Francesco Blasi, MD, FERS

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation,
Università degli Studi di Milano

Member of Board of Directors, Università degli Studi di Milano

Head Internal Medicine Department, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano

Francesco Blasi, MD, FERS is Professor of Respiratory Medicine in the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation at the University of Milan, Italy, as well as Head of Internal Medicine Department and Respiratory Unit of the Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
He is also director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center of the Lombardia Regional Referral CF Center and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Milan.
From 2012–2013, he was president of European Respiratory Society (ERS) and from 2016–2017 president of the Italian Respiratory Society (SIP/IRS).
From 2017–2018, he was president of the Italian Respiratory Society Research Center (SIP/IRS Centro Ricerche).
Professor Blasi has published more than 350 papers in international journals [WEB of Science (01.12.2018) h-index: 50 Citations: 8620; SCOPUS (01.12.2018): h-index:53 Citations:10680; Google Scholar (1.4.2019): h-index: 70, Citations: 17,668].
His research interests include pneumonia, COPD, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis and NTM infections, cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation.

Giorgio Walter Canonica

Allergist and Pulmonologist

Giorgio Walter is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Humanitas University, Milan-Italy & Senior Consultant Personalized Medicine Asthma & Allergy Center at Humanitas Research Hospital
IRCCS-Milano Italy

Professor Canonica got his medical degree from the University of Genoa, Italy.

• specialised in Pulmonary Diseases in Genoa
• specialised in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Florence University, Italy.

He subsequently conducted clinical immunology and allergology research at several

European & US Universities and Institutes, such as the

• Biomedicum-Uppsala University Sweden
• MUSC-Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.

Since returning to the University of Genoa in 1995, Professor Canonica has held a number of academic positions, including:

• Full Professor Internal Medicine
• Director of the Speciality School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• Full Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
• Director of the Specialty School of Pulmonary Diseases
• Chairman of the Department of Medical Specialties (University Hospital San Martino Genoa, Italy)
• Laurea Honoris Causa – Cluji-Napoca Medical University -Romania
• He has been defined LEGEND of Allergy and Immunology in 2021 , Allergy. 2021;00:1–3.
• 2022 Lyfetime Achievement Award – APAACI– Asian Pacific Association Allergy Clinical Immunology- Manila
• 2023 Lyfetime Achievement Award WAO– World Allergy Organization -Dubai

He has been serving as President international organizations as:

• President of WAO-World Allergy Organization
• President of Interasma-Global Asthma Association
• President of SIAAIC- Italian Society Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
• President of SIMER-Italian Society Respiratory Medicine

 Currently:

President 2022/24 of REG-Respiratory Effectiveness Group

• ExCom Member of ARIA-Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma
• ExCom Member of GA2LEN – Global Allergy & Asthma Excellence Network
• Chair of the EAACI Methodology Committee (2019-2024).
• Chair WAO Biologics in Allergy( 2023-2024 )
• International Advocate GINA-Global Asthma InitiAtive
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences
• Steering Committee Member of SANI-Severe Asthma Network Italy registry.
• GWC is Fellow of : ERS-ACAAI-AAAAI-EAACI

Topic of Research:

Asthma & Allergy: Mechanisms & Treatments, including Pharmacological treatments, Biologics and Allergen ImmunoTherapy in the context of Precision & Personalized Medicine
H index 139; Citations >94.000 ; Peer-Reviewed Papers >900

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-2557

Stefano Centanni, MD, PhD

Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Università degli Studi di Milano

Dept. of Health Sciences – ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo

Prof. Stefano Centanni studied medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Milan, where he received his Medical Doctor Degree in 1979.
Following an internship at the Pulmonary Division of the McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, in 1981 and a fellowship at the Pulmonary Division of the Mount Sinai Medical Center at the University of Miami, Florida, USA, in 1982, he specialized in Allergology at the University of Medicine of Pavia, Italy, in 1985.
He received a PhD in Pulmonary Diseases in 1998 at the University of Milan Medical School.
From 1990 to 1996 he worked as Assistant Professor of the University of Milan at the Pulmonary Division of the Maggiore Hospital, Milan, and from 1996 to 2005 as Associate Professor at the Pulmonary Division of the San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan.
Since 1996 he is Chief of the Pulmonary Division of the San Paolo Hospital, Milan, and in 2005 he became full professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Milan.
Professor Centanni was Italian National Delegate 2007/2009 at the ERS and FERS Italian National Delegate from 2007 until 2012 and President of SIMeR (Italian Society of Respiratory Medicine – 2009/2011).
Professor Centanni is author of more than one hundred scientific publications in international journals and several book chapters and books in the field of Respiratory Medicine.