Mainz University Hospital, Germany

Roland Buhl is Senior Professor of Medicine at the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

After qualifying in medicine and obtaining his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg, Professor Buhl started his professional career at the Pulmonary Hospital in Berlin and then joined the Pulmonary Department at Frankfurt University Hospital, Germany. In addition, he spent several years as a Research Fellow of the International Molecular Medicine Foundation at the Pulmonary Branch of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA.

Professor Buhl’s research and main clinical interests focus on the pharmacology and management of chronic obstructive airway diseases, in particular asthma and COPD. He is a member of the GINA Science Committee, and member of the German Asthma, Immunotherapy and COPD Guideline Committees. 2019 – 2020 he served as visiting professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, editorials and reviews on these topics and is actively involved in clinical trials investigating novel treatments.