Andreas Günther

Dr. Andreas Günther is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Director of the ILD program of the University Hospital in Giessen-Marburg in Germany. He is also the Department Chair of the Pneumology and Intensive Care and Medical Vice Director at Agaplesion Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mittelhessen, as well as Medical Director of the Lung Clinic Waldhof-Elgershausen, a 95-bed teaching hospital serving pulmonary patients exclusively. Professor Günther is a faculty member and leader for the Cardiopulmonary System cluster and is also involved in the University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center LOEWE Project and Platform Biobanking of the German Center for Lung Research. He is active in several clinical trials, as well as in investigator-driven studies. He served as spokesman of the Pathomechanism and Therapy of Lung Fibrosis a local clinical research unit and coordinates the European IPF Registry. As a Professor, he has published more than 140 original scientific papers, including in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Günther received the prestigious Heisenberg grant of the DFG, the Young Investigator Award of the German Society of Pneumology, and the Oskar Helene Heim Foundation's Medicine Prize. He has twice been recognized as Best Teacher of the Year in the Molecular Biology and Medicine of the Lung graduate program. Dr. Günther is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.