Serhat Ünal

Prof. Dr. Serhat ÜNAL graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1981 and received specialty training at the same faculty in Internal Medicine (1981–1985) and in Infectious Diseases (1989–1990). Dr. Ünal also completed specialty training in Infectious Diseases (1990–1992) in the Department of Internal Medicine at New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in the United States. He was appointed associate professor in 1989 and professor in 1995. Dr. Ünal is the founding Director of the “Hacettepe University HIV/AIDS Treatment and Research Center,” founded in 1998, the “Hacettepe University Clinical Research Center,” founded in 2016, and the “Hacettepe University Vaccine Institute,” founded in 2017, and still holds all three posts. Dr. Ünal is the founding president of the “Turkish Society of Hospital Infections and Control,” founded in 2000, and of 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 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. He has received 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 Superior Service Award of the Women’s Health Commission of Voluntary Organizations (KASAKOM) – Millennium Volunteers (for his work on HIV/AIDS) (2002); the Rotary 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.