Editorial Team
Editor-in-chief
- Prof K Dheda, MB BCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Head Department the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Director, Lung Infection and Immunity Unit: University of Cape Town Lung Institute., South Africa
Deputy Editor
- Prof C Koegelenberg, MB ChB, MMed (Int), FCP (SA), MRCP (UK), Cert Pulm (SA), PhD. Senior Specialist: Pulmonology & General Medicine, University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
Section Editor: Breath-taking News
- Prof E M Irusen, MB ChB, FCP(SA), PhD. Head: Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
President SA Thoracic Society
- Prof R van Zyl Smit, MB ChB, MRCP(UK), Dip HIV(Man), MMED, FCP, Cert Pulm (SA), PhD, ATSF. Division of Pulmonology and Department of Medicine; University of Cape Town Head Lung Clinical Research Unit University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa
Board members
- Prof G Ainslie, MB ChB (UCT), FRCP (Lon). Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr B Allwood, MBBCH (Wits) DCH (SA) DA (SA) FCP(SA) MPH (UCT) CERT PULM (SA) PHD (UCT). Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University/Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa
- Prof E Bateman, MB ChB, MD, FRCP, DCH. Professor of Respiratory Medicine: University of Cape Town and University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa
- Prof. Greg Calligaro, BSc. Hons (Physiology) MBBCh Dip PEC, FCP MMed (UCT) Cert Pulm (SA). Consultant Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonology, Groote Schuur Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
- Prof K Dheda, MB BCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Head Department the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Director, Lung Infection and Immunity Unit: University of Cape Town Lung Institute., South Africa
- Prof Goolam Mohamed, MB BCh, FCCP(SA), FCCP. Specialist Physician/Pulmonologist, South Africa
- Prof E M Irusen, MB ChB, FCP(SA), PhD. Head: Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
- Prof M Jeebhay, MB ChB, PhD. Head of Department & Director, Health Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Assoc Prof P Jeena, MB ChB, FCP (Paeds), Certificate Pulmonology (Paeds). Head: Paediatric Pulmonology and Critical Care, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Prof C Koegelenberg, MB ChB, MMed (Int), FCP (SA), MRCP (UK), Cert Pulm (SA), PhD. Senior Specialist: Pulmonology & General Medicine, University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
- Prof U Lalloo, MB ChB, MD, FCP, DOH, FCCP, FRCP. Gateway Private Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Prof A Linegar, MB ChB, FCS, SA (Cardiothoracic), PhD. Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Prof R Masekela, MB BCh, MMed (Paeds)Pret, Dipl Allerg (SA), PhD, FCCP. Adjunct Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa
- Prof M Mer, MBBCh Dip PEC (SA) FCP (SA) Pulmonology subspecialty Cert Critical Care (SA) M Med (Int Med) FRCP (London) FCCP (USA) PhD. Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonology and Critical Care, at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Prof K Nyamande, MB ChB, FCP, Certificate Pulmonology (Phys), PhD. Head of Department: Pulmonology, School of Clinical Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa
- Dr J O'Brien, MMed, FCP, FCCP. Specialist Pulmonologist & Chief Medical Officer Gen Re Life/Health Research, South Africa
- Prof. Tim Pennel, MB ChB (Stell), FC Cardio (SA), PhD (UCT). Chris Barnard Chair and Head of Division Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr R Raine, MB ChB, MMed, FCP. Respiratory Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Prof G Richards, MB BCh FCP(SA) PhD(MED). Director Critical Care, Johannesburg Hospital; Associate Professor Department of Medicine University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa
- Prof R van Zyl Smit, MB ChB, MRCP(UK), Dip HIV(Man), MMED, FCP, Cert Pulm (SA), PhD, ATSF. Division of Pulmonology and Department of Medicine; University of Cape Town Head Lung Clinical Research Unit University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa
- Prof M Wong, MB BCh, DCH(SA), FCP(SA). Head of the Division of Pulmonology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Prof H Zar, MB BCh, FCP, PhD. Director of the School of Child and Adolescent Health; Director of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology at Red Cross Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
International Board members
- Prof A Cattamanchi, MD, MAS (Clinical Res). MU-UCSF Research Collaboration; Adjunct Professor UCSF School of Medicine, United States
- Prof Fan Chung, MD, DSc, FRCP. Professor of Respiratory Medicine; Head of Experimental Studies at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Prof GB Migliori, MD, FRCP (London). Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy, Italy
- Prof SK Sharma, MD, PhD. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Head, Department of Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
- Prof Wing Wai Yew, MBBS, FRCP. Honorary Professor, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof B Kirenga, MB ChB, MMed, PhD. Senior Lecturer (Pulmonology) and founding Director of the Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda., Uganda
- Prof P J Barnes, FRCP, FCCP, FMedSci. Margaret Turner-Warwick Professor of Medicine, Airway Disease Section, National Heart & Lung Institute, United Kingdom
- Dr A Katamba, MB ChB, DCH, MS, PhD. Department of Internal Medicine, Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda, Uganda
- Prof H Mpairwe, MBChB (MUK), MSc Epidemiology (LSHTM), PhD (LSHTM) Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Prof M J Chakaya, MBChB (Nairobi University), MMeD (Nairobi University) , DThM (University of London). Global Lung Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Therapeutics and Dermatology, Kenyatta University.
- Dr S Kwarteng Owusu, MBChB, FWACP, FGCPS, Cert Paediatric Pulmonology (CMSA), MPhil Paediatric Pulmonology (UCT). Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Department of Child Health Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital/ School of Medicine and Dentistry-Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana.
