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New Editor-in-Chief
Konstantinos Kostikas Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece & Respiratory Medicine, Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore
Short CV
Dr. Konstantinos Kostikas is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Ioannina and Head of the Respiratory Medicine Department at the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece. He is also a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute in Singapore. Dr. Kostikas received his training at the University of Athens Medical School and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. His diverse career spans clinical practice, academia, and leadership roles in Global Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
His research interests are centered on biomarkers and mechanisms of COPD and severe asthma, along with new technologies, resulting in over 300 publications in PubMed and more than 12,500 citations on Google Scholar (h-index 60). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Pneumon, the official journal of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (www.pneumon.org), and serves as an associate editor for COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Furthermore, Dr. Kostikas is an active member of the GOLD COPD Assembly.
Editorial Board
Katerina Antoniou Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece
Antonio Anzueto Pulmonary Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, United States
Petros Bakakos Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Francesco Blasi Respiratory Medicine, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Arnaud Bourdin PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Montpellier, France
Pierre-Regis Burgel Faculty of medicine, Paris Descartes, CPSC, France
James Chalmers Respiratory Research Department, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Andriani Charpidou Oncology Unit, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Zoe Daniil Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece
Mina Gaga 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital Sotiria, Greece
Eirini Gerogianni School of Medicine, Pulmonary Clinic, Greece
Athena Gogali Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece
Enrico Heffler Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Italy
Georgios Hillas 5th Pulmonary Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Greece
Ioannis Kalomenidis 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Greece
Paraskevi Katsaounou Pulmonary Medicine Department, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Katsoulis Pulmonary Department, 424 Army General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece
Lykourgos Kolilekas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital "Sotiria", Greece
Stavros Konstantinides Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Nikolaos Koulouris Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Antonia Koutsoukou Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Christos Kyriakopoulos Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
Stelios Loukides 2nd Respiratory Department, University of Athens Medical School, Attiko University Hospital, Greece
Effrosyni Manali Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Katerina Manika Pulmonary Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Greece
Fernando J. Martinez Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
Andrew Menzies-Gow National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease, NHS England and NHS Improvement, United Kingdom
Giovanni-Batista Migliori WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Italia
Marc Miravitlles Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron / Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Spain
Charalampos Moschos 2nd Pulmonary Department, “Attikon” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Greece
Stefano Nava Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
Nikos Papadopoulos Allergy and Pediatric Allergy Department, University of Athens, Greece
Despoina Papakosta School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Spyros Papiris Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
George Pentheroudakis Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, Greece
Georgia Pitsiou Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Respiratory Failure Clinic, General Hospital G.Papanikolaou, Greece
Konstantinos Porpodis Pulmonology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
David Price Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Ioannis Psallidas Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University College London, United Kingdom
Nicolas Roche Aix-Marseille University, France
Nikoletta Rovina School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Samitas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department and Asthma Center, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, Greece
Sophia Schiza Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Nikolaos Siafakas Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Vasileios Skouras Pulmonology Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece
Dionysios Spyratos Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Greece
Paschalis Steiropoulos Department of Pneumonology, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Daiana Stolz European Respiratory Society Education Council, Switzerland
Grigorios Stratakos 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Rocco Trisolini Interventional Pulmonology Unit, Università Cattolica, Policlinico Gemelli, Italy
Stavros Tryfon Thessaloniki General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Greece
Iraklis Tsangaris 2nd Critical Care Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Tzanakis Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Argyrios Tzouvelekis Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
Omar Usmani Department of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Arschang Valipour Döbling Private Hospital, Medical Excellence Austria, Austria
Theodoros Vassilakopoulos Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Claus Vogelmeier Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Germany
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Sotirios Zarogiannis Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece
Eleftherios Zervas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital, Greece
Publication Management
Pelagia Roukounaki, BSc in Archives and Library Science
European Publishing, Science and Technology Park of Crete, Greece
Konstantinos Kostikas Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece & Respiratory Medicine, Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore
Short CV
Dr. Konstantinos Kostikas is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Ioannina and Head of the Respiratory Medicine Department at the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece. He is also a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute in Singapore. Dr. Kostikas received his training at the University of Athens Medical School and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. His diverse career spans clinical practice, academia, and leadership roles in Global Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
His research interests are centered on biomarkers and mechanisms of COPD and severe asthma, along with new technologies, resulting in over 300 publications in PubMed and more than 12,500 citations on Google Scholar (h-index 60). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Pneumon, the official journal of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (www.pneumon.org), and serves as an associate editor for COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Furthermore, Dr. Kostikas is an active member of the GOLD COPD Assembly.
