Journal of Allergy & Therapy

Louis-Philippe Boulet

Biography

Dr Louis-Philippe Boulet is a Pneumologistatthe Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ) and full professor of medicineat the department of medicineat Laval University. He completed his medical studies at Laval University and a Fellowship at McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Boulet is Chair of the Knowledge Translation, Education and Prevention in Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health at Laval University. He is a past-president of the Canadian Thoracic Society and chair of the Canadian Respiratory Guidelines Committee from 2008 to 2012. He is chair of the Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA Guidelines) Dissemination and Implementation Committee since 2009. He was the founder and president/scientific director of the Quebec Asthma and COPD Network, and first Vice-President of the Canadian Network for Asthma Care.  He is assistant editor for the Canadian Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Journal, Therapeutic Education journal and past member of various editorial boards (such as CHEST),as well as reviewer for several medical journals.  Besides his clinical tasks and teaching activities, Dr. Boulet manages a research program mostly on four specific themes: 1. Mechanisms of development and physiopathology of asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness; 2. Phenotyping asthma in various populations; 3) Respiratory health of elite athletes; and 4.Patient/Medical Education, Knowledge Translation and Guidelines Implementation.  Dr. Boulet has been author on close to 500 medical publications, 600 Abstracts, 28 book chapters and 6 books. Doctor Boulet is frequently invited as a speaker at national and international meetings.

Research Interest

1. Mechanisms of development and physiopathology of asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness; 2. Phenotyping asthma in various populations; 3) Respiratory health of elite athletes; and 4.Patient/Medical Education, Knowledge Translation and Guidelines Implementation.