"Dr. Refika Ersu is a pediatric respirologist with clinical and research expertise in sleep disordered breathing and chronic respiratory failure in children. After completing medical school and pediatrics residency in Istanbul, Turkey, she worked as a research fellow with Prof. Bush at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. She then finished a 3 year pediatric respirology training in Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, California, US. After working in Marmara University in Turkey, she moved to Canada and is currently working as a pediatric respirologist and director of sleep laboratory and home ventilation programs in Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada. She is also a senior researcher at the Research Institute and teaches and holds a professor position at University of Ottawa. 
She is the current secretary elect of European Respiratory Society Pediatric Assembly and co-chair of American Thoracic Society Sleep and Neurobiology Assembly webinar committee. Her current research is focused on diagnostic techniques for obstructive sleep apnea and aims to decrease health disparities in this area."