Atlas of Flexible Bronchoscopy and Chief Editor of Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology. He has also been involved in the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) education programme for the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Pallav Shah is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all aspects of respiratory disease. He is a renowned interventional bronchoscopist and is distinguished in its application in respiratory medicine. He pioneered bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema with devices such as the Zephyr endobronchial valve (Pulmonx Corporation, Redwood City, CA, USA), endobronchial coils, Vapor treatment and intrabronchial valves. More recently, he has focused on the treatment of COPD with Vapor therapy, targeted nerve ablation and the novel Rejuvinair (cryospray) (CSA Medical Inc., Lexington, MA, USA) procedure for chronic bronchitis. Pallav Shah was involved in the development of bronchial thermoplasty for asthma, and is currently assisting in the development of novel techniques for the ablation of peripheral lung tumours, which perform a range of procedures including cryotherapy and the insertion of gold markers to enable treatment with the CyberKnife. Daniela Gompelmann Daniela Gompelmann completed her medical training at the University of Saarland (Homburg, Germany) in 2007. She has been a consultant in the Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine department at Thoraxklinik (Heidelberg, Germany) since 2015. Her research interests lie in the field of interventional pneumology, particularly endoscopic therapeutic procedures for patients with COPD and emphysema. She is principal investigator and head of the Junior Research Group of Interventional Pulmonology at the Translational Lung Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany), member of the German Center for Lung Research. https://doi.org/10.1183/2312508X.10018017 xi