Hakan Altıntaş
Prof. Kerim Hakan ALTINTAŞ, MD, Specialist in Public Health, EMDM
Kerim Hakan Altıntaş was born on January 17, 1964 in Ankara. He graduated from TED Ankara College High School in 1982. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (HUFM) (English Program) in 1988. Between years 1993-1998, he worked as a resident at HUFM Department of Public Health and became a specialist in public health. He worked as a specialist MD (1998-1999), assistant professor (1999-2006), associate professor (2006-2013) at the same department. He was appointed as a professor in 2013. In Hacettepe University, he served as the representative of assistant professor at faculty board and executive board (2000-2003, 2003-2006), vice-director of Institute of Public Health (2008-2011, 2011-2012), vice-director of Disaster Medicine Application and Research Center (HAMER) (2008-2011, 2011-2012), representative of associate professor at (Hacettepe & Kastamonu Medical) faculty boards and executive boards (2009-2012), director of HAMER (2012-2015, 2015-2018, 2018-continues), member of executive board of Institute of Public Health, head of Department of Public Health (2014-2016, 2017-2019, 2020-continues), medical faculty representative to University Senate (2014-2017). He founded Health Management in Disasters MSc Degree Program in 2003. He was among the founders of HAMER in 2008. He has been the director of Health Management in Disasters MSc Degree Program (since 2003), Public Health MSc & PhD Degree Programs (since 2014). He received European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) Certificate in 2000 and EMDM MSc Degree in 2004. He is a visiting professor of EMDM jointly organized by Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Italy and Free University of Brussels, School of Medicine, Belgium. His main study area is disaster health management (disaster medicine). In all categories, he has approximately 200 scientific publications. His H-index is 21. He is a member of Ankara Medical Chamber (ATO) and Association of Public Health Specialists (HASUDER). He is married and has a daughter & son.