OUR DOCTORS

Professor Yusuf Özkan

Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases

He accepts patients at our hospital on Thursdays and Fridays as a part-time patient.

Date of Birth: April 01, 1969

Foreign Language: English

EDUCATION
Education Institution Year
Medical Education Cukurova University 1992
Expertise Firat University 1999
Doctorate/S. Qualification Firat University 2006
CAREER
Expertise Institution Year
General Practitioner Boğazkale Central Health Center 1992–1994
Military service Merzifon Air Hospital, Consulting Physician 1994–1995
Dr. Res. Asst. Faculty of Medicine Firat University 1995–1999
Specialist Dr. Faculty of Medicine Firat University 1999–2000
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faculty of Medicine Firat University 2000–2006
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faculty of Medicine Firat University 2006–2012
Prof. Dr. Faculty of Medicine Firat University 2012-2016
Prof. Dr. Elazig Medical Park Hospital 2016-2017
Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Elazig Private Eastern Anatolia Hospital 2017 - Halen

Medical Specialization Thesis Title and Supervisor:

"Investigation of Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence and Statistical Risk Factors in the Urban Population Over 30 Years of Age in Elazığ City Center"

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emir DÖNDER

 

THESES

Doctoral and Minor Thesis

Özkan, Y., “Investigation of Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence and Statistical Risk Factors in the Urban Population Over 30 Years of Age in Elazığ City Center”, Elazığ, 1999.

Özkan, Y., “The Effect of Experimentally Induced Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism in the Perinatal Period on Neural Plasticity and Learning”, Elazığ, 2006.

 

Professorship Main Research Work         

Ozkan Y, Aydin S, Donder E, Koca SS, Aydin S, Ozkan B, Sahin I. “Effect of orlistat on the total ghrelin and leptin levels in obese patients”. J Physiol Biochem. 2009 Sep;65(3):215–23.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERT DUTIES 

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Fırat Medical Journal
  • Member of the editorial board of the Turkish Clinics Endocrinology Journal.
  • Reviewer for the Turkish Clinics Medical Sciences Journal
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Dicle Medical Journal
  • Peer Review for Firat Medical Journal
  • European Journal of General Medicine peer review
  • Journal of the National Medical Association hakemliği

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER

Turkish Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Turkish Internal Medicine Specialists Association

American Diabetes Association

The Endocrine Society

 

Areas of Interest

Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes Mellitus)
Thyroid Gland Diseases (Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer diagnosis and follow-up)

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure),
Fat Metabolism-Related Diseases (High Cholesterol),
Obesity,
Metabolic Disorders,
Excess or Deficiency of Hormones,
Osteoporosis (Bone Loss) and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases

Parathyroid Gland Diseases (low or high calcium levels)
Infertility
Tumors of the endocrine glands

Pituitary Gland Diseases

Adrenal gland diseases,
insulin resistance conditions.

Excessive hair growth (hirsutism), Polycystic Ovary Disease

 

Resume Update Date 09.09.2024