Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet, a pulmonologist with the Québec Heart and Lung Institute (IUCPQ) – Université Laval and the conference chair. Dr. Boulet also helped bring two other conferences to Québec City—the XXII INTERASMA World Congress of Asthma (2012) and Symposium Québec France en santé respiratoire (2008).
Dr. Élyse Bissonnette, a researcher at IUCPQ-Université Laval and the director of the Respiratory Health Network of Fonds de recherche du Québec (RHN-FRQS), the organization hosting the conference. Dr. Bissonnette will be highly involved, co-chairing the conference and chairing the local organizing committee.
About the EFP
Founded in 2010, the Espace francophone de pneumologie conference brings together the world’s foremost French-speaking pulmonologists represented by ten learned societies. The EFP helps strengthen the position of French as a language of scientific discussion on pulmonology in French-speaking countries.
*Organizations involved:
Respiratory Health Network of the Fonds de recherche du Québec (RHN-FRQS)
Association des pneumologues de la province du Québec (APPQ)
Réseau québécois d’éducation en santé respiratoire (RQESR)
Quebec Lung Association (APQ)
Vice-décanat à la pédagogie et au développement professionnel continu (VDPDC) of the Université Laval Faculty of Medicine
Espace francophone de pneumologie (EFP)
Journées de recherche respiratoire (J2R)
