Levent Dalar

Dr. Levent Dalar is a pulmonologist. He specializes in interventional bronchoscopy and rare lung diseases. The specialist completed training and clinical rotations in France and Switzerland. He uses these experiences to provide advanced lung care.

Specialization and Clinical Approach

Dr. Dalar treats respiratory care and interventional diagnostics. He has diagnosed and treated thousands of complex respiratory cases. His work specifically targets interstitial lung diseases and chronic respiratory deficiencies. These conditions involve scarring of lung tissue or long-term breathing failure.

The doctor uses specialized techniques including:

• Interventional bronchoscopy – a procedure using a thin tube to view the airways and treat lung problems
• Biopsy and CT-guided diagnostics
• Pneumonectomy – the surgical removal of a lung
• Treatment of rare lung diseases
• Psychoneuroimmunology and medical nutrition

Academic and Professional Roles

Dr. Dalar is a professor who trains future lung specialists at Turkish universities. He worked at the University of Zürich Lung Transplantation Unit. This role involved the treatment of advanced lung failure. Additionally, he treated patients in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Yedikule Hospital.

Work Experience

• 2021 – Present: Pulmonologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
• 2020 – 2021: Professor at Memorial Bahçelievler and Şişli Hospitals
• 2018 – 2020: Professor at Demiroglu Science University and Florence Nightingale Hospital
• 2017 – 2018: Professor at I. Bilim University, Department of Chest Diseases
• 2013 – 2017: Associate Professor at I. Bilim University
• 2010 – 2012: Specialist at Yedikule Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
• 2009 – 2010: Clinical Researcher at Zürich University Lung Transplantation Unit
• 2008 – 2012: Specialist at Yedikule Interventional Pulmonology Unit
• 2006 – 2008: Physician at Bozüyük State Hospital
• 2001 – 2006: Assistant Doctor at Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
• 1997 – 2001: Doctor at Ayazağa MCHFP

Education and Training

• 1988 – 1997: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – Bachelor’s Degree
• 2004: Hopital St-Marguerite Center Laser, France – Research Residency
• 2005: University de St-Etienne, France – Research in Pneumology and Thoracic Oncology
• 2006: Yedikule Chest Diseases Training Hospital – Specialization in Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
• 2006: Thesis on the Importance and Value of CA-125 in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Pleurisy

Professional Memberships

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• European Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EABIP)
• Societé de Pnemologie de langue Française (SPLF)
• Groupe d’Endoscopie de langue française (GELF)