Academic Members

He was born on January 14, 1953 in Kahramanmaraş. He graduated from Kahramanmaraş High School in 1970 and Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1976 with first degree. He became Internal Medicine Specialist at the same faculty in 1981. In the same year, he worked on genetic manipulations at the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. He became Associate Professor in 1987, Medical Oncology Specialist at Istanbul University Oncology Institute in 1991 and Professor in 1995. He is a member of ASCO and certified ESMO. In March 2017, he left the Istanbul University Oncology Institute, where he worked for 29 years, and started to work in Istinye University Faculty of Medicine Bahçeşehir Liv Hospital. He served as a member of the Board of Medical Oncology Association and Oncology Group Association - Turkish Oncology Group. He is married with one child and has 121 publications in Turkish, English and French in various medical books and journals, and 109 papers presented at national and international congresses. 41 of his publications have been published in PubMed indexed journals. His publications have been cited in 3492 by February 2020 and his H-index: 16, i10-index: 22 (Source: www.googlescholar.com). His principal clinical research interests have been in gastrointestinal cancers. He has participated to some international studies such as PETACC-1, CPT-CMA 202, Aventis V-306, V-307, CRYSTAL, RADIANT-2, CORRECT, RILOMET, REGARD and MODUL. His another area of interest is theoretical biology, especially intercellular communication. He is in the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (2018), Turkish Journal of Cancer (2003) and Acta Oncologica (Turkish Edition) (2004). Prof. N. Faruk Aykan speaks English and French.