Federico Lavorini

Federico Lavorini, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Florence and Head of the Respiratory and Critical Care Unit of Careggi University Hospital in Florence, Italy, where he also directs the Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine. He graduated with honours in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence, where he also specialised in pulmonary diseases and obtained a PhD in Applied Pathophysiology.

His academic and research contributions are extensive, including:

• Inhaled therapy: His research evaluates novel methods of delivering drugs to the lungs in asthma and COPD and the bioequivalence of inhaled products.
• Cough: He studies the diagnosis and treatment of chronic, intractable cough.
• Teaching: He teaches respiratory medicine in the School of Medicine and in several postgraduate schools of the University of Florence, as well as in its PhD course in Clinical Science.

Professor Lavorini has been a consultant in respiratory medicine at Careggi University Hospital since 2000 and has led its Respiratory Unit since 2018.