Prof. Cansın Saçkesen, M.D.

Head of Department

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.

Principal areas of clinical interest:

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

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