General Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Doç. Dr. Ahmet Rencüzoğulları
Elective Faculty: General Surgery Department
Gastroentrology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Müjdat Zeybel
Elective Faculty: Müjdat Zeybel
Forensic Psychiatry
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: Maximum 1 student per month
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç Üniversitesi Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Abdullah Coşkun Yorulmaz
Elective Faculty: Abdullah Coşkun Yorulmaz, Vedat Şar
Patology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Yersu Kapran-Pinar Bulutay
Elective Faculty: Volkan Adsay, Pinar Firat, Dilek Ertoy Baydar, Nilgün Kapucuoglu, Öner Dogan, Pinar Atasoy, Ibrahim Kulaç, Ayse Helvaci, Orhun Çig Taskin, Çisel Aydin
Other contacts: Seçil Atakan
Obsterics and Gynecology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 Month
Number of students: 3
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koc University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective director: Serdar Aydın
Elective faculty: Serdar Aydın, Mert Turğal, Ebru Çelik
Moleculer Biology and Genetics
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus, Koç University Hospital (KUTTAM)
Contact Information
Elective Director: Prof. Dr. Tamer Önder
Elective Faculty: Prof. Dr. Tamer Önder
Animal Experiments
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: Students should participate and pass the required exam for the theoretical part of the Laboratory Animals Use Certificate Course
Location(s): Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus, KUTTAM Laboratory Animals Research Facility and Zebra Fish Laboratory (KUTTAM-KUH).
Contact Information
Elective Director: Prof. Hakan Sedat Orer
Elective Faculty: Prof. Hakan Sedat Orer, Gülnihal Özcan and other relevant faculty who is conducting Animal Experiments
Hematology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1month
Number of students: 2 students
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: O. Meltem Akay
Elective Faculty: Burhan Ferhanoğlu, Ümit Üre, Emre Osmanbaşoğlu
Pediatric Surgery (Transplantation)
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Turan Kanmaz, MD
Elective Faculty: Turan Kanmaz, MD
Rheumatology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1 per month
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Nilüfer Alpay Kanıtez
Elective Faculty: Nilüfer Alpay Kanıtez, Elif Er Gülbezer
Medical Oncology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Nil Molinas Mandel
Elective Faculty: Fatih Selcukbiricik, Nil Molinas Mandel
Internal Medicine
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Mehmet Gökhan Gönenli
Elective Faculty: Mehmet Gökhan Gönenli
Endocrinology & Metabolism (Internal Medicine)
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Prof Dr Oğuzhan Deyneli
Elective Faculty: Prof Dr Dilek Yazıcı, Prof Dr Faruk Alagöl, Uzm Dr Havva Sezer
Other specific contacts: Uzm Dr Seçil Özışık
Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1-2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): KUH
Contact Information
Elective Director: Mehmet Onur Demirkol (Radionuclide Therapy, Theranostics, Specific PET/CT).
Elective Faculty: Fikri Okan Falay (General scintigraphy, SPECT/CT, PET/CT general)
Other specific contacts: Hülya Seymen (General diagnostic modalities).
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 2 months
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: Infectious Diseases, Programming, Statistics
Location(s): KUISCID
Contact Information
Elective Director: Prof. Önder Ergönül
Elective Faculty: Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Gönen
Department of Radiology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 4
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Levent Oğuzkurt
Elective Faculty: Çetin Atasoy (Thoracic Imaging), Bengi Gürses (Abdominal Imaging)
Department of Radiation Oncology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Elective Director: Uğur Selek
Elective Faculty: Yasemin Bölükbaşı
Other specific contacts: Duygu Sezen, Nülifer Kılıç Durankuş, Eyüb Yaşar Akdemir, Şükran Şenyürek
Department of Pediatrics
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1-2 months
Number of students: 4
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koc University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Mehmet Fatih Erbey
Elective Faculty: Mehmet Fatih Erbey, Tuğba Gürsoy
Department of Brain And Nerve Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 4 weeks
Number of students: 1
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Dr. Goktug Akyoldas
Elective Faculty: Prof. Dr. Selçuk Peker, Prof. Dr. Ali Fahir Özer, Prof. Dr. Tunç Öktenoğlu, Prof. Dr. Mehdi Sasani, Prof. Dr. İhsan Solaroğlu, Prof. Dr. Özkan Ateş
Department of Ophthalmology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 3
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Ayşe Yıldız Taş
Elective Faculty: Murat Hasanreisoğlu, Orkun Müftüoğlu, Ayşe Yıldız Taş
Department of Psychiatry
Basic Information (CLINIC)
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: Contact with the director two months prior to the elective
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Aslı Ercan Doğan
Elective Faculty: Vedat Sar, Kemal Kuscu, Bedirhan Ustun, Hale Yapıcı-Eser, Aslı Ercan Doğan
Department of Psychiatry
Basic Information (RESEARCH)
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: Contact with the director two months prior to the elective
Location(s): Koç University Hospital, Koc University Rumelifeneri Campus
Contact Information
Elective Director: Aslı Ercan Doğan
Elective Faculty: Vedat Sar, Kemal Kuscu, Bedirhan Ustun, Hale Yapıcı-Eser, Aslı Ercan-Doğan
Department of Psychiatry
Basic Information (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of Students: 2
Prerequisites: The 5th year psychiatry rotation to be completed.
(This is a requirement for clinical oriented rotations. If you want to do a research-oriented rotation, please contact with Dr. Tuba Mutluer directly.)
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Dr.Tuba Mutluer Elective (Specific Subspecialty)
Faculty: Dr. Tuba Mutluer
Department of Dermatology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Seçil Vural
Elective Faculty: Sibel Alper, Seçil Vural, Emek Özgür Kocatürk Göncü
Department of Aesthetic, Plastic & Reconstruction Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1 student
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Billur Sezgin Kizilok
Elective Faculty: Billur Sezgin Kizilok, Sacit Karademir
Thoracic Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Serhan Tanju
Elective Faculty: Suat Erus
Other specific contacts: Duygu Kaya (Department coordinator)
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2 students
Prerequisites: None Location(s): Koç University Hospital, KUTTAM at Rumelifeneri & Topkapi campus
Contact Information
Elective Director: Egemen Eroglu
Elective Faculty: Nigar Pelin Oguzkurt, Mehmet Ali Özen
Department of Medical Genetics
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Location(s): Outpatient clinics (Pediatrics room 24, Gynecology & Obstetrics room 7), consultations (NICU, Pediatrics, Oncology), Genetic Diseases Diagnostic Center (M-6th floor) and Zebrafish facility (KUTTAM; 4th floor)
Contact Information
Elective Director : Prof. Hülya Kayserili, MD, PhD
Elective Faculty : Asst. Prof. Umut Altunoğlu, MD
Other specific contacts: Şahin Avcı, MD (Medical genetics specialist); Gülleyla Kılıç, PhD (Chief of cytogenetics laboratory); Serpil Eraslan, PhD (Chief of molecular genetics laboratory); Esra Yücel, PhD (Chief of NGS & bioinformatics); Nihan Bilge Kamer, PhD (Chief of molecular cytogenetics laboratory); Elanur Yılmaz, PhD (zebrafish facility)
Department of Cardiology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2 students
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Dilek Ural
Elective Faculty: Vedat Aytekin (Interventional Cardiology), Saide Aytekin (Cardiac Imaging), Ece Yurtseven, Alparslan Kiliç, Betül Cengiz Elçioglu, Erol Gürsoy, Füsun Helvaci, Nihal Tefik, Onur Baydar, Ömer Yildiz, Yasemin Demirci
Department of Public Health
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: Max. 5
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Sibel Sakarya, Ilker Kayi
Essential Procedures in Emergency Medicine Elective Programme
Basic Information
*** This elective is not offered through out the year. Please contact the director before choosing this elective.
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: Max 5 Students
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koc University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Can Aktas
Elective Faculty:
Elective Faculty: Can Aktaş, Ulufer Sivrikaya, Evren Şentürk, Gökhan Gönenli, Eda Ars, Yusuf Koksal, İlker Eren, Elif Degirmenci, Altuğ Kanbakan, Cantürk Emir, Aslı Bahar Uçar , Arda Çınarlık
Other specific contacts: Metin Altun
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Özden Özyemisçi Taskiran, Nazan Canbulat
Elective Faculty: Mahir Topaloglu
Department of Pulmonary Diseases
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location: Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Benan Caglayan
Elective Faculty: Yuksel Peker (Sleep Medicine), Hasan Bayram, Sinem Iliaz, Isil Uzel, Ferhan Karataş
Department of Urology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Yakup Kordan
Elective Faculty: M. Derya Balbay, Tufan Tarcan, Yakup Kordan, A. Erdem Canda, M. Can Kiremit, Ersin Köseoglu
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 3
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Emel Gönen
Elective Faculty: Önder Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Ali Deveci, İlker Eren, Olgar Birsel, Emrah Çalışkan
Other contacts: Murat Bahar (Department coordinator)
Department of Neurology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2 per month
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Özgür Öztop Çakmak
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 2
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Ozan Gökler
Elective Faculty: Ö. Faruk Ünal, Sarp Saraç, Tan Ergin, Arif Ulubil, Aysenur Meriç Hafiz, Ozan Gökler, Ozan Altuntas
Cardiovascular Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Atıf Akçevin
Elective Faculty: Dr.Semih Barlas, Dr.Atıf Akçevin, Dr.Mehmet Şanser Ateş, Dr.Afksendiyos Kalangos, Dr.Parla Astarcı
Anesthesiology and Reanimation
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1-2 months
Number of students: 2-4 students
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Yavuz Gürkan
Elective Faculty: Ömür Erçelen, Nahit Çakar, Evren Sentürk, Kamil Darçın Other specific contacts: Mete Manici, Semra Ugur, Ahmet Karakaya
Breast Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: Motivation letter describing your interest in breast surgery
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Dr.Ece Dilege
Elective Faculty: Dr.Ece Dilege, Orhan Ağcaoğlu
General Surgery
Basic Information
Duration of the Elective: 1 month
Number of students: 1
Prerequisites: None
Location(s): Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director: Orhan Agcaoglu (Endocrine and Breast Diseases)
Elective Faculty: Gürkan Tellioğlu (Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases), Emre Balik (Gastrointestinal Diseases), Ece Dilege (Breast Diseases)
MEDED
Basic Information
Duration of the elective: 1 month
Number of students: Maximum 4 student
Prerequisites:None
Location(s):Koç University Hospital
Contact Information
Elective Director:Prof. Dr. Zeynep Seda Uyan, Doç. Dr. İlker Eren, Dr. Mehmet Gökhan Gönenli
