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Friday, 10/20/2017
CHEST 2017 Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders lecture
Prof. Antoni Torres, research Group leader of Applied research in Respiratory diseases, has been recognized as recipient of the prestigious CHEST 2017 Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders lecture. CHEST 2017 will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 28-November 1, 2017. There, Prof. Torres will give a lecture entitled: “Barcelona Respiratory Research Group: Trying to Change Clinical Practice”, a summary of the most relevant research findings that have changed clinical practice worldwide. Prof. Torres will be recognized and given his award at his lecture on Wednesday, November 1 at 11:00 am at the Convention Center.
This lecture was established in 1974 in memory of Murray Kornfeld, founder of the Federation of American Sanatoria, which later became CHEST. This award is conferred to a leader in pulmonary and critical care medicine, particularly in infection and inflammation, who is developing therapies expected to guide medicine into the future.
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