Organizing Committee Member
Ahmet Turan Isik
Head of the Department of Geriatrics
Dokuz Eylul University
Turkey
Biography
Dr. Ahmet Turan ISIK finished his graduation from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1995. He received specialist training in internal medicine in 2002 and became a specialist in internal medicine. In 2007, He completed geriatric side branch education and became a geriatrician. He had completed postgraduate studies both in the country and abroad on cognitive disorders and dementia (dementia) syndromes, especially Alzheimer's disease in the ages. He received associate professor position on December 2006 and Professor Title on March 2012. He is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Geriatrics at Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty. He is also a part-time faculty member at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Eastern Mediterranean University. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He is also author of many international books.
Research Area
Cognitive Impairment in The Older Adults, Drug effects, Insulin resistance in the patients with dementia, Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Experimental Neurodegenerative Disease, Stem cell therapy in Neurodegenertive disease Geriatrics