Greetings, dear TEDx followers, There is less than a month and a half left until our event at Zorlu Main Stage on April 6, and in the time remaining we will keep sharing with you the speakers we have not announced yet. Today's speaker is;
Who is Serhat Ünal?
Prof. Dr. Serhat ÜNAL graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1981 and completed his specialty training at the same faculty in Internal Medicine between 1981 and 1985, and in Infectious Diseases in 1989-1990. Dr. Ünal also completed specialty training in Infectious Diseases (1990-1992) at the Department of Internal Medicine of New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in the United States. He was appointed associate professor in 1989 and full professor in 1995.
Dr. Ünal is the founding Director of the “Hacettepe University HIV/AIDS Treatment and Research Center”, established in 1998, the “Hacettepe University Clinical Research Center”, established in 2016, and the “Hacettepe University Vaccine Institute”, established in 2017, and he still holds all three positions.
Dr. Ünal is the founding president of the “Turkish Society of Hospital Infections and Control”, founded in 2000, and the “HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Association”, founded in 2013. He also served as president of the Turkish Society of Internal Medicine from 2010 to 2016 and, from 2006 to 2010, as vice-chair and chair of the Hospital Infections Study Group of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Since 2013 he has chaired the adult vaccination working group of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM). Since 2014 he has been a board member of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Prof. Dr. Serhat ÜNAL has 337 scientific papers published in 165 national and 172 international journals, 487 conference presentations, and 71 book chapters in various books published in Turkey. He has edited 42 books on various subjects and holds 3 patents.
Dr. Ünal was elected a “Fellow” of the American College of Physicians in 2010 and of the Royal College of Physicians in 2017. His awards include the İhsan Doğramacı Award; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland (1980), the Eczacıbaşı Medical Encouragement Award (1995), the TUBITAK Medical Encouragement Award (1996), the Voluntary Organizations Women's Health Commission (KASAKOM) Millennium Volunteers Outstanding Service Award (for his work on HIV/AIDS) (2002), the Rotary Successful Man of the Year Award (2006) and The Centenary Medal of the Polish Society of Internal Medicine, Poland (2008).
Prof. Dr. Serhat ÜNAL speaks English and German, and is married with two children.
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