A/Prof Edmund Lau is a respiratory and sleep physician and currently holds appointment as Senior Staff Specialist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has a PhD in pulmonary vascular medicine from University of Sydney. He worked at the French National Referral Centre for Severe Pulmonary Hypertension as a post-doctoral fellow prior to returning to Australia.He has participated as member of international task force on the pulmonary circulation. He is currently the medical director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Australia and New Zealand (PHSANZ) Registry.
He has consistently published in high impact journals such as Lancet Respiratory, Circulation, European Heart Journal and European Respiratory Journal. He is on the editorial board of the European Respiratory Review.