
In our Group Florence Nightingale Chest Diseases Department, we successfully provide services in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to the department.
Our center successfully applies the latest treatment methods for airway diseases such as COPD and asthma, and both allergic and non-allergic asthma treatments are successfully carried out. The latest methods for endobronchial volume reduction techniques, which have been on the agenda in COPD in recent years and have yielded successful results, are closely monitored and applied.
As a team within the discipline of chest diseases, our areas of expertise are;
- Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Treatment of tracheal tumors and stenoses
- Respiratory intensive care and mechanical ventilation practices
- COPD treatment
- Asthma diagnosis and treatment
- Sarcoidosis
In our chest diseases department, which has a highly experienced physician staff especially in the field of bronchoscopy and interventional bronchoscopy, more than 2000 interventional bronchoscopies (treatment of tracheal stenosis, cancer-related obstructions, airway fistulas, total lung lavage, etc.) have been performed.
In this context, our chest diseases department, which is a candidate to be among the reference chest diseases departments not only in our country but also worldwide, undertakes a pioneering role for our country both in scientific field and in daily practice with the introduction of endobronchial ultrasonography and confocal endomicroscopy systems in diagnostic bronchoscopy applications.
Our Chest Diseases Department also provides lung support to organ transplant teams for successful transplantation.
Other diseases diagnosed and treated in our department within the discipline of chest diseases are as follows:
- Diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung diseases
- Diagnosis and treatment of pleural (lung) diseases
- Tuberculosis, pulmonary involvement of rheumatic diseases and pulmonary embolism
Our Chest Diseases Department also plays an active and pioneering role in the academic field. We are proud of the contributions of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent Dalar, one of the Florence Nightingale physicians, to the organization of the second European Congress of Bronchology and Interventional Bronchoscopy (ECBIP), one of the most important congresses in the field of interventional bronchoscopy, in our country and of his participation in the Scientific Advisory Board.
Our chest diseases department also has an advanced bronchoscopy unit, a respiratory function testing laboratory and a sleep laboratory.