Professor Johan Kips is CEO of the University Hospital CUB – Erasme, Belgium and is Faculty Member of the Departments of Public Health of the KULeuven University and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). As such, he is currently primarily involved in organisational aspects of hospital care. His training includes an MD and a PhD degree from Ghent University, Belgium. He is board certified in internal and respiratory medicine with a previous clinical and research interest in asthma.