Jean-Paul Mira, MD, PhD
Professor of Medical Intensive Care
Cochin-St.Vincent de Paul University Hospital
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Paris, France

Speaker Topic: Pathogen Recognition Receptors Polymorphism

Dr. Mira received his M.D. from Reims Medical School in France, his Master's of Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Paris V, and his Ph.D. from the University of Paris VI. In 2000 he became head of a research group on innate immunity and genetic predisposition to critical illness and received the Award of the French Society of Critical Care for the best publication of the year.

Dr. Mira has been a member of the French Society of Critical Care since 1990, President of the Scientific Committee of the French Society of Critical Care since 2002, and a member of the European Society of Intensive Care since 1999.   He serves as a regular reviewer for the following journals: Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory Diseases, Shock, and Cytokine Network. He is widely published in France and internationally, and has written thirteen chapters and several books.