Editorial Board
Katerina Antoniou Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece
Antonio Anzueto Pulmonary Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, United States
Petros Bakakos Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Francesco Blasi Respiratory Medicine, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Arnaud Bourdin PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Montpellier, France
Pierre-Regis Burgel Faculty of medicine, Paris Descartes, CPSC, France
James Chalmers Respiratory Research Department, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Andriani Charpidou Oncology Unit, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Zoe Daniil Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece
Mina Gaga 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital Sotiria, Greece
Eirini Gerogianni School of Medicine, Pulmonary Clinic, Greece
Athena Gogali Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece
Enrico Heffler Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Italy
Georgios Hillas 5th Pulmonary Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Greece
Ioannis Kalomenidis 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Greece
Paraskevi Katsaounou Pulmonary Medicine Department, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Katsoulis Pulmonary Department, 424 Army General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece
Lykourgos Kolilekas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital "Sotiria", Greece
Stavros Konstantinides Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Nikolaos Koulouris Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Antonia Koutsoukou Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Christos Kyriakopoulos Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
Stelios Loukides 2nd Respiratory Department, University of Athens Medical School, Attiko University Hospital, Greece
Effrosyni Manali Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Katerina Manika Pulmonary Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Greece
Fernando J. Martinez Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
Andrew Menzies-Gow National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease, NHS England and NHS Improvement, United Kingdom
Giovanni-Batista Migliori WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Italia
Marc Miravitlles Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron / Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Spain
Charalampos Moschos 2nd Pulmonary Department, “Attikon” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Greece
Stefano Nava Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
Nikos Papadopoulos Allergy and Pediatric Allergy Department, University of Athens, Greece
Despoina Papakosta School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Spyros Papiris Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
George Pentheroudakis Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, Greece
Georgia Pitsiou Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Respiratory Failure Clinic, General Hospital G.Papanikolaou, Greece
Konstantinos Porpodis Pulmonology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
David Price Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Ioannis Psallidas Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University College London, United Kingdom
Nicolas Roche Aix-Marseille University, France
Nikoletta Rovina School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Samitas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department and Asthma Center, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, Greece
Sophia Schiza Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Nikolaos Siafakas Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Vasileios Skouras Pulmonology Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece
Dionysios Spyratos Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Greece
Paschalis Steiropoulos Department of Pneumonology, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Daiana Stolz European Respiratory Society Education Council, Switzerland
Grigorios Stratakos 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Rocco Trisolini Interventional Pulmonology Unit, Università Cattolica, Policlinico Gemelli, Italy
Stavros Tryfon Thessaloniki General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Greece
Iraklis Tsangaris 2nd Critical Care Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Tzanakis Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Argyrios Tzouvelekis Department of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
Omar Usmani Department of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Arschang Valipour Döbling Private Hospital, Medical Excellence Austria, Austria
Theodoros Vassilakopoulos Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Claus Vogelmeier Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Germany
Jadwiga A. Wedzicha National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Sotirios Zarogiannis Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece
Eleftherios Zervas 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital, Greece
Publication Management
Pelagia Roukounaki, BSc in Archives and Library Science
European Publishing, Science and Technology Park of Crete, Greece
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