Editorial introductions.

Abstract

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine was launched in 1995. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of pulmonary medicine is divided into nine sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Journal's Editors and Section Editors for this issue. EDITORS IN CHIEF Daniel A CulverDaniel A CulverDaniel A Culver, DO FCCP, graduated from The Ohio State University, USA, and then received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Heritage Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA. He completed a rotating internship at South Pointe Hospital prior to Internal Medicine Residency and Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, USA, where he has been a Staff Physician since 2005. Dr Culver is currently Chair of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and is the president of the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG). His clinical and research interests focus on diffuse parenchymal lung disease, and also on extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis. He is also engaged in teaching and training fellows and other trainees. Marjolein DrentMarjolein DrentProf. Marjolein Drent is currently guest senior researcher at the ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. She was a pulmonologist and member of the Center from 2015 till August 2022. In 2005, she was appointed as Professor of Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences of the Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her oration was entitled: ‘Breathtaking Inspirations’. She retired from that position in July, 2022 and is currently professor emeritus. She is also emeritus president of WASOG (World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases), and is now Chief Editor of Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine and associate editor of Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis, and Diffuse Lung Diseases. Furthermore, she is co-editor/guest editor of several sarcoidosis articles in international journals, and is a reviewer for a number of international journals. She has (co-) authored over 450 papers and book chapters. She has been deeply involved in the last decades with several educational assignments, organization of postgraduate courses, national and international congresses, guideline development, as well as clinical trials. She is widely recognized as the co-editor of several ILD and sarcoidosis-related e-learning modules for pulmonologists and ILD nurses. Prof. Drent is a sought-after speaker and has acted as such on more than 300 occasions, nationally and internationally. Her scientific interest is focused on sarcoidosis, fibrotic lung diseases, drug-induced ILD, quality of life, fatigue, and work-related sequalae. She is a member of the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) Advisory Board; the founder and chair of the ILD Care Foundation (ILD, including sarcoidosis; www.ildcare.nl); co-founder and member of the advisory board of the Dutch Pulmonary Fibrosis Patient Association; and honorary member of Sarcoidose.nl (Dutch Sarcoidosis Patient Association). She has been the (co)promotor of 14 PhD students. In 2012 she was nominated for the ‘World Sarcoidosis Person of the Year Award’ Dublin, Ireland, for her tireless research in defining the often immense psychological burden faced by patients and their families. She is an avid ambassador for Compassion for Care and the Youth Smoking Prevention Foundation. In 2016 she was appointed an Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau by Royal Decree. In 2022 she won the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Lifetime Achievement Award ILD 2022 (Assembly 12) for her outstanding contributions to the field of ILD. SECTION EDITORS Sadia BenzaquenSadia BenzaquenSadia Benzaquen, MD, FACP, FCCP, ATSF, DAABIP is the Chairman of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy at Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. He is an expert in the interventional pulmonology field with extensive research and publications in lung cancer, pleural disease and ILD. Sara TomasettiSara TomasettiSara Tomassetti is currently Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Florence University, Italy, and Head of Interventional Pulmonology Unit at Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. She has extensive experience in all aspects of interstitial lung diaseses and interventional pulmonology, including cryobiopsy. She is a faculty member of the European Respiratory Society, and BOND National member for Italy of the European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. From a clinical research perspective, she has been the primary investigator (PI) of several sponsored and investigator initiated clinical trials on diagnosis and treatemnt of ineterstiatial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. She publishes on clinical research aspects of interstitial lung diseases and interventional pulmonology. She regularly reviews research and clinical manuscripts for international journals.