The online Lung Patient Forum on April 8, 2025, was a great success: Over 330 people with lung diseases or their relatives took the opportunity to ask questions to highly respected lung specialists \u2013 many received live answers.<\/p>\n
The online Lung Patient Forum was the central patient event of the 65th Congress of the German Respiratory Society (DGP), which took place from April 9 to 12, 2025, in Leipzig. The event was organized by the Lung Information Service of Helmholtz Munich, the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), the German Lung Day, and the DGP.<\/p>\n
The two-hour Q&A session was moderated by Prof. Dirk Koschel, who is also the congress president of the 65th DGP Congress this year.<\/p>\n
The questions were answered by:<\/p>\n
Prof. Bianca Schaub (DZL researcher at the CPC-M site) on allergies and asthma in children and adolescents,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. Marek Lommatzsch on asthma in adults,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. Klaus F. Rabe (Director of the DZL site ARCN) on COPD,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. Jessica Rademacher (DZL researcher at the BREATH site) on respiratory infections,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. J\u00fcrgen Behr (DZL researcher at the CPC-M site) on pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, and other interstitial lung diseases,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. H. Ardeschir Ghofrani (DZL researcher at the UGMLC site) on pulmonary hypertension, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Prof. W. Sch\u00fctte on lung cancer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The numerous submitted questions and the overwhelmingly positive feedback from participants show that the format \u201cPatients ask \u2013 Experts answer\u201d was very well received.<\/p>\n
A summary of the answered questions can be found on the Lung Information Service website (in German language).<\/p>\n