Dr. Deborah Assayag completed a residency in pulmonary medicine at McGill University, and went on to do a Masters’ in Clinical Research and a Fellowship in Interstitial Lung disease at the University of California San Francisco. She is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the Department of Medicine, and a Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center. She specializes in the care of patients with interstitial lung diseases. Her research focuses on addressing disparities in ILD, and on optimizing care for all patients with ILD.