OUR DOCTORS

Prof. Cansın Saçkesen, M.D.

Pediatrics
Pediatric Allergy

Head of Department

Prof. Cansın Saçkesen, M.D.
  • She is Head of Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Koç University since July 2018. 
  • She was visiting scientist at research laboratory at Division of Pediatric Allergy, Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine in New York in the field of food allergies.
  • She was Head of Division of Pediatric Allergy at School of Medicine, Hacettepe University in 2013-14.
  • She studied laboratory methods that investigate the immune mechanisms of allergic diseases at Allergic Diseases and Asthma Institute in Davos Switzerland for a year in 2014.
  • She was awarded the title “Associate Professor” in 2005 and “Professor” in 2012.
  • She is member of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and was working at Pediatric Allergy Study Group.
  • Member of Turkish National Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Head of Food Allergy Study Group.
  • Moreover, she is member of American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Turkish Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Turkish Society of Immunology, Turkish Thoracic Society.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Education Institution Year
Pediatric Allergy Fellow School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 2000 - 2003
Pediatrics Residency School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 1994 - 2000
Medical Education Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University 1988 - 1994

CAREER

Title Institution Year
Professor Head of Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Koç University 2018 - To date
Professor Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, Koç University 2015 - To date
Professor (Visiting scientist) Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy & Immunology, New York, USA 2014 - 2015
Professor Division of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 2012 - 2015
Assoc. Prof. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 2005 - 2012
Visiting scientist Swiss Institute of Allergic Diseases and Asthma, Davos Switzerland 2004 - 2005