Antonio Anzueto

Antonio R. Anzueto, MD, is an Emeritus Professor, Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, USA. In addition, he is the former - chief of the Pulmonary Section at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. He obtained his MD degree from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He completed an internship and a residency in internal medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, as well as fellowships in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. Dr. Anzueto joined the faculty at the University of Texas Health San Antonio in 1993.He worked in the division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care. Dr Anzueto’s research interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), community acquired pneumonia, acute respiratory disease syndrome, and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. He has participated in diverse collaborative research projects, ranging from the genetics and bronchodilator treatment of COPD and the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia to the use of mechanical ventilation and the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia, to septic shock, and he has served as co-investigator of numerous studies in his areas of interest. The author or coauthor of more than 400 journal articles and over 30 book chapters, he is a reviewer for multiple medical journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine: American Journal of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care etc. He is also regular speaker and national and International pulmonary conferences. Dr Anzueto is an active member of national and international professional organizations, including the American Thoracic Society, where he has served on various committees and task forces; the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST); and the European Respiratory Society. He is a fellow of the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. He is a fellow of the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society. He is currently a member of the Science Committee of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and was a member of the Infectious Disease Society and American and American Thoracic Society Community Acquired pneumonia guidelines.