Antonio Bugalho

Chest physician working in Lisbon, Portugal. Currently holding a position as Head of the Pulmonology Department at CUF Descobertas Hospital in Lisbon; Pulmonology Assistant in CUF Tejo Hospital; Lung Cancer Unit Coordinator at Oncology Institute CUF, Lisbon; Invited Assistant Professor at NOVA Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal; Researcher in Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Lisbon, Portugal. Research interests and activities: lung cancer (diagnosis, staging, molecular mechanisms of disease progression and metastasis, malignant pleural effusion), interventional pulmonology (endoscopic ultrasound, rigid bronchoscopy, endobronchial stents), obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD, asthma), respiratory infections (pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2), sleep apnea (diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, relation with cardiovascular diseases).