CURRICULUM VITAE Name: António Herculano Ramalho Nunes de Almeida Date of birth: 19th September 1939 Professional Adress: , Hospital Ordem da Trindade- Porto , Phone and Fax: (00351) 223321100, e-mail [email protected] Present Appointments: Pneumologist and Imunoalergologist since 1975 Private Medicine, Hospital Ordem da Trindade- Porto; Consultant of BIALFAR. Previous Appointments. Head Service of Pneumology, at Centro Hospitalar de Gaia – Porto (1987- 2003) Academic Qualifications : Invited Professor of Therapeutics at ICBAS – Porto. Membership of Committees, Societies and Associations: • Member of Portuguese Society of Pneumology (SPP) • Member of Sociedade Gallega de Patologia Respiratória • Member of Portuguese Commission of Tuberculosis • President of Association against Tuberculose of Porto • Vice President of SPP ( 1998-2003 ) Research interests: Asthma, COPD, Respiratory Infections. Publications, and Editorial responsibilities: • 32 Clinical Tries as Principal investigator. • Presentations, Posters, Conferences – Portugal , Brasil, Spain. • Member of Editorial Commission of Portuguese Pneumology Revue; • Editor of Tratado de Pneumologia of SPP • Author of 5 books: O Porto e a Tuberculose História de 100 anos de luta, Sanatorium Tales; Romanticism and Tuberculosis, The Past, Present and Future of Tuberculosis. Sanatorium D. Manuel II History.