Dr. Deniz Koksal graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1996. She completed her residency training on pulmonology in the department of chest diseases in Ankara University School of Medicine. She received the degree of associate professor in 2006 and profesor in 2015. Dr. Koksal is working as a professor in the department of chest disease in Hacettepe University Hospital. Dr. Koksal is a member of many national and international scientific societies such as ERS, ACCP, IASLC, Turkish Respiratory Research Society and Turkish Society of Lung Cancer. She studied as a member of administrative board of Lung Cancer Study group for 5 years; currently she is a member of administrative board of Pleura Study Group of Turkish Respiratory Research Society. She has many publications in the era of pulmonary medicine.

The main areas of interest are lung cancer, pleural diseases and tuberculosis.