Stelios Loukides MD FCCP Assist Professor Respiratory Medicine University of Athens Medical School, Attiko Hospital

Brief CV:

I was born in Thessaloniki at 1963. I finished medical school on 1987. After 5 years training I took my specialty degree on 1994. I did a post-doctoral fellowship from 1996 to 1998 at Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart & Lung institute under the supervision of Prof PJ Barnes. From 1998 to 2005 I worked at the National Health system at Veterans Hospital Department of Respiratory Medicine. At 2005 I was elected as lecturer at the University of Athens Respiratory Medicine Dept. From that time I am working at the 2^nd Respiratory Medicine Dept, Attiko University Hospital both as an academic and as a clinician. Ατ 2010 I was elected as an Assistant Professor at the University of Athens Respiratory Medicine Dept. My main research and clinical interests are Asthma & COPD, particularly inflammatory mechanisms obtained from non invasive techniques.

I am member of the European Respiratory Society, American Thoracic Society and Fellow [elected] of American College Chest Physicians.

I am currently serving ERS as the Greek national delegate and from 9/10 I will be the new secretary of ERS monitoring airway diseases group.

I have 46 publications in medical indexed journals. More than 130 presentations or/and chairing in international congresses. I have already served as a reviewer more than 20 pub med indexed journals. I was involved as a member on the ERS/ATS task force for EBC collection and measurement.