Conference Faculty

Carla Ribeiro

  • Pulmonology Consultant at the Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia e Espinho (Portugal) with special interest in home mechanical ventilation and patients reported measures.
  • PhD in Palliative Care - Faculty of Medicine (University of Porto)
  • Invited Assistant Professor and Researcher in RISE-Health -  Faculty of Medicine (University of Porto)
  • Coordinator of the Home Mechanical Ventilation Assembly of the Portuguese Respiratory Society between 2022-2024.
  • Patient advisory lead of the ERS Clinical Research Collaboration IMPORTANCE
  • Orcid: 0000-0002-8270-3687

Steven Stirk

Dr Steve Stirk is a Clinical Psychologist working as part of the South Wales Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Service based at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, UK. He provides specialist psychological input for families living across South Wales affected by cystic fibrosis, and is particularly interested in working collaboratively the whole multi-disciplinary team to provide good quality holistic biopsychosocial care.

David Proud

David is the lead CF Dietitian at the All Wales Adult CF Centre (AWACFC), based in the University Hospital Llandough, Wales, UK. After completing 12 years military service David qualified as a Dietitian in 2003. David has worked in a variety of clinical settings, always with a keen interest in respiratory health and has worked exclusively in adult CF care since 2011, completing an MSc in Advanced Clinical practice in 2018. David is the current Co-Chair of the UK CF specialist Dietitians group in addition to working in the UK CF body composition group. David has a particular interest in exploring the potential of assessing body composition and its ability to inform on health markers and has published on this topic.

Jacek Nasiłowski

Pulmonologist with particular expertise in respiratory failure and sleep-related respiratory disorders, Head of the 2nd Department of Pulmonary Diseases in Mazovian Centre of Lung Diseases, coordinator of the regional Home Mechanical Ventilation Centre, former assistant in the Department of Internal Diseases, Pulmonology and Allergy in Medical University in Warsaw, active member of European and Polish Respiratory Society.