As co-coordinator of the Bronchogenic Carcinoma Cooperative Group of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery and Chair of the Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee of the IASLC, Prof. Ramón Rami-Porta has been dedicated to lung cancer staging research for almost 35 years. Well-known of his contribution in fighting with lung cancer, Prof. Rami-Porta is very dynamic both in the clinical practice and academic arena.