Marc Miravitlles

Marc Miravitlles, MD, FERS, is a senior researcher and a consultant in the Pneumology Department at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain. He has served as chair of the Respiratory Infections Group of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and guidelines director of the ERS. He has also acted as a consultant for the development of international guidelines of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/ERS guidelines on exacerbations of COPD and the ERS statement on the management of respiratory disease in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. He is currently a consultant to the Spanish Ministry of Health for the development of the National Strategy Against COPD and the vice president of the ERS (2024-2025). In addition, he has served as the coordinator of the Spanish National Guidelines for COPD since 2011. Dr Miravitlles is the author or coauthor of more than 650 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of COPD and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.