOS
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine Reader in Interstitial Lung Diseases, "G.Papanikolaou' Hospital, Aristotle University,Thessaloniki, Greece Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College, London, UK

IOANNA MITROUSKA
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece

AGGELIKI MIZIOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece

CHARALAMPOS MOSCHOS
Respiratory Physician-Tuberculosis Specialist, Consultant, Department of Mycobacteriology and Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Unit, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Treasurer & Coordinator of Pleural Diseases and Tuberculosis Working Groups of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece

DIDEM MOUSTAFAOGLOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece

IOANNIS PANTAZOPOULOS
Associate Professor of Respiratory & Emergency Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

EFTHYMIA PAPADOPOULOU
Respiratory Medicine Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki

DESPOINA PAPAKOSTA
Professor of Respiratory Medicine-Lung Immunology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

ANASTASIA PAPANIKOLAOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

ILIAS PAPANIKOLAOU
Respiratory Physician, Head Respiratory Medicine Department, Corfu General Hospital, Corfu, Greece

CHAIDO (VIVI) PASTAKA
Pulmonologist, Head of the Sleep Laboratory, Director of the NHS Pulmonology Clinic, University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa

DIMITRIOS PETRAKIS
Oncologist Physician, Consultant, Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

GEORGIA PITSIOU
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Director, Respiratory Failure Clinic, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

KONSTANTINOS PORPODIS
Associate Professor of Pulmonology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

DIMITRIOS POTONOS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

THOMAS RAPTAKIS
Pulmonologist-Tuberculologist, Consultant, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens Greece

IOANNIS ROUSSIS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 5th Pulmonary Department ‘Sotiria’ Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece

NIKOLETTA ROVINA
Associate Professor of Respiratory-Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Intensive Care Unit, 1st University Department of Respiratory, “Sotiria”Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens, Secretary of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece

EVGENIA SALLA
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

KONSTANTINOS SAMITAS
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, 7th Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece

FOTIOS SAMPSONAS
Assistant Professor of Interventional Pulmonology, University of Patras, Patra, Greece

MARIA SAROGLOU
MD,MSc,PhD, Consultant Respiratory Medicine Department, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

SOPHIA SCHIZA
Professor of Respiratory-Sleep Medicine, University of Crete, Head, Unit of Sleep Disorders, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Secretary, ERS Assembly 4: Sleep disordered breathing, Heraklion, Greece

NIKOLAOS SIAFAKAS
Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science , University of Crete

ANTIGONI SIMOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

DIMITRA SIOPI
Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

VASSILI SOUMELIS
MD, PhD, Professor, Immunology, Chief Medical Officer, Owkin, Paris, France

DIONYSIOS SPYRATOS
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou" , Thessaloniki, Greece

PASCHALIS STEIROPOULOS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
EIRINI STRAKOSHA
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 2nd University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

GRIGORIS STRATAKOS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Interventional Pulmonology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Head Interventional Pulmonology Unit, 1st Respiratory Medicine Department, NK University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital, Greece
President, European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

KONSTANTINOS TATSIS
Respiratory Physician, Assistant Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

IRAKLIS TITOPOULOS
Interventional Respiratory Physician, Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, President of the Hellenic Chest Diseases Society, Thessaloniki, Greece

DIMITRIOS TOUBANAKIS
MD, PhD, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine,1st Respiratory Clinic, “Sotiria” Chest Hospital

STAVROS TRYFON
Respiratory Physician, NHS Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Secretary General of the Hellenic Chest Diseases Society, Thessaloniki, Greece

IRAKLIS TSAGKARIS
Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director-2nd Department of Critical Care Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece Scientific Head of Hellenic Lung Transplantation Program

ANASTASIOS TSATSOS
Respiratory Physician, Director National Health System, Vice-President of Respiratory Physicians Association of Greece, Athens, Greece

STAMATOULA TSIKRIKA
Respiratory Medicine-Public Health Physician, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Chair oF ERS Tobacco, Smoking Control and Health Education (Group 6.3), ERS Tobacco Control Committee, Advisor of EODY President, President of Respiratory Physicians Association of Greece

VASILIS TSIMIHODIMOS
Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

NIKOLAOS TZANAKIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Crete, Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Vice-President of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Crete, Greece

VASILIOS TZILAS
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Respiratory Medicine, 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

ARGYRIOS TZOUVELEKIS
Professor of Internal and Respiratory Medicine, Head Department of Respiratory Medicine University of Patras, Greece Associate Professor Adjunct of Respiratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, USA

THEODOROS VASSILAKOPOULOS
Professor of Respiratory-Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director, 3rd Department of Critical Care, “Evgenideion” Hospital, Consultant Respiratory Physician, “Laiko” General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Adjunct Professor, MacGill University, Montreal, Canada

VIZIRIANNAKI STYLIANI
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion PAGNH, Crete

ELEFTHERIOS VROURVAKIS
Respiratory Physician, Head, Dept of Respiratory Medicine "Breath" Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece

ELEFTHERIOS ZERVAS
Respiratory Physician, Director of 7th Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital,
Treasurer of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece