TY - JOUR T1 - Remembering Philippe Leuenberger JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 1561 LP - 1562 DO - 10.1183/13993003.01705-2015 VL - 46 IS - 6 AU - Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich AU - Nicole Probst-Hensch AU - Thierry Rochat AU - on behalf of the national and international SAPALDIA team AU - Jean William Fitting AU - Laurent Nicod Y1 - 2015/12/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/6/1561.abstract N2 - Philippe Leuenberger, pulmonologist, died on September 28, 2015. Switzerland and the international respiratory medicine community have lost an outstanding researcher, a scientific leader and a talented teacher. Those who had the privilege to work with him will remember a generous colleague with an unusual talent for integration and collaboration, and many of us will also remember a most reliable friend.Philippe Leuenberger was born in 1944 and studied medicine at the University of Lausanne, where he graduated in 1969. His postgraduate training led him from a small rural hospital in St Loup to the University of Fribourg and then to Columbia University in New York. He thus acquired a strong background in physiology, but also an interest in pulmonary oncology and in the biology … ER -