Bronchoscopy in the Era of COVID-19           A Global Perspective

Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Felix Herth

Chairman and Head of Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine at Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Herth, currently practicing in Heidelberg, Germany, graduated from the University of Freiburg. He serves as Medical Director, Chief Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, at Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg. Professor Herth is also the Editor-in-Chief of Respiration and has served on many industry committees, including the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the German Society of Pneumology (DGP).

Prof. Stefano Gasparini 

Dr. Gasparini  is a Full Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Polytechnic University of Marche Region and Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Group Thoracic Tumor and Responsible for the Educational program in Interventional Pulmonology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti,” Ancona, Italy.  He is Past President of the Italian Association of Pulmonologists, member of the Editorial Board for Journal for Bronchology, and Associate Editor of Respiration. 

Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP,

Dr. Silvestri completed his training in pulmonary and critical care at Dartmouth and has served on the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina for over 25 years. He is a past president of the American College of Chest Physicians, the George Sr. and Margaret Hillenbrand Professor of Thoracic Oncology and Vice-Chair of Medicine for faculty development at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a past president of the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. He has served on multiple editorial boards of medical journals and currently serves on the editorial board of the journal CHEST.