OUR DOCTORS

Prof. Yüksel Peker, M.D.

Pulmonary Medicine

Prof. Yüksel Peker, M.D.
• In 2000, he completed his doctorate in Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Gothenburg, School of Medicine, Sweden.
• He became an Associate Professor at the University of Gothenburg in 2007.
• Until 2015, he conducted clinical studies and research in the field of sleep apnea and heart diseases at Skaraborg Education and Research Hospital and the Department of Cardiology at the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Hospital/Östra.
• He returned to Istanbul in 2015 and started working as a Professor at the Department of Chest Diseases at the Marmara Medical Faculty; he founded and developed the Sleep Medicine Center.
• He also worked as a Visiting Senior Researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden between 2015-2017 and at Lund University, Sweden, from January 2018 onwards.
• In 2017, he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
• He continues to be a member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and an Associate Editor of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society and the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
• He founded the Sleep Apnea Clinic and Sleep Laboratory at Koç University Hospital in 2019.
• He was accepted as a Fellow of the American Thoracic Society in 2020.
• He was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard University in the USA in 2022.
 
  • Main clinical areas of interest:
    • Sleep Apnea Syndrome,
    • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome,
    • Insomnia

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Education Institution Year
Doctorate Education Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1997 - 2000
Chest Diseases Specialist Education Faculty of Medicine, University of Gothenburg,Sweden Department of Chest Diseases 1996 - 1998
Internal Medicine Specialist Training Department of Internal Medicine, Skaraborg Education and Research Hospital, Sweden 1991 - 1996
Medical Education Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine 1985

CAREER

Title Institution Year
Professor American Outpatient Medical Center; Chest Diseases Department 2023 – To date
Professor Koç University Faculty of Medicine Chest Diseases Department 2019 - To date
Professor Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Chest Diseases Department 2015 - 2018
Attending Physician / Department Head Department of Internal Medicine / Chest Diseases / Sleep Medicine, Skaraborg Education and Research Hospital, Sweden 2002 - 2014
Assistant Doctor / Specialist Doctor Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Sweden 1996 - 2002
Assistant Doctor Department of Internal Medicine, Skaraborg Education and Research Hospital, Sweden 1991 - 1996
General Practitioner Sweden Skaraborg Hospital Geriatrics Clinic 1989
General Practitioner (Compulsory Service) Sweden Skaraborg Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine – General Surgery – Psychiatry – Family Medicine 1989 - 1991
General Practitioner (Compulsory Service) Sivas Karaçayır Health Center & Sivas State Hospital Hızır Emergency Service 1985 - 1987