Darcy D. Marciniuk MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FCAHS

Dr. Marciniuk is a Professor of Medicine in Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and recognized internationally as an expert and leader in clinical exercise physiology, COPD, and pulmonary rehabilitation. He has given 525 invited presentations and published 197 peer-reviewed publications, chapters, and reviews.

Dr. Marciniuk is a past-President of CHEST, served as a founding Steering Committee member of Canada’s National Lung Health Framework, Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Respirology Examination Board, and past-President of the Canadian Thoracic Society. Dr. Marciniuk co-Chaired the 2016 CHEST World Congress in Shanghai, China, and also co-Chaired the China-CHEST Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Steering Committee leading to the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission officially endorsing PCCM in 2016 as a pilot medical subspecialty in China.

Dr. Marciniuk is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and has been bestowed with the Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecture (2011) and the Thomas L. Petty Master FCCP Memorial Honor Lecture (2015) by the American College of Chest Physicians, the Founder’s Award (2013) by the Canadian Lung Association, and the Christie Memorial Lecture and Award (2016) by the Canadian Thoracic Society.