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    PD Dr. med. Filiz Özkan

    Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology

    Consultant, Section of Interventional Bronchology · Ruhrlandklinik Essen

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Filiz Özkan is a specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology and a private lecturer (Privatdozentin) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Duisburg-Essen, where she teaches at the Centre for Internal Medicine. Filiz Özkan is a consultant in the Section of Interventional Bronchology of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen and is part of the team of the endoscopic emphysema therapy clinic in the central outpatient department. In 2012, Filiz Özkan obtained her doctorate at Ruhr University Bochum with a thesis on the hepatitis C virus.

    • Endoscopic emphysema therapy
    • Endobronchial ultrasound
    • Interventional bronchoscopy

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Pneumologie, Sektion Interventionelle Bronchologie

      • currentConsultant, Section of Interventional Bronchology

    2. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Zentralambulanz

      • currentEndoscopic emphysema therapy clinic

    3. Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen (opens the institution's website)

      • currentPrivate lecturer (Privatdozentin), teaching at the Centre for Internal Medicine

    Qualifications and training

    • Private lecturer (Privatdozentin, PD), Faculty of Medicine of the University of Duisburg-Essen
    • Specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology
    • 2012
      Doctorate (Dr. med.), Ruhr University Bochum

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    Doctoral thesis (1)

    Scientific publications (11)

    6. Diagnostische Methoden in der Pneumologie: Endobronchialer Ultraschall (original source, opens in a new window)

      Buchkapitel (mit Kaid Darwiche), Georg Thieme Verlag (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 1365963594)

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