Alexandros D. Viskos, MD, PhD
Pulmonologist – Tuberculologist
Doctor of the University of Athens
Director of the Pulmonology Department of the University of Athens

In 1992 he graduated with “excellence” from the Medical School of the University of Rome. The topic of his thesis was “Epidemiological data concerning the relationship between air pollution and health”.
He served his military service in the Greek Navy as a reserve medical officer during the period 1993-1995.
He specialized in the Pulmonology Clinic of the University of Athens and received the title of Pulmonology – Tuberculosis in 1999.
He completed his field service at the Atalanti Health Center in 2000.
He was awarded his doctorate from the Medical School of the University of Athens in 2007 with “excellence”. The topic of his thesis was “Study of apoptotic and proliferation indices in relation to the survival of patients with lung cancer”.
He has been working at the Athens Medical Center in Maroussi since 2000 and is the Director of the Pulmonology Department.
He deals with the entire spectrum of pulmonology and performs bronchoscopies, functional respiratory control examinations, sleep studies and applications of non-invasive mechanical ventilation at the Athens Medical Center. His particular area of ​​expertise is the treatment of lung cancer and in particular its early diagnosis, sleep-disordered breathing as well as obstructive lung diseases.
In 2000, he created the sleep-disordered breathing laboratory, which collaborates with all relevant specialties (otolaryngologists, cardiologists, neurologists, etc.), so as to achieve the best possible result for the patient.
He has published numerous papers and announcements in Greek and foreign journals and has participated as a speaker in several scientific conferences.
He is a member of the Hellenic Pulmonary Society, the Hellenic Society of Professional Pulmonologists and the European Pulmonary Society “ERS”. In 2009, he was elected vice president of the scientific society of the Athens Medical Center.