Scientific Research İnstitute of Lung Diseases

The institute was established in 1944 as the Research Institute of Tuberculosis. In 1988 the Institute was renamed to the Pulmonology and Phthisiatry Institute. Since 1999 it functions as a Scientific Research Institute of Lung Diseases. Currently, there are 6 Scientific Sections covering 12 clinical departments.

There are about 400 employees at the İnstitute, 89 of them are medical doctors – 3 doctors of science, 23 PHDs on Medicine.