Full Professor, Respiratory Diseases Health Science Department Università degli Studi di Milano Received his Medical Doctor degree in 1998 and a specialization in Respiratory Diseases in 2002 both with full marks and cum laude at Università degli Studi, Milan. Winner in 2005 of the “Long Term Research Fellowship” award of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), through which he attended the Service de Réanimation Médicale of the Henri Mondor Hospital (Créteil, France) from 2005–2006 under the guidance of Prof. L. Brochard. In 2006, he became a researcher at the Institute of Tisiology and Respiratory Diseases of the Università degli Studi in Milan and began service at the Respiratory Diseases Clinic at San Paolo Hospital, Milan. He obtained a PhD in clinical methodology in 2008. In 2005, he become Associated Professor at the Health Science department of Università degli Studi in Milan. He was Director of the Postgraduate School of Respiratory Diseases from 2017–2020. In 2018, he become head of the pneumology ward in ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII in Bergamo (Italy). In 2020, he was nominated Knight of Merit to the Italian Republic by President Mattarella among the citizens who distinguished themselves during the COVID pandemics. He became a Full Professor in 2021 at Università degli Studi in Milan and in 2022 was elected president of the Italian Pneumology Society. He is the author of more than 150 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.