Hans Schweisfurth is Director of the Institute for Pulmonary Research (IPR) and CEO of the German International Academy for Medical Education (GIA), Berlin, Germany. He studied Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich and became Consultant in Internal Medicine at the University of Wuerzburg and Extraordinary Professor of the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is specialized in Pulmonology, Allergology, Medical Tumor Therapy, Sleep Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Rehabilitation and has worked as a Medical Director in Germany and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Schweisfurth’sresearch focuses on environmental and respiratory diseases such as sarcoidosis, lung cancer, asthma and respiratory infections.