**Koichi Nishimura**

Dr. Nishimura has more than 30 years of experience in the practice of COPD and asthma in Japan since the early 1990s. Under the supervision of Professor Paul Jones, Dr. Nishimura spent six months researching at St. George's University in London in 2012. Dr. Nishimura retired from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG) of Japan in March 2023 and currently serves as a visiting researcher at NCGG while contributing to community health care in his own clinic.
