The GOLD National Leaders are individuals from around the world with an interest in promoting the goals of GOLD within their home country. The group meets periodically to share information about programs of health education, COPD management, and prevention.
ARGENTINA
Dr. Andrés L. Echazarreta
La Plata, Argentina
AUSTRIA
Dr. Otto Chris Burghuber
BANGLADESH
Dr. Kazi S. Bennoor
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof. Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Dhaka, Bangladesh
BELGIUM
Professor Wim Janssens
Leuven, Belgium
BRAZIL
Jose Roberto Jardim, MD
Aquiles Camelier, MD
Sao Paulo, Brazil
BULGARIA
Dr. Yavor Ivanov
Pleven, Bulgaria
CANADA
Dr. Dennis E. O’Donnell
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
CHILE
Dr. Manuel Barros
CHINA
Jiangtao Lin, MD
Beijing, China
Fu-Qiang Wen, MD, PhD
COLOMBIA
Alejandro Casas, MD
Vice-Director, COPD Department
Latin American Thoracic Society
CROATIA
Neven Miculinic, MD
Zagreb, Croatia
CZECH REPUBLIC
Stanislav Kos, MD, PhD, FCCP
Mirosov, Czech Republic
EGYPT
Tarek Safwat, MD, FCCP
Hisham Tarraf, MD
Cairo, Egypt
FRANCE
Prof. Gaetan Deslée
Reims, France
GEORGIA
Maia Gotua, MD, PhD
Tbilisi, Georgia
GREECE
Prof. Konstantinos Kostikas
Ioannina, Greece
HONG KONG CHINA
David S.C. Hui, MD
Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong
ICELAND
Dr. Gunnar Gudmundsson
Reykjavik, Iceland
INDIA
Rohini V. Chowgule, MD
Mumbai, India
Dr. R. Narasimhan, MD
Chennai, India
Dr. Kshitij Agarwal, MD
Delhi, India
INDONESIA
Prof. Faisal Yunus
IRAN
Dr. Masjedi Mohammad Reza
Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Ashkan Moslehi, MD
Shiraz, Iran
IRELAND
Sarah O'Beirne, MD PhD
Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Breda Cushen, MD PhD
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
ISRAEL
Zvi G. Fridlender, MD, MSc
Jerusalem, Israel
ITALY
Prof. Antonio Spanevello, MD, FERS
Varese, Italy
JAPAN
Takahide Nagase, MD
Tokyo, Japan
KAZAKHSTAN
Damilya Nugmanova, MD, PhD, DSci
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tair Nurpeissov
Almaty, Kazakhstan
KOREA
Yeon-Mok Oh, MD
Seoul, South Korea
KUWAIT
Prof. Mousa Khadadah
Kuwait University
KYRGYZSTAN
Talant Sooronbaev, MD
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
LEBANON
Mirna Waked, MD, FCCP
Balamand University, Lebanon
MALTA
Prof. Joseph M Cacciotolo
Pieta, Malta
MOLDOVA
Alexandru Corlateanu, MD, PhD
ERS National Delegate
Republic of Moldova
NEPAL
Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra,MD,MPH,FAPSR,FCCP
Kathmandu, Nepal
NORWAY
Amund Gulsvik, MD
Bergen, Norway
Rune Nielsen, MD, PhD
University of Bergen, Norway
PAKISTAN
Prof. Javaid Khan
Karachi, Pakistan
Dr. Jamil Ur Rehman Tahir
Kammanwala, Sialkot Cantt, Pakistan
Dr. Mohammad Osman Yusuf
Islamabad, Pakistan
POLAND
Paul Kuca, MD
Pawel Sliwinski, MD, PhD
Warsaw, Poland
ROMANIA
Florin Mihaltan, MD
Bucharest, Romania
Ruxandra Ulmeanu, MD
Bucharest, Romania
RUSSIA
Prof. Zaurbek Aisanov, MD
Moscow, Russia
Prof. Alexandre Vizel, MD
Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation
Svetlana Ovcharenko, MD
Sergey Fedosenko, MD, PhD
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia
SINGAPORE
Kian-Chung Ong, MD
Wan-Cheng Tan, MD
Chair, Asian Pacific COPD Roundtable
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ruzena Tkacova, MD PhD
Kosice, Slovakia
SLOVENIA
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Suskovic
Golnik, Slovenia
SOUTH AFRICA
Prof. Richard van Zyl-Smit
University of Cape Town and
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
SPAIN
Dr. Patricia Sobradillo
SWITZERLAND
Daiana Stolz, MD
Basel, Switzerland
SYRIA
Yousser Mohammad, MD
Lattakia, Syria
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Dr. Sateesh Madhava Sakhamuri
The University of the West Indies,
Trinidad and Tobago
TURKEY
Prof. Dr. Hakan Gunen
Malatya, Turkey
Prof. Nurdan Kokturk, MD
Ankara, Turkey
VIETNAM
Ngo Quy Chau, MD, PhD
Hanoi, Vietnam
Le Thi Tuyet Lan, MD, PhD
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sy Duong-Quy, MD, PhD, FCCP
Lam Dong Medical College, Vietnam