Ronald F. Grossman is a practicing Respirologist, a Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and previous Chief of Medicine, Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

He has published over 90 articles in a wide number of medical journals including New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of

Medicine and Chest. His major research and teaching interests are in respiratory tract infections. He has participated in the creation of Canadian and American guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia, Canadian guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and Canadian and international guidelines for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease.

He was awarded the Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founder’s Lectureship by the American College of Chest Physicians.

He is currently very active in academic and teaching aspects of the management of airway disorders such as asthma and COPD and treatment and prevention of respiratory tract infections.