Expertise & Areas of interest
- Lung cancer
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Lung infections
- Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
- Respiratory failure
- Pulmonary vascular diseases
- Tobacco addiction
- Pleural disease
- Tuberculosis
Foreign Languages
- English
French
Biography
Esra Sönmez, MD, was born in 1973 in Istanbul. She graduated from Saint Benoit French High School in 1992. She graduated from Marmara University Medical School (in English) in 1999. She completed her specialty training at Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical School Pulmonary Diseases Department, and became pulmonologist in 2005. Being a fellow of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) since 2009, Sönmez, MD, completed Interventional Bronchoscopy Observership at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2012. Sönmez, MD, has been serving as a pulmonologist at Anadolu Medical Center since 2006.
Education
University
Marmara University, Medical School in English, Istanbul 1999
Specialty Education
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Pulmonary Diseases Department, Istanbul 2005
Johns Hopkins Hospital Interventional Bronchoscopy Observership 2012
Institutional Memberships
Turkish Thoracic Society
Turkish Respiratory Society
Lung Cancer Society
Pulmonary Health and Intensive Care Society
European Respiratory Society
American College of Chest Physician
Publications
2 international articles, 1 national article
23 international and national posters, verbal presentations
Course Participation
Turkish Thoracic Society Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests Course, Ankara,2010
European Respiratory Society GRACE: Lower respiratory tract interactive workshop, Budapest, November 2010
European Respiratory Society Lung Cancer interactive school course, Berlin, February 2011
European Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support Certification, Istanbul, November 2013- November 2018
Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, Tobacco Addiction Treatment Certificate, Istanbul, June 2013
Pulmonary Health and Intensive Care Society Advanced Interventional Bronchoscopy Training, Ankara, May 2015
