Congress Chair
Prof. Dr. Bülent KILIÇ
Dokuz Eylül University
Scientific Secretary
Assoc. Prof. Derya ÇAMUR
University of Health Sciences
Gülhane
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Ferruh Niyazi AYOĞLU
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
Uzm. Dr. Bengü Nehir BUĞDAYCI YALÇIN
Adıyaman
Provincial Health Directorate
Assoc. Prof. Derya ÇAMUR
University of Health Sciences
Gülhane
Assist. Prof. Dr. Didem DAYMAZ YILMAZ
Kırıkkale University
Prof. Dr. Bülent KILIÇ
Dokuz Eylül University
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif SEZEROL
University of Health Sciences
Hamidiye
Assoc. Prof. Tahsin Gökhan TELATAR
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Editor's Committees
Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Deniz ODABAŞ
Ankara University
Prof. Dr. Nazım Ercüment BEYHUN
Karadeniz Technical University
Assist Prof. Dr. Didem DAYMAZ YILMAZ
Kırıkkale University
Prof. Dr. Zahide KOŞAN
Atatürk University
Assoc. Prof. Tahsin Gökhan TELATAR
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Scientific Committee
| Prof. Dr. Filiz ABACIGİL | Aydın Adnan Menderes University |
| Prof. Dr. Levent AKIN | Başkent University |
| Prof. Dr. Seval ALKOY | Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University |
| Prof. Dr. Kerim Hakan ALTINTAŞ | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Dr. Dilek ASLAN | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Dr. Pınar AY | Marmara University |
| Prof. Dr. Ferruh Niyazi AYOĞLU | Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University |
| Prof. Dr. Necdet AYTAÇ | Sanko University |
| Prof. Dr. Elçin BALCI | Erciyes University |
| Prof. Dr. Hakan BAYDUR | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Dr. Ali İhsan BOZKURT | Akdeniz University |
| Prof. Dr. Sevgi CANBAZ | İstanbul University |
| Prof. Dr. Beyhan CENGİZ ÖZYURT | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Dr. Ali CEYLAN | Balıkesir University |
| Prof. Julia CRITCHLEY | St. George’s, University of London, England |
| Prof. Dr. Fevziye ÇETİNKAYA | Erciyes University |
| Prof. Dr. Lütfi Saltuk DEMİR | Necmettin Erbakan University |
| Prof. Dr. S. Erhan DEVECİ | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Alp ERGÖR | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Erhan ESER | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Fouad M. FOUAD | American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| Prof. Dr. Türkan GÜNAY | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Metin HASDE | University of Health Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Hür HASSOY | Ege University |
| Prof. Dr. Osman HAYRAN | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Prof. Nicholas HOPKINSON | National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial Collage, England |
| Prof. Dr. Tacettin İNANDI | Hatay Mustafa Kemal University |
| Prof. Dr. Bülent KILIÇ | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Sibel KIRAN | Koç University |
| Prof. Dr. Mithat KIYAK | İstanbul Okan University |
| Prof. Dr. Atilla Senih MAYDA | Düzce University |
| Prof. Dr. Nurhan MEYDAN ACIMIŞ | Pamukkale University |
| Prof. Dr. Mine Esin OCAKTAN | Ankara University |
| Prof. Dr. Ayşe Emel ÖNAL | İstanbul University |
| Prof. Dr. M.Fatih ÖNSÜZ | Eskişehir Osmangazi University |
| Prof. Dr. L. Hilal ÖZCEBE | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Sukri PALUTTURI | Hasanuddin University, Indonesia |
| Prof. Dr. Metin PIÇAKÇIