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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who leads COPD research? Everyone listed here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study on ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. These are two different things, so we list them in two columns side by side instead of combining them into one number.

Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

1. 1 Gerard J. Criner Temple University, United States leads 20 studies register →
2. 2 François Maltais Laval University, Canada leads 19 studies register →
3. 3 David Singh Medicines Evaluation Unit, United Kingdom leads 17 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
4. 4 Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, South Korea leads 16 studies · 4 publications as last author register →
5. 5 Roberto P Benzo Mayo Clinic, United States leads 16 studies register →
6. 6 Konrad E Bloch University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland, Kyrgyzstan leads 15 studies register →
7. 7 Ronald G. Crystal Weill Medical College of Cornell University, United States leads 15 studies register →
8. 8 Denis E O'Donnell Queen's University, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Canada leads 14 studies register →
9. 9 Wim Janssens KU Leuven, Belgium leads 14 studies register →
10. 10 Jean-François Muir ADIR Association, France leads 13 studies register →

Also leading

11. 11 Klaus Kenn Department of respiratory medicine, Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Germany leads 13 studies register →
12. 12 Ronald H Goldstein West Park Healthcare Centre, Canada leads 13 studies register →
13. 13 Antoine Cuvelier ADIR Association, France leads 12 studies register →
14. 14 Tristan Bonnevie Association ADIR, France leads 12 studies register →
15. 15 Wilfried A De Backer University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium leads 12 studies register →
16. 16 Dirk-Jan Slebos University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands leads 11 studies register →
17. 17 Marielle PKJ Engelen University of Arkansas, United States leads 11 studies register →
18. 18 Sergei A Kharitonov Imperial College London, United Kingdom leads 11 studies register →
19. 19 Ting Yang China-Japan Friendship Hospital leads 10 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
20. 20 Jeffrey L. Curtis University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, United States leads 10 studies register →
21. 21 Michael K Stickland University of Alberta, Canada leads 10 studies register →
22. 22 Richard W Costello Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland leads 10 studies register →
23. 23 Rongchang Chen The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China leads 10 studies register →
24. 24 Thierry Troosters KU Leuven, Netherlands leads 10 studies register →
25. 25 Xin Chen, Zhujiang Hospital, China leads 10 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

1. 1 Pixin Ran National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, China 13 publications as last author PubMed →
2. 2 Xiaoju Liu The First school of Clinical Medicine, China 12 publications as last author PubMed →
3. 3 Yen-Huey Chen Peking University Third Hospital, China leads 5 studies · 9 publications as last author register →
4. 4 Toyohiro Hirai Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 9 publications as last author PubMed →
5. 5 David Singh Medicines Evaluation Unit, United Kingdom leads 17 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
6. 6 Paola Rogliani University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy 7 publications as last author PubMed →
7. 7 Yongchang Sun Peking University Third Hospital, China 7 publications as last author PubMed →
8. 8 Yumin Zhou National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, China 7 publications as last author PubMed →
9. 9 Hye Yun Park Samsung Medical Center, South Korea 7 publications as last author PubMed →
10. 10 Ernesto Crisafulli University of Verona and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Italy 6 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

11. 11 Don D Sin University of British Columbia, Canada 6 publications as last author PubMed →
12. 12 Maria Gabriella Matera University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Italy 6 publications as last author PubMed →
13. 13 Valerie G Press University of Chicago, United States 6 publications as last author PubMed →
14. 14 Jie Zhu College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, China 6 publications as last author PubMed →
15. 15 Lies Lahousse Ghent University, Netherlands 6 publications as last author PubMed →
16. 16 Joon Young Choi Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, South Korea 6 publications as last author PubMed →
17. 17 Ping Chen The Second Xiangya Hospital, China 6 publications as last author PubMed →
18. 18 Ting Yang China-Japan Friendship Hospital leads 10 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
19. 19 John R Hurst University College London, United Kingdom 5 publications as last author PubMed →
20. 20 Metin Akgün School of Medicine, Turkey 5 publications as last author PubMed →
21. 21 Mauro Maniscalco Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Italy 5 publications as last author PubMed →
22. 22 Fuqiang Wen West China Hospital 5 publications as last author PubMed →
23. 23 Jing Zhang Zhongshan Hospital, China 5 publications as last author PubMed →
24. 24 Hiroshi Mukae Nagasaki University Hospital, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
25. 25 J Alberto Neder Queen's University, Canada 5 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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