On February 27th, the Pulmonology discipline of the School of Medical Sciences, SMS, at Unicamp was visited by Prof. Marc Miravitlles, Director of Research in COPD and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Vall d'Hebrón Hospital in Barcelona (Spain), and Coordinator of the Spanish COPD Guidelines since 2011.

The day’s schedule included a visit to Unicamp's Pneumology facilities (outpatient clinics, pulmonary function and exercise laboratory, bronchoscopy and pulmonary rehabilitation), discussion of a project currently in progress in the area of COPD, and a lecture by Professor Marc on updating in COPD.