We are pleased to announce that Dr. Zsolt Pápai-Székely has been appointed as the new Vice-chair of the WABIP. Dr. Pápai's term is effective immediately and will last until May 2016. After which time, Dr. Pápai will succeed Dr. Henri Colt as Chairman of the WABIP.

We are excited to have Dr. Papai in this important position as he will continue the philosophies and processes established by existing leadership to further our organization's advancement and growth.

Bio:

Dr. Pápai graduated from Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, Hungary in 1989. He is Board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and in Medical Oncology. After working as a staff physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Korányi National Institute of Pulmonology, Dr. Pápai traveled widely in the United States and Europe to further his education. In 2003, he was named Head of the Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology at Székesfehérvár, making it rapidly one of the busiest interventional pulmonology referral centers in his country. Dr. Pápai’s major clinical interests are in bronchoscopy and particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

The current WABIP Vice-chair has a longstanding history of leadership, and was Chair of the Hungarian Association for Bronchology. Since 2010, he served as Secretary General of the Hungarian Respiratory Society. He also served as the International Regent for Hungary in the American College of Chest Physicians, and was elected chair of the International Council from 2009-2010, and was President of International Bronchoesophagological Society from 2010-2012. He has been an active member of the WABIP since many years, and was chosen to be the President of the highly successful 10th World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology held in Budapest in 2010.