Necdet Uskent

Prof. Necdet Üskent, graduated from Ankara University Medical School. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Ankara GATA Medical School. He has done his clinical fellowship training in Medical Oncology and Hematology in the USA, Dallas, Texas. He took part in the Bone Marrow Transplantation team that performed the first transplantation in Turkey. At different times and for long terms, he served as visiting lecturer at Westminster Hospital Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Royal Free and University College Hospital, in London UK, and at Basel Cantone Hospital in Switzerland. Passing the exam organized by European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), he obtained the European Medical Oncology Certificate. Being one of the 7 founding members of The Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, Prof. Üskent was also a founder of Turkish Oncology Group (TOG).

Education

University 

Ankara University Medical School, Ankara 1971 

Specialty education 

GATA Medical School, Ankara 1979 
 

Wadley Institutes of Molecular Medicine, Granville-Morton Cancer Hospital, Medical Oncology and Hematology Sub-specialties, 1982

Assistant Professor

GATA Medical School, Medical Oncology Clinic, Ankara 1984 

Associate Professor 

GATA Medical School, Medical Oncology Clinic, Ankara 1989 

Professor 

GATA, Medical Oncology and Hematology Clinics, Istanbul 2001

Speciality

• Breast cancer
• Gastrointestinal cancers
• Lung cancers
• Lymphomas
• Myeloma
  
  Institution Memberships
  
  Turkish Medical Oncology Society
• Turkish Hematology Society
• Lung Cancers Society
• Immuno-Oncology Society
• Neuro-Oncology Society
• Breast Cancer Society
• Istanbul Gastrointestinal Cancers Group
• Istanbul Lymphoma Group
• Istanbul Myeloma Group
• European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology