BAU Medicine Medal of Science Awarded to Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir

The Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine awarded its Medal of Science to Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir, a doyen of neurosurgery whose important work in the field sets an example for the scientists and physicians of the future.

Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine (BAU Medicine), which embraces the principles of medicine for people, technology for people and medical practice for people, and which set out to train medical doctors with the potential to combine scientific research methodology with practical skills and creativity, presented its Medal of Science, awarded to scientists whose contributions to their fields are recognized by the scientific community and who have enabled medical science to make significant progress, to Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir, a doyen of neurosurgery whose work in the field will set an example for future scientist-physicians.

Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir, who once served as President of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and is a member of the American, German and World Academies of Neurosurgery, continues to serve as an editor of a total of 8 international journals, including Neurosurgery and Acta Neurochirurgica. A member of 17 national and international societies, he has organized 15 national and international meetings, received 9 awards for his work and given lectures as a visiting faculty member at 8 universities, including Harvard and Yale. Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir has more than 200 publications in international and more than 100 in national journals on neurosurgery, 175 international and 385 national congress papers, and has participated in 35 international and 57 national conferences.

In previous years, the Medal of Science, awarded to people who have accelerated the development of medical science with the aim of finding cures for diseases, was awarded to Prof. Dr. Joseph B. Martin, former Dean of Harvard Medical School, for his work on the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and to Ord. Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos for his work in pediatric cardiac surgery and his contributions to the children of our country and the world through his philanthropy.