Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Osman Hayran
Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Turkiye
He graduated from Hacettepe University School of
Medicine as a Medical Doctor and then specialized in Public Health
at Hacettepe University Institute of Community Medicine. After
completing compulsory service in Kocaeli Health Directorate of the
Ministry of Health, he started academic life. He became Associate
Professor at Marmara University School of Medicine in 1988 and Full
Professor in 1994. In the same university, he served as the Head of
the Department of Public Health, Director of the Vocational School
of Health Services, Dean of the Faculty of Health Education and
Director of the
Health Policy Research Center. In addition, he held part-time
positions at the World Health Organization and the University of
Miami Medical School. He retired from Marmara University at the end
of 2007 and started to work as the founder Dean of the Yeditepe
University School of Health Sciences. After the establishment of
this faculty, he served as its dean until 2013. He is currently
working as the head of the Department of Public Health at Istanbul
Medipol University Faculty of Medicine and also Director of
Healthcare Systems and Policies Research Center at the same
university. He has many scientific articles published in various
local and foreign journals, congress papers and books.