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Physician profile
Faustina Funke
Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology · Additional qualification in palliative medicine
Consultant, Section of Interventional Bronchology · Ruhrlandklinik Essen
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Profile summary and areas of expertise
Faustina Funke is a specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology with an additional qualification in palliative medicine. Faustina Funke is a consultant in the Section of Interventional Bronchology of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen and is part of the asthma clinic team in the central outpatient department. Together with a male colleague and a female colleague, Faustina Funke leads the consultative bronchoscopy service for inpatients of Universitätsklinikum Essen.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy
- Asthma
- Palliative medicine in lung diseases
Clinical work and institutions
Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
Klinik für Pneumologie, Sektion Interventionelle Bronchologie
- currentConsultant, Section of Interventional Bronchology
Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
Zentralambulanz
- currentAsthma clinic
Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
- currentMedical lead of the consultative bronchoscopy service for inpatients of the university hospital, together with a male colleague and a female colleague
Qualifications and training
- Additional qualification in palliative medicine
- Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology
Publications, talks and media
Documented contributions directly related to Faustina Funke, grouped by type and listed newest first within each type. Every title links to the original source.
Specialist publications according to the author affiliation – no statement about treatment success or the quality of the institution. MedVici Health currently does not show cancer-related publications.
Scientific publications (7)
- Biodegradable Stents – A New Option for Benign Central Airway Stenosis (original source, opens in a new window)
Respirology (PubMed 40878035)
- First assessment of photon-counting CT for virtual bronchoscopic navigation (original source, opens in a new window)
European Respiratory Journal (PubMed 39915055)
- Impact of Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with Valves on the Pulmonary Gas Exchange (original source, opens in a new window)
Journal of Clinical Medicine (PubMed 38673625)
- Thoracic Ultrasound for Immediate Exclusion of Pneumothorax after Interventional Bronchoscopy (original source, opens in a new window)
Journal of Clinical Medicine (PubMed 32429057)
- Predictive value of Chartis measurement for lung function improvements in bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (original source, opens in a new window)
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease (PubMed 32615853)
- Spezifische Immuntherapie bei Allergien (original source, opens in a new window)
Pneumo News 11 (2019), Heft 6, S. 35–42 (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 1204356556)
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