Dermot Ryan

Dermot is a GP with a long term interest in Asthma. He was previously Chairman of the PCRS (UK) during which time he established the PCRS Chair in Primary Care Respiratory Medicine at the the University of Aberdeen and co-established the journal npjPrimary Care Respiratory Medicine with Mark Levy.He was present at the founding meeting of the IPCRG and served on the Senate and as a country representative for a number of years.

He has been an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh for the last 10 years with over 200 publications. He is also a vice-president of the Respiratory Effectiveness Group.