Konstantinos Kostikas

Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ioannina Head Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Stavrou Niarchou Avenue, 45110 Greece Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore Editor-in-Chief Pneumon Journal Dr. Kostikas received his MD degree from the University of Athens Medical School and was trained in Respiratory Medicine in the Respiratory Medicine Department of the University of Athens Medical School and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. He completed his PhD on Markers on Exhaled Air in Patients with Inflammatory Airways Diseases (asthma and COPD) at the University of Athens in 2005. He practised Respiratory Medicine from 2004 until 2014 in Academic settings (University of Thessaly and Athens Medical Schools, Greece) and in private practice. He has been involved in several posts of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) (e-Learning Resources Director, member of the HERMES examination committee for the European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine and member of the European Board for Accreditation for Pneumology). Dr. Kostikas has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Novartis Pharma) between 2015 and 2018 in Medical Affairs roles, initially as Medical Head Respiratory Region Europe and, subsequently, as WorldWide Brand Medical Director Respiratory, responsible for the COPD and inhaled medicines. During his time in Pharma, Dr. Kostikas was responsible for the conduct of Phase III-IV clinical trials (indicatively CRYSTAL/CQVA149A3401, SUNSET/CQVA149A2316 etc.). His research activities focus on asthma and COPD (biomarkers, phenotyping, comorbidities and exacerbations). He has 242 publications in peer-reviewed journals in PubMed (Scopus 5352 citations and h-index=38; Google Scholar 8355 citations and h-index 50) and several contributions to medical textbooks.