TANJU MÜNEVVER (BAŞARIR) ÖZKAN

She graduated from Ankara Yükseliş Private High School in 1974 and received her medical degree from Ankara University Medical School in 1980. She completed her residency training and became a pediatrician at Ankara University School of Medicine in 1987. She took part in research and clinical studies at Graz University in Austria by the scholarship she got from Ministry of National Education in 1988. In years 1988-1990, she did her public service in Amasya and Çorum and worked as a pediatrician for six months at Ankara SSK Hospital Maternity Ward. She worked at Bursa SSK Hospital in between 1991-1993 and did her Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine and Ege University Faculty of Medicine from 1993 to 1996. In 1998 she did clinical practice at Mannheim and Heidelberg Universities as a visitor and became an Assistent Professor at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine the same year. She became an associate professor in 2000 and Professor of Pediatrics in 2007. In 2008, she attended clinical practices focusing on liver transplantation at Kiel University Children’s Hospital Center of Transplantation. She continues to pursue her clinical and academical studies at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.