The Scientific Advisory Board was established four days after China alerted the World Health Organization of several cases of unusual pneumonia in the Hubei province. The Scientific Advisory Board’s first order of business was to stop the coronavirus from entering Turkey as long as possible, in order to prepare the country’s healthcare system and raise awareness among medical professionals and the general population.
Chaired by Health Minister Dr. Fahrettin Koca, this group of leading experts of infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, internal medicine, intensive care medicine and pulmonology continues to guide the Turkish government’s crisis response today.
Professor Dr. Ateş Kara
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Professor Dr. Levent Akın
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology
Professor Dr. Tevfik Özlü
Karadeniz Technical University
Faculty of Medicine
Chest Diseases
Professor Dr. Ayşegül Füsun
Başkent University Faculty of Medicine
Chest Diseases
Professor Dr. Recep Öztürk
Istanbul Medipol University
Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Firdevs Aktaş
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Serhat Ünal
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Alpay Azap
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Yeşim Taşova
Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Hasan Tezer
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Assoc. Dr. Şebnem Erdinç
Ankara Training and Research Hospital
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Aydın Yılmaz
Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital
Chest Diseases
Professor Dr. Rahmet Güner
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Canan Ağalar
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Müşerref Şule Akçay
Başkent University Faculty of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Professor Dr. Akın Kaya
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Professor Dr. İlhami Çelik
Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Zeliha Tufan Koçak
YÖK Executive Board Member
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Serap Şimşek Yavuz
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Levent Yamanel
Gülhane Education and Research Hospital
Intensive Care and Internal Diseases
Professor Dr. Mehmet Doğanay
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Professor Dr. Figen Çizmeci Şenel
Turkish Health Care Quality and Accreditation Institute (TÜSKA)
Head of TUSKA
Professor Dr. Selçuk Kılıç
Biological Products Department, Ministry of Health
Chairperson
Assoc. Dr. Gülay Korukluoğlu
National Virology Laboratory
Director
Dr. Ayla Aydın
Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health
Chairperson
Dr. Ali Göktepe
Early Warning and Response Division, Ministry of Health
Chairperson
Professor Dr. Pınar Okyay
Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
Assoc. Dr. Afşin Emre Kayıpmaz
Başkent University Faculty of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Professor Dr. Ahmet Demircan
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Professor Dr. Seçil Özkan
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
Professor Dr. Selma Metintaş
Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
Professor Dr. Deniz Çalışkan
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
Professor Dr. Ahmet Tevfik Sünter
19 Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Professor Dr. Ali Özer
İnönü University Faculty of Medicine
Public Health
Professor Dr. Mustafa Öztürk
University of Health Sciences
Public Health
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