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Prof. Dr. İbrahim GÖZÜKARA

Nuclear Medicine Specialist
I - PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth : 29.08.1953
Place of birth : Elbistan
Marital status : Married, with one child
Gender : Male
Nationality : Turkish
Language : English, French
Address : Bağdat Caddesi. Rüzgar Gülü Çıkmazı No: 1/4 Kızıltoprak - KADIKÖY / İSTANBUL
II - EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1971 - 1978 : Undergraduate and postgraduate education in Medicine at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine.
1978 - 1982 : Specialization Training in Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine.
October - November 1980 : SMedical Applications of Radioisotopes course organized by the International Atomic Energy Commission in the Soviet Union.
1980 – 1982 : Gray scale and Doppler Ultrasonography applications and Dicle University between 1982-1990. Ultrasound consultancy at the Faculty of Medicine.
1982 - 1983 : Reserve officer military service at Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Nuclear Medicine.
1983-1990 : Working as a specialist and associate professor at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine.
November 1989 : The title of Associate Professor in Nuclear Medicine.
Nov. - Dec. 1989 : Working as a visiting professor in the Thyroid diseases unit at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Yamanachi Prefectural Hospital in Japan.
Jan. 1991 - May 1992 : Fellowship in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, United States of America, Nuclear cardiology and PET research applications.
Jun.1992 - May1999 : Deputy Chief of Okmeydanı Arastirma Hospital Nuclear Medicine Clinic. Clinical service, research and resident training.
August 1997 : Passing the European Nuclear Medicine Board exam and receiving the title of European Community Nuclear Medicine Specialist.
June 1999 - Jan.2002 : Working as a Professor at A.İ.B.Ü Düzce Faculty of Medicine.
Jan.2002 - Agu.2008 : Working as the owner and manager of Hippocrates Diagnostic Laboratories Imaging Center Ltd Company in Kızıltoprak Kadıköy, applying Nuclear Medicine, Bone Densitometry, Doppler USG and USG examinations and Nuclear Medicine treatment services.
Sep.2008 - Sep.2009 : Performing the same functions professionally within Hippocrates Diagnostic Laboratories Imaging Center Ltd Company in Kızıltoprak Kadıköy.
October 2009 – Present : At the ACADEMIC MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS CENTER he established in Bağdat Caddesi. Rüzgar Gülü Çıkmazı No: 1/4 Kızıltoprak, Kadıköy, he performs and evaluates laboratory tests related to Scintigraphy, Ultrasonography, Doppler USG and Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), especially in thyroid diseases, and applies Radioactive iodine treatment.


III - ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES HE PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY
Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine
Head of Internal Medicine Department
Education Chief Coordinatorship
Membership of the Faculty Board of Directors
Faculty Academic Board membership


IV - PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER
Turkish Medical Association
Turkish Nuclear Medicine Association
Association of Medical Ultrasonography
Society of Nuclear Medicine (USA)
Correlative Imaging Council (USA
European Association of Nuclear Medicine
Society of Nuclear Cardiology (USA)


I graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1978. I specialized in nuclear medicine at the same faculty between 1978 and 1982. I completed my military service at the Nuclear Medicine Clinic in Ankara GATA in 1982-1983. Between 1984 and 1990, I worked as a specialist and associate professor at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine. I became an associate professor in 1989.


I worked in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the USA in 1991-1992. I was involved in nuclear medicine practices and research and sonographic applications.


Between 1993 and 1999, I worked as a doctor and manager at the imaging center we established in Kadıköy Kızıltoprak, Istanbul. In 1999, I became a professor at Abanat İzzet Baysal University (AIBU) and worked at AIBU Faculty of Medicine between 1999-2002. I retired in 2002 and continued to serve in our current private health institution in Istanbul.


1I took part in a course organized by the IAEA in the Soviet Union on basic nuclear medicine examinations, thyroid disease imaging and laboratory examinations for 3 months at 980.


In 1989, I worked on thyroid disease radiology (scintigraphy and USG) in Japan for 2 months.


I am one of the first few ultrasonography practitioners in Turkey and have been performing all kinds of USG examinations of the thyroid and other organs since 1980. I am a member of the Medical Ultrasonography Association. Between 1984 and 1990, I also served as a USG consultant in the Radiology department of Dicle University Faculty of Medicine.


Between 1998 and 2002, I taught Nuclear Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at Yeditepe University.


Between 2003 and 2005, I taught Nuclear Medicine at Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine.


In 2007, I was invited to the establishment of Istanbul AREL UNIVERSITY and was appointed to the board of trustees. I was appointed as the Founding Rector. I gave student lectures at the Faculty of Health Sciences. I teach Nuclear Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, which was established in 2018.