Gaetano Caramori is a physician (MD) and philosophical doctor (PhD) in experimental respiratory pathophysiology, working as Full Professor of Respiratory Diseases at the University of Parma (Italy, www.unipr.it). He is Head of the Pulmonology Academic Unit, at the University Hospital of Parma (Italy, www.ao.pr.it). He is Teacher of the Specialization School in Respiratory Medicine and of the I PhD on Microbiome and Health at the University of Parma (Italy, www.unipr.it). He has been awarded the title of Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (FERS). His H index is 59(www.scopus.com), with >200 scientific publications in peer-reviewed Journals listed in PubMed(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=caramori+g) and/or (https://scholar.google.it/). Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9807-327X. Scopus Author ID: 7003847659