OUR DOCTORS

Prof. Yasemin Gürsoy Özdemir, M.D.

Neurology

She conducted her postdoctoral investigations at Harvard University from 2001 to 2004.
She was granted the Fulbright Scholarship in 2000 and International Brain Research Organization Scholarship in 2001.
She received TÜBA GEBİP Incentive Award in 2005 and “Eczacıbaşı Science Incentive Award” in 2006.
She received “Güven Hospital 1^st Aysun Temizel Science Award” in 2007.
She received TÜBİTAK Incentive Award in 2008.
She played role in restructuring the Basic Neurological Sciences Doctorate Program at Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry Institute, Hacettepe University from 2004 to 2014.
She took role in founding the Department of Neurology, Koç University Hospital.
Member of Board, Neuroscience Society of Turkey.
She is reviewer for European Union and TÜBİTAK projects.

Principal areas of clinical interest:
- Headache, particularly migraine and tension-type headache,
- Stroke, small vessel diseases,
- Basic mechanisms of neurologic diseases,
- Neurologic effects of systemic diseases.

Education	Institution	Year
Doctorate in Neuroscience	Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry Institute	1997 - 2001
Neurology Residency	Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University	1992 - 1997
Medical Education	Hacettepe University	1985 - 1992

Title	Institution	Year
Institute Director	Health Sciences Institute, Koç University	2017 - To date
Professor	Koç University Hospital and School of Medicine	2014 - To date
Professor / Deputy Director of Institute	Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry Institute, Hacettepe University	2011 - 2014
Associate Professor	Hacettepe University	2006 - 2011
Assistant Professor	Hacettepe University	2004 - 2006