Ignacio J. Ansotegui MD, PhD

Dr. Ignacio J. Ansotegui is the Head of the Department of Allergy and Immunology at Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia in Bilbao, Spain and also currently serves as Counselor of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), Treasurer of the Global Asthma Association (INTERASMA), and is a Member of the Board of Director of the Latin-American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (SLAAI).

After five years in Sweden and six years in Italy, Ignacio J. Ansotegui returned to Spain in 1996 and created the Immunoallergy Laboratory at the Santiago Apostol Hospital in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Later, between 2007 and 2010, he was appointed as Consultant Allergist and Clinical Immunologist at Royal Hospitals as well as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University of Belfast, UK.

Dr. Ansotegui has chaired the Research Committee of the Latin-American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (SLAAI). Previously he served as Vice-chair (2009-2010) and Chair (2011-2012) of Iberian Chapter and member of the Board of Directors of SLAAI (2013-2014). Dr Ansotegui was Secretary General of INTERASMA from 2003 to 2006 and he also was Member at Large (2001 to 2003), 2nd Vice President (2003 –2005), Historian (2005 to 2007), and Chair of the Ethics Committee (2007-2010) of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). Between 2008 and 2017 he has also been secretary of the European CME Accreditation Committee. In 2008, he was the President of the European Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology which was held in Barcelona. In the World Allergy Organization, Dr. Ansotegui served for four years as a member at large of the Board of Directors, two years as Secretary General, two years as President-Elect of the Organization, and has been President of the Organization 2018-2019.

In 2007, he received the Distinguished Clinical Services Award from the Argentinean Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and was honored with the International Distinguished Fellow Award from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. In 2014, he was awarded as Honorary Member of the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, and one year later, Honorary Member of the Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. Recently he has also been awarded an Honorary Member of the Lebanese Society of Allergy and Immunology and an Honorary Member of the Argentinean Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.