Prof. Carlos Robalo Cordeiro is the Head of Pulmonology Department at Coimbra University Hospital and Dean of Coimbra Medical School where he is Full Professor of Pulmonology.

He was President of the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology (2010-2015), Executive Committee member of WASOG (2011-2015) and Secretary General of the European Respiratory Society – ERS (2016-2019). He is the current President of ERS.

His main field of interest is Interstitial Lung Disease and Obstructive Airways Diseases, having published around 140 papers in impact factor journals and being peer reviewer of 16 national and international journals and board member of 8 national and international journals.