University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum
Bochum, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Juliane Kronsbein
Department of Pulmonology, Allergology, and Sleep Medicine
Department of Pulmonology, Allergology, and Sleep Medicine at University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum provides the most advanced, cutting-edge diagnostics and therapeutics for the full range for allergic, respiratory, and sleep disorders. The department is one of the best medical institutions in Bochum for the treatment of lung cancer. The allergic unit offers a full range of allergy tests to the patients for the diagnosis and management of allergic reactions.
The department of Pulmonology, Allergology, and Sleep Medicine at University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum has 54 beds where about 1,500 inpatients are treated every year under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Juliane Kronsbein, nearly 500 of which are lung cancer patients. The pulmonary unit pays special attention to the interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension and is a certified center for the management of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. The department also has a Sleep Laboratory where sleep disorders caused by respiratory diseases are diagnosed and treated.
The department is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Acute respiratory failure
- Chronic respiratory failure
- Lung cancer
- Insomnia
- Cystic fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
- Allergic reactions
- Bronchial asthma
