Assoc. Prof. MD.

Birkan İlhan

Internal Diseases

Interests

  • Polypharmacy and Inappropriate Drug Use in Elderly Individuals
  • Malnutrition
  • Sarcopenia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Fragility
  • Dementia
  • Geriatric Depression
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes Management

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Education
  • İnönü University, Faculty of Medicine (English) (2000-2007)
  • Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (2008-2013)
  • Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Geriatrics (2013-2017)
Experience
  • SBU Şişli Hamidiye Etfal PEH Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Clinic (2019-2022, Education Assistant)
  • a. Geriatrics Clinic Education and Administrative Officer (2021-2022)
  • b. Internal Diseases Clinic Education Officer (2022)
  • Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital (2017-2019, Geriatrics Specialist, Compulsory Service)
  • Malatya 112 Emergency Health Services (2007-2008, General Practitioner, Compulsory Service)
  • 2013, Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Researcher at Mayo Clinic Rheumatology Department for 3 months)
Memberships to Scientific Organizations
  • Turkish Internal Medicine Specialization Association, Member, 2008
  • Academic Geriatrics Society, Member, 2014
  • The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), Member, 2014
  • Clinical Enteral Parenteral Nutrition Association (KEPAN), Member, 2014
  • UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) Geriatrics Section, Representative of Turkey
  • Memberships to Scientific Working Groups
  • Task and Finish Group on Fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)
  • Special Interest Group on Cardiovascular Medicine, The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)
  • Special Interest Group on Pharmacology, The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)
  • Osteoporosis and other Musculoskeletal Diseases in the Elderly (Member), Academic Geriatrics Society
  • Urinary Incontinence and Falling (Member), Academic Geriatrics Society
  • Rational Medicine and Polypharmacy (Scientific Secretariat), Academic Geriatrics Society
  • BEST ORAL PRESENTATION SECOND PRIZE, Academic Geriatrics Society, Academic Geriatrics Congress, 2018
  • SPECIAL JURY AWARD, Academic Geriatrics Society-International Academic Geriatrics Congress, 2017
  • BEST ORAL PRESENTATION FIRST PRIZE, Academic Geriatrics Society-International Academic Geriatrics Congress, 2017
  • BEST ORAL PRESENTATION SECOND PRIZE, 23rd National Internal Medicine Congress, 2021

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