Education and Specialization
1974 - 1980 - Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine - Medical Education (Master's Degree)
1981 - 1985 - Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine - Pulmonology Specialty Training
Associate Professorship 1989 - Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine
1995 - Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine - Professorship
Experience
Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Pulmonology
Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Deontology, invited faculty member
Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Vice Dean for Education
Founding Member of the Central Executive Board of the Turkish Thoracic Society (TTD)
Founding President of the TTD Konya Branch
Member of the Executive Board of the TTD COPD Working Group
Author of the TTD COPD Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline
Pulmonology specialty society: Turkish Respiratory Research Society
Member of the TÜSAD Central Executive Board (16 years)
President of the TÜSAD Central Executive Board (9 years)
Founding Chair of the TÜSAD COPD Working Group
Chair of the TÜSAD National Congresses in 2006, 2007 and 2008
Founding Chair of the TÜSAD Academy
Member of the Executive Board of the Pulmonology Proficiency Board (BOARD)
Secretary General of the 2006 National Congress of Tuberculosis and Pulmonology
Chair of the TÜSAD Audit Board
Vice President of the Konya Tuberculosis Control Association (15 years)
Member of the Selçuk University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Board
TÜBİTAK Consultant
Investigator in International Phase 3 Drug Studies (7 studies)
Leadership of multicenter studies (4 studies)
Chair of the TÜSAD Inhalation Therapies Working Group
Pulmonology Specialist at Maltepe VM Medical Park Hospital
Chair of the Board of the COPD Patients Association
Courses and Certificates
First Aid and Resuscitation Course
Mechanical Ventilation Courses
Radiology Courses
Smoking Cessation Courses
Bronchoscopy Courses
EBUS Courses
Intensive Care Courses
Respiratory Rehabilitation Courses
Inhalation Therapy Courses
Sleep Disorders
Ministry of Health Smoking Cessation Certificate
Professional Memberships
Turkish Respiratory Research Society
American College Of Chest Physicians
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