Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. univ. Otto Burghuber

Faculty Medicine
E-mail otto.burghuber@med.sfu.ac.at
Location Vienna

Field of work

Chair of Pneumology

Resume

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Otto C. Burghuber is head of
the 1st Internal Lung Department of the
Otto Wagner Hospital in Vienna, a "Full
Medical Training Centre" for lung diseases.
He is also head of the Ludwig Boltzmann
Institute for COPD and Pneumological
Epidemiology. He has a habilitation in
internal medicine and pneumology and has
published more than 150 scientific papers
in peer reviewed journals. His clinical and
scientific focus is on the diagnosis and
treatment of COPD and its predominantly
cardiovascular comorbidities. In addition,
he has established a centre of excellence for
"lung cancer" at his department in recent
years.