OUR DOCTORS

Prof. A. Arzu Ruacan, M.D.

Pathology

She has been Head of the Medical Pathology Department at the School of Medicine of the Hacettepe University from 2004 to 2009.
She has been Head of the Federation of Pathology Societies from 2008 to 2010.
She has been member of the Committee of Curriculum Plan and Standard Determination for Specialty Education in the Ministry of Health since 2010.
She has been Head of the Medical Pathology Fellow committee of the Federation of Pathology Societies since 2018.
She has been Grade 3 Coordinator at the School of Medicine of the Koç University since 2014 and Head of the Self-Evaluation Committee since 2015.
She was granted the Turkish Journalists Association’s Sedat Simavi Health Sciences Award in 2000.
She is holder of the Hacettepe University Academic Awards in the category of the Research Group Award in 2001.
She was granted the second prize in Novartis Pharmaceutical Technology Research Award in 2003-2004.
She is the holder of the Best Trainer Award of the Koç University for the Education Year 2015-2016.
Member of Ankara Pathology Association, Turkish Society of Pathology, European Association for Haematopathology, Sheffield Kidney Institute Club and the Head & Neck Study Group of the Federation of Pathology Societies.
She authored 136 papers, including 93 papers published in international journals and 43 papers published in local journals.

Principal areas of clinical interest:
- Head & Neck pathology,
- Haematopathology,
- Viral Oncogenesis.

Education	Institution	Year
Medical Pathology Residency	School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1986 - 1990
Medical Education	School of Medicine, Ankara University	1979 - 1984

Title	Institution	Year
Professor	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Koç University	2012 - To date
Professor	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	2002 - 2010
Assoc. Prof.	Sheffield Kidney Institute	1996 - 1997
Assoc. Prof.	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1994 - 2002
Faculty Member / M.D.	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1992 - 1994
Attending physician	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1990 - 1992
Resident	Department of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1986 - 1990
Medical Practitioner	Şakirpaşa Community Clinic, Adana	1984 - 1986