Vito Brusasco MD

Vito Brusasco, MD, is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Genoa, Italy. He received his medical degree and diploma in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Genoa. His educational and professional career includes a fellowship and the position of Associate Consultant in Anaesthesiology Research at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, US. Professor Brusasco has been member of the ATS since 1988, serving as Chair of the Program Committee (2003–2004) and then of the Planning Committee (2004–2006) of the Respiratory Structure and Function Assembly.

He has been a member of the American Physiological Society since 1987, serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Physiology (2001–2005). He has been member of the European Respiratory Society since 1990, serving as Head of the Clinical Physiology and Integrative Biology Assembly (1997–2001), Associate Editor (1992-1996) and Co-Chief Editor (2009-2012) of the European Respiratory Journal. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of COPD: Journal of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.

Professor Brusasco has a long-standing interest in respiratory and exercise physiology, particularly in airway responsiveness, airway smooth muscle biology and lung mechanics.He co-chaired the ATS-ERS Task Force for standardisation of lung function testing. He has published more than 200 papers in several eminent peer-reviewed journals of respiratory medicine.