Özgür Karcıoğlu

I was born in Aydin, Turkey, in 1969. I was graduated from Ege University Medical School in 1993. In 1994, I started my residency in Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine. I have worked as a faculty member between 1998 and 2007 in Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Dept. of Emergency Medicine. I have gained docentship title in October, 2004. In the meantime, I completed the Fellowship Program in International Emergency Medicine Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Hershey, PA in June-August 2005. I have served as the chairman of the department in DEU between April 2005 and September 2007. I have been in charge of the ED of Istanbul Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for the Turkish Ministry of Health between 2007 and 2009.
I have served as a faculty member in Acıbadem University Medical School, Dept. of Emergency Medicine between 2009 and 2015. In the meantime (2011), I have also participated in the refreshment work for the Joint Commission International (JCI) certification in the Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital. At the end of 2015 I started serving in the Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Fatih, Istanbul. Thirty-four research projects have been conducted as specialty graduation thesis under my supervision so far. More than 200 articles of mine were published in international and national peer-reviewed journals. I have authored and edited many books and chapters. I hold a Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BLS and ACLS) Provider certificate. I was awarded a “Fellowship of Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey” (FEMAT) in 2017.