Dr. Tiago Alfaro is a pulmonologist specializing in interstitial lung disease (ILD) and interventional pulmonology, and Assistant Professor of Pulmonology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. Currently, he is the Director of the Innovation and Development Center of the Coimbra Local Health Unit (ULS Coimbra) and a member of PTCRIN. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Respiratory Research and Pulmonology and Vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology. He is also an Internal Auditor of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and was previously a member of the National Council of Pulmonology of the Portuguese Medical Association.