Medical doctor (2011) & PhD (2019) from University of Copenhagen.

Pradeesh Sivapalan has conducted different clinical trials and epidemiological studies in COPD, corticosteroids, biomarkers and invasive pulmonary medicine and the results are published in recognized peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet of Respiratory Medicine.

Dr. Sivapalan is currently working in the field of Personalized Medicine using biomarkers, Eosinophilic inflammation and Pharmacovigilance in COPD at the Section of Respiratory Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.

https://dk.linkedin.com/in/pradeeshsivapalan

Josefin Eklöf graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2011 and has finalized the first part of the clinical training to specialize in Pulmonary Medicine. She has clinical and research interest in pulmonary infections and is currently the primary investigator of the multicenter randomized study TARGET ABC.

Link to Linkedin: https://dk.linkedin.com/in/josefin-ekl%C3%B6f-289539102

Christian Rønn is a medical doctor from Aarhus University. He is currently a PhD-student at the Respiratory Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital. Christian has a special interest in COPD,  pulmonary infections and eosinophilic inflammation.

My name is Imane Achir Alispahic. I got my medical degree in 2015 from Copenhagen University. After 3.5 years of clinical work, I decided to explore another part of the medicine world: research. In order to be a full time researcher, I am now a Ph.D student in Gentofte Hospital in the Respiratory Department. My field of interest is last resort treatment for patient suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

My first article is an epidemiological study about patients with severe COPD, who were prescribed the medicine roflumilast. We looked at the effect of the medicine and if in fact reduces the risk for severe COPD exacerbation and death.

My second article will be about azithromycin use for COPD patients and the risk of developing cardiovascular events and even death. This article is in the protocol phase.

My last study is a randomised clinical study named HELICOPPTER trial. We want to look at the effect of anti-interleukin-5 (anti-IL5) in eosinophilic COPD patients and to see if this medicine could reduce the use of corticosteroids. This study will be conducted from medio 2020.

Ema Rastoder, graduated with a medical degree from the University of Copenhagen in 2017. After two years as a clinical worker I have decided to spend more time on research. During my time as a student I published an article in Pulmonary Medicine, “Chest X-Ray findings in tuberculosis patients identified by passive and active case finding.” I have two other publications, one in Pediatrics and one in Dermatology. I am currently working at the department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte Hospital. My next project will be to investigate adverse events in COPD patients with short term use of oral corticosteroids.

Peter Kamstrup is a medical doctor from the University of Copenhagen in 2018 and is now a PhD-student at the Respiratory Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital. He has previously worked at various departments of internal medicine and has an interest in COPD patients and their comorbidities and pulmonary infections.

Caroline Hedsund is a medical doctor from the Aarhus University (2014) and a specialist in training in Pulmonary Medicine. Caroline is currently a PhD-student at the Respiratory Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital. Her clinical and research interests are COPD and respiratory failure, especially NIV and oxygen treatment.

Christian Kjer Heerfordt is a medical doctor from the University of Copenhagen (2018). He is currently working as a research assistant at the Respiratory Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital. He has previously worked on various departments of internal medicine. His area of interest is COPD, pulmonary infections and side effects to inhalations steroids.

Email: christain.kjer.heerfordt@regionh.dk
Phone: +4523303431

PhD student at section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen.

Specializing in pulmonary medicine. Currently working at the Section of Respiratory Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.

Researching in patients with COPD and asthma overlap syndrome.

Gentofte Hospital – Copenhagen University Hospital

Karin Armbruster, became medical doctor at the University of Zürich and specialized in Internal Medicin in Switzerland in 2004. She graduated in specialty of pulmonary medicine in Danmark in 2008 and is working now as a consultant in the pulmonary department of the University Hospital Gentofte (Denmark) responsible for the pulmonary ward and Sleep Apnea Out-patient-department.

Gentofte Hospital – Copenhagen University Hospital

Main subject are COPD exacerbations and acute treatment with NIV.
I am main supervisor for two phd students analyzing two randomized controlled trials on prevention of exacerbation with long term NIV and early lung rehabilitation after admission with a COPD exacerbation.

Aarhus University Hospital

Lars Pedersen works as staff specialist at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital. His main research area of interest is obstructive pulmonary diseases.

Bispebjerg Hospital – Copenhagen University Hospital
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-pedersen-5142b15?trk=hp-identity-name

Gentofte Hospital – Copenhagen University Hospital

Working as a Respiratory Consultant at Respiratory Medicine Section (Odense University Hospital)

Working as a Respiratory Consultant at Respiratory Medicine Department (Aalborg University Hospital)

In training to be a clinical microbiologist, at Department of Clinical Microbiology at Hvidovre Hospital. Main areas of interest are data analysis and molecular diagnostics hereunder bacterial whole genome sequencing. As a microbiologist I have primarily worked with MRSA and coagulase negative staphylococci. Involved with Coptrin in a project, were we retrospectively compare different antibiotics used for exacerbations in a large cohort of COPD patients.

MD from University of Copenhagen 2019.

Currently employed at the Research Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre University Hospital investigating the early origins of obstructive airway diseases. Other research areas include inhaled corticosteroid therapy for COPD patients in primary care.

Casper Tidemandsen graduated with a medical degree from the University of Aarhus in 2016 and currently he is a PhD student at University of Copenhagen – conducting his research at Hvidovre Hospital.  Dr. Tidemandsen has a special interest in obstructive lung diseases, especially the link between Asthma and infertility. Currently he is the lead researcher/investigator on the project: “Asthma and infertility in women – Exploring underlying mechanisms and management”, which consists of several studies.

Zitta works as an infectious disease specialist at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Infectious Diseases, at North Zealand University Hospital in Copenhagen.

Her main research area of interest is vaccination and vaccine preventable diseases.

I work as a Senior Registrar at Department of Pulmonary diseases, Odense University Hospital.

My main research area of interest is COPD, bronchiectasis, pulmonary infections. In my previous research, I have primarily studied biomarkers of inflammation in COPD.