Associate Professor Benjamin Kwan is the Head of Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Sutherland Hospital, and Director of Sleep Medicine and Pleural Medicine Lead in St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He has extensive interests in the field of sleep apnoea, smoking cessation and lung cancer, and new models of care. He has published widely, including co-authorships in articles published in NEJM and JAMA. He has also co-authored state-wide guidelines and GP health pathways. He has received multiple seeding grants and is currently involved in multicentre studies in the field of smoking cessation, malignant pleural effusions and airway diseases.