Dr. J Alberto Neder is a respirologist, physician scientist, and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Queen’s University. He has a broad interest in the field of clinical respiratory physiology.  Dr. Neder has been a senior author in over 300 peer-reviewed papers and has authored many book chapters on respiratory and exercise physiology, pulmonary rehabilitation, and integrated care in chronic respiratory diseases.  Dr. Neder runs a busy clinical service focused on COPD, is the Medical Director of Hotel Dieu Hospital’s Pulmonary Function Tests Laboratory and is the Director of Providence Care Hospital’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. Dr. Neder’s clinical and teaching interests include COPD, COPD-heart failure overlap, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, pulmonary hypertension & pulmonary vascular disease, advanced lung function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.