Get to know Pulmonologist Dr. Alex E. Lechin, who serves patients in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.

Dr. Lechin is a board-certified pulmonologist who currently serves as Director of the Texas Institute of Chest and Sleep Disorders in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. Texas Institute of Chest and Sleep Disorders focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the following pulmonary diseases and Sleep conditions such as: respiratory failure, asbestosis, asthma, allergy,  bronchitis, chronic cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Interstitial Lung diseases, lung cancer, Pulmonary Hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, pleural effusion, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, among others. Dr. Lechin served as an Instructor of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry at Emil Friedman School from 1976 until 1978. He also served as an Instructor of Physiology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Central University of Venezuela from 1987 until 1988. Furthermore, he served as an Instructor of Physical Diagnosis at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine from 1990 until 1991.