The Nose and Sinuses in Respiratory Disorders

Claus Bachert is chief of the clinic and Professor at the University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium, and also holds a position as Professor at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He chairs the Upper Airways Research Laboratory at Ghent University and forms part of the international guidelines groups ARIA and EPOS. Arnaud Bourdin is head of pulmonology and a Consultant and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. He is head of a clinical research group investigating innovative treatments for asthma, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, and is an is an Organising Committee Member of the G2A project "Journees d'echange sur l'asthme severe". Pascal Chanez MD, PhD, FERS is a Consultant and full Professor of Respiratory Medicine attending the "Clinique des bronches, de l'allergie et du sommeil et de la plateforme ambulatoire du pole thorax" at the APHM and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. He coordinates a research group at INSERM-CNRS U1067 in the same institute on the role of bronchial epithelium in inflammation and environmental aggression in severe bronchial diseases. He is the head of a clinical research group investigating new innovative treatments for severe asthma and COPD.

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