Renowned Heart Surgeon Prof. Dr. Kalangos Joins BAU

Bahçeşehir University, which continues its growth strategy by opening new faculties and departments every year, has now taken a giant step in the field of health. Having brought on board Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos, one of the world's leading heart surgeons, Bahçeşehir University aims for its Faculty of Medicine, which will begin education in the 2013-2014 academic year, to become one of the world's leading research centers.

Stating that many important breakthroughs have been made in education in Türkiye and that Bahçeşehir University is one of the pioneers of these breakthroughs, Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos, “said, "Before accepting Bahçeşehir University's offer, I researched a few things about the university. In particular, after speaking with President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın and Acting Dean Prof. Dr. Türker Kılıç, I decided to serve within this university, especially in the fields of medicine, education and health."

Saying that medical education in Türkiye has now reached a certain level, Kalangos said, "I completed my specialization in Türkiye and went abroad to do research. In a sense, I represent the brain drain. However, after learning science abroad, it is also very important to teach what we have learned to the young people who will represent us in the future. Here we will organize a number of programs and establish contacts abroad for the research center. With its potential to generate knowledge, Türkiye and Bahçeşehir University will become synonymous with knowledge. I owe my thanks to Mr. Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, for giving us this opportunity."

Stating that the infrastructure work for the faculty of medicine has been completed, Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, said, "I am very happy on behalf of our country. For our faculty of medicine, founded with a different and new approach, we have reached an agreement with Istanbul's largest hospital. Very soon we will have started our hospital activities. Our faculty of medicine will be one of the world's most important research centers. Today, our faculty of medicine sets out with the goal of being an ambitious faculty both in practice and academically. Today we are also delighted to welcome one of the world's most important heart surgeons, Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos, to our university, and I welcome our professor among us. Hearts cannot do without brains. Brains are needed too. Neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Türker Kılıç is also a world-renowned brain surgeon. I am proud to entrust our hearts and minds to safe hands."

The BAU Faculty of Medicine, which will admit its first medical students in 2013, will be led as Acting Dean by one of the world's foremost scientists in brain surgery and neurosurgery, Prof. Dr. Türker Kılıç . Stating that the Faculty of Medicine will be a center that not only serves patients but also carries out important scientific research, Acting Dean of the BAU Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Türker Kılıçsaid, "We will establish a Research and Application Center at our Faculty of Medicine in Göztepe. We will dedicate one part of it to a Heart Health Research Center. In this sense, Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos joining us has both honored us and made us even stronger."

50 STUDENTS TO BE ADMITTED IN THE FIRST YEAR

Planning to admit 50 students in 2013 with the approval of YÖK, the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine will teach in a foreign language and, for the first time in Türkiye, will offer research and clinical services together in education. At the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, hospital services and research will be carried out together. Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said that they would place particular emphasis on research activities at the faculty of medicine.