Laurence M.M.J. Crombag is a consultant Respiratory Physician at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Deputy Chair of the department of Pulmonary Medicine, location AMC and VUmc. She completed her Ph.D. in endosonography at the University of Amsterdam in 2019. Her research interests include endoscopic ultrasound and thoracic oncology. She is actively involved in training and education, e.g. at the Faculty of Medicine – Amsterdam UMC, the certified ERS EBUS and Transthoracic Ultrasound educational programmes and the Dutch Basic Bronchoscopy course (endorsed by the NVALT).