Organizing Committee
Leading experts shaping WBC 2027
Conference Highlights
WBC 2027 will feature comprehensive coverage of bronchiectasis research, clinical management, and patient care across the following key topic areas:
COMMITTEE CHAIR
Gregory Tino
🇺🇸 USA
University of Pennsylvania
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Gregory Tino, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is the Chief of the Department of Medicine at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Senior Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Tino is an inaugural member of the Academy of Master Clinicians at Penn Medicine.Â
Dr. Tino received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he was awarded the Harold Elster Memorial Prize for highest academic standing in the graduating class.
He currenty serves as Treasurer of the American Thoracic Society.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.Â
Dr. Tino is a clinician-educator who has received multiple awards for teaching at Penn. He has a specific clinical and research interest in bronchiectasis and has been a Principal or Sub-Investigator for multiple clinical trials in bronchiectasis.
🇺🇸 USA
New York University
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Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP, is a pulmonary/critical care physician with an extensive background in bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection and medical education.
Dr. Addrizzo-Harris is currently a Professor of Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She serves as the Associate Director for Clinical & Academic Affairs, is the Co-Director of the Bronchiectasis and NTM Clinical and Translational Program.
She is now serving her 24th year as the Program Director of NYULH’s Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She served as the Chair of the 6th World Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference in New York, NY 2023 and is Past President of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST).
She is PI of many multi centered industry and NYU trials and is a passionate educator on the topic of bronchiectasis and NTM.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
University of Dundee
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Asthma and Lung UK Chair of Respiratory Research, University of Dundee
Chief Editor, European Respiratory Journal
Chair, Science and Research Committee, British Thoracic Society
Chair, European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC)
🇺🇸 USA
Georgetown University
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Georgetown University
🇮🇱 Israel
Carmel Medical Center and the Technion, Haifa
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Michal Shteinberg is heading the bronchiectasis and adult CF service in the Pulmonology institute and CF center, Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of medicine at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Her main research interests are bronchiectasis and its overlap with other airway diseases, and adult CF.
The Organizing Committee brings together world-renowned experts dedicated to advancing bronchiectasis research and patient care through this landmark conference.