Prof. Dr. Etem Özkaya

Having graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1990 with a Master’s degree, Assoc. Dr. Etem Özkaya became a specialist in the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the Refik Saydam Hygiene Center Presidency in 1994.

He worked as a research assistant at the Refik Saydam Hygiene Center Presidency, Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Clinical Chief between 1991-1994.

Between May 1995 and September 1995, he worked as a specialist at the Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Tuberculosis Research and Reference Laboratory, and between 1995 and 2007 at the Refik Saydam Hygiene Center Presidency, Virology Laboratory. Courses and training programs attended by Etem Özkaya are listed below.

Finland, 10-28 May 1998.

• Within the scope of the “Polio Eradication Program in Turkey Project”;
• He participated in the Individual Training Program named “Isolation and Identification of Enteroviruses in Cell Culture”. (National Public Health Institute, KTL, Helsinki )

Japan, 25 August 1998 – 30 April 1999

• Within the scope of the “Control of Vaccine Preventable Infectious Diseases in Turkey Project”;
• “Surveillance and Control Program of Viral Infections” Individual Education Program,
• National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
• Hiroshima Research Institute of Public Health, Hiroshima
• Bio-medical Science Association, Tokyo
• Japan Poliomyelitis Research Institute, Tokyo
• Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Akita.

Czech Republic, 15 – 21 May 2000

• Supporting Organization: Japan Organization for International Cooperation (JICA).
• Within the scope of “Polio Eradication Program in Turkey Project”;
• “Polio National Laboratories Virologists Training Workshop”,
• Purkyne Military Medical Academy, Hradec Kralove.

Between 2007 and 2008, he worked as an associate professor at the Refik Saydam Hygiene Center Presidency, Virology Laboratory. He currently works as the chief physician at Özkaya Medical Center, which he founded in 2008.