International Invited Speakers

Apostolos Bossios
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Principal Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute and Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Arnaud Bourdin
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head, Respiratory Medicine Department, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France

Silvano Dragonieri
Associate Professor of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy

Liam Heaney
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, UK

Tom Kotsimbos
Specialist Respiratory, Cystic Fibrosis and Transplant Physician, Deputy Director Adult CF Service, Australia

Tess Kramer
MD, PhD-student, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jose Luis Lopez - Campos
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain

Fernando J. Martinez
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Bruce Webster Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Andrew Menzies - Gow
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, Director, Lung Division, Deputy Medical Director, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, London, UK

Alberto Papi
Professor and Chair of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara, Director, Respiratory Unit, Emergency Department, “S. Anna” University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

Jean Louis Pepin
Professor of Clinical Physiology at University of Grenoble-Alpes, France

Stefano Nava
Professor of Respiratory-Critical Care Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy

Wisia Wedzicha
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Athol Wells
Professor, Consultant, Respiratory Medicine Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Faculty Members
NEKTARIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS
Academic Fellow in Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
AIKATERINI 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
AGAMEMNON BAKAKOS
Respiratory Medicine Resident, MD, MSc (c), 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital
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
KONSTANTINOS BARTZIOKAS
Academic Fellow and Post-doc Researcher in Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
VANESA BELLOU
MD, PhD, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
DEMOSTHENES BOUROS
Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
AFRODITI K. BOUTOU
Director, NHS Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hippokratio Hospital- Coordinator, Respiratory Physiology/Pulmonary Circulation/Rehabilitation Working Group of the Hellenic Respiratory Society, Thessaloniki, Greece
CHRISTOS CHRONIS
Respiratory Physician - Tuberculosis Specialist, Assistant Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
SERAFEIM CHRYSIKOS
Respiratory Physician, 5th Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinic of Bronchiectasis Outpatient, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece, Interventional Pulmonology Group Lead, Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS)
ZOI DANIIL
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Thessaly, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
FILIA DIAMANTEA
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, Unit of Cystic Fibrosis, "Seismanogleio-Amalia Fleming" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
AIKATERINI DIMAKOU
Respiratory Physician, Director, 5th Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinic of Bronchiectasis Outpatient, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
GEORGE DIMOPOULOS
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Intensive Care, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
ANILA DUNI
Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 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
DIMITRIOS GEORGOPOULOS
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Crete, Head, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
ATHENA GOGALI
Respiratory Physician, Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
KONSTANTINOS GOURGOULIANIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece
GEORGIA GKREPI
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
GEORGIOS HILLAS
Consultant in Respiratory medicine, 5th Pulmonary Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece, Coordinator-COPD Working Group, HTS
IOANNIS KALOMENIDIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
ANNA KARAKATSANI
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens 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
IOANNIS KIOUMIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine - Infectious Diseases, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
APOSTOLOS KITTAS
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, "G. Hatzikosta" General Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
ATHANASIOS KONSTANTINIDIS
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Scientific Director, Sleep Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
THEODOROS KONTAKIOTIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
EPAMINONDAS KOSMAS
Respiratory Physician, Scientific Director, Athens Lung Institute, Director, “PNOI” Department of Respiratory Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece
KONSTANTINOS KOSTIKAS
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
VASILEIOS KOULOURAS
Professor of intensive care medicine, University of Ioannina Head of the ICU department, University Hopsital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
NIKOLAOS KOULOURIS
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine & Laboratory of Pulmonary Function Testing, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
ANTONIA KOUTSOUKOU
Professor of Respiratory Medicine - Critical Care Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Head, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
CHRISTOS KYRIAKOPOULOS
Respiratory Physician - Tuberculosis Specialist, Assistant Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
GEORGIOS LIAMIS
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Head, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
ADAMANTIA LIAPIKOU
Respiratory Medicine Physician, Consultant, 6th Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, 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
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
DAVIDE MAURI
Assistant Professor in Oncology, University of Ioannina, Head, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
CHARALAMPOS MERMIGKIS
Sleep Specialist, Pulmonologist Director of Sleep Disorders Center, Henry Dunant HC
HARALAMPOS MILIONIS
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Head, 1st Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
IOANNA MITROUSKA
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
KATERINA NAKA
Professor of Cardiology Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina 2nd Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
ALEXANDRA PAPADAKI
Pathologist - Oncologist, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
EFTHYMIA PAPADOPOULOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
DESPOINA PAPAKOSTA
Professor of Respiratory Medicine - Lung Immunology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Director, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
ILIAS PAPANIKOLAOU
Respiratory Physician, Head Respiratory Medicine Department, Corfu General Hospital, Corfu, Greece
IOANNIS PARASKEVOPOULOS
Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology, University of Ioannina, Laboratory of Clinical Radiology and Imaging, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
IOANNIS PNEVMATIKOS
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
KONSTANTINOS PORPODIS
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
DIMITRIOS POTONOS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
NICOLA QUARANTA VITALIANO
Medical Doctor of Respiratory Diseases, Di Venere Hospital of Bari. PhD student of University of Bari, Bari, Italy
NIKOLETA ROVINA
Assistant 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, Board Member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece
EVGENIA SALLA
Respiratory Physician, Assistant Consultant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 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
EVA SERASLI
Respiratory Physician, Director, Department of Respiratory Circulation Outpatient, NHS Department of Respiratory Medicine, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
NIKOLAOS SIAFAKAS
Professor Emeritus of Respiratory Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
ANTIGONI SIMOU
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
PASCHALIS STEIROPOULOS
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
GRIGORIOS STRATAKOS
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Head, Unit of Interventional Pulmonology, 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
KONSTANTINOS TATSIS
Resident in Respiratory Medicine, 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
IOANNIS TOMOS
Respiratory Physician, 5th Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
STAVROS TRYFON
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, NHS 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
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, Intensive Care Unit, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Secretary, Group of Tobacco, Smoking Control and Health Education (Group 6.3), ERS Tobacco Control Committee, President of Respiratory Physicians Association of Greece, Athens, 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
VASILEIOS TZILAS
Respiratory Physician, 5th Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinic of Bronchiectasis Outpatient, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
ARGYRIOS TZOUVELEKIS
Associate 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
CONSTANTINE VARDAVAS
Lecturer, Harvard University, Research Associate, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
EIRINI VASARMIDI
Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pneumonology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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, Mac Gill University, Montreal, Canada
PARASKEVI VOULGARI
Professor of Rheumatology, University of Ioannina, Director, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
SPYRIDON ZAKYNTHINOS
Professor of Critical Care - Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director, 1st Department of Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
ELEFTHERIOS ZERVAS
Respiratory Physician, Senior Consultant, 7th Department of Respiratory Medicine, Scientific Director, “Christos Gagas” Central Bronchology Laboratory, “Sotiria” Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Secretary General of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens, Greece