
İlhan Tarkun, M.D. Prof.
Endocrinology
EDUCATION
1989 – Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine
1996 – Specialisation in internal diseases at the Hospital for Diagnostics and Analytics Haydarpasa Istanbul
2001 – Further specialisation at the Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Internal Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders
2006 – Assistant professor at the Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Internal Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders
2011 – 2018 - Professor at the Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Internal Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders
AREAS OF INTEREST
Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
Diabetes
Thyroid diseases
Hypophysis diseases
Obesity
Diseases of the adrenal gland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the board of directors of the Turkish Diabetes Association
Member of the board of trustees of the Turkish Diabetes Foundation
Member of the Accreditation and Competency Board of the Turkish Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Society
Turkish Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Society
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Diabetes Organisation (ENDO)
AWARDS
2003 - Third prize in the Best Publication category of the Scientific Publication Support Award on Diabetes Mellitus of the Turkish Diabetes Foundation for a study entitled: “Lipoprotein (a) concentrations in patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus without cardiovascular disease relationship to metabolic parameters and diabetic complications”.
2004 – Honourable mention at the 1st Nutrition Symposium and 2nd Turkish Obesity Congress, Denizli, for his study on “– Results of about two years of observation of 102 patients with glucose tolerance disorder or fasting glucose”
2005 – First prize in the Best Publication category of the Scientific Publication Support Award on Diabetes Mellitus of the Turkish Diabetes Foundation for a study entitled: “Endothelial dysfunction in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Relationship with insulin resistance and low grade chronic inflammation”,
2017 – Third prize in the Best Presentation category at the 53rd National Diabetes Congress
PUBLICATIONS
More than 150 national and international publications