PRESIDENT 12th ISPD CONFERENCE

Cengiz Utas (Turkey) utas@erciyes.edu.tr

Title: Prof. Dr.

 

Educational Background:

• High School: TED Private Ankara College
• Medical Faculty: Ankara University School of Medicine (1978-1984)
• Specialty: Internal Diseases (1987-1991)
• Assistant Professor: (1991-1994)
• Associate Professor: (1994)
• Nephrology subspecialty: (1995)
• Promotion to Professorship: (2000)

 

Work Experience:

• Zonguldak Karabük General Practitioner (1984-1987)
• Erciyes University Internal Diseases Department, Research Associate (1987-1990)
• Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1990)
• Hacettepe University School of Medicine Nephrology Unit (1991-1992)
• GATA Nephrology Clinics, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul (1992-short term military service)
• Training on Peritoneal Dialysis, Manchester, UK (1994)
• Erciyes University Internal Diseases Department, Assistant Professor (1991)

 

Administrative Experience:

• Director of the Hemodialysis Unit and the Nephrology Clinics and Outpatient (1991-Present)
• Establishment of Nephrology Department (1993)
• Training Coordinator of Term IV (1995-1996)
• Chairman of Nephrology Department (1996-Present)
• Chairman of Internal Diseases Department (1997-2004)
• Vice Dean of Erciyes University School of Medicine (1996-2000)
• Dean of Erciyes University, School of Medicine (2000-2001)
• Rector of Erciyes University (2004 - )

 

Academic Memberships:

• European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (EDTA) (1995 - )
• International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) (1998 - )
• Member of the Board of Directors of Turkish Society of Nephrology (2000 - )
• Member of Turkish Health Government Dialysis Science Board (2002 – 2004)

 

Books and Periodical Editorships:

• Manual for Hemodialysis Physicians (Turkish, editor)
• Official Journal of the Turkish Society of Nephrology (editor)
• Nephrology and Dialysis Bulletin (Periodical in Turkish, editor)
• Nephrology Manual (Turkish, editor)
• Manual for Hemodialysis Nurses (Turkish, editor)

 

Publications:

64 academic articles which were published in international periodicals and more than a hundred academic articles which were published in national periodicals and books, many book chapters, many presentations in international and national congresses, congress notifications.

 

Scientific Meetings:

• National Congresses of the Turkish Society of Nephrology in the years, 2001, 2003, 2004, were organized by Prof. Dr. Cengiz UTAŞ
• He was the Secretary General of the 42 nd ERA-EDTA Congress, which was held between 4 -7 June, 2005 in İstanbul

Contact Information:

Erciyes University

38039 Kayseri, Turkey

Tel: +90 352 437 49 22

Email: utas@erciyes.edu.tr