Jesús Villar, MD degree by the University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (1977). Specialty in Neonatal, Pediatric and Adult Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (1977-1980). Staff physician at the ICU, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (1980-1987). PhD by the University of Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (1986). Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada (1987-1994) under the supervision of Arthur Slutsky. Director of Research, Hospital Universitario NS de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (1994-2005). Founder, Instituto Canario de Investigación Biomédica, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (2005-2007). Group Head, Spanish Network Center for Research in Respiratiory Diseases (CIBERES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain) (since 2007). Prsent, Director of Research, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas, Spain (2010-2013). Field of expertise: Acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome. Author of more than 150 scientific papers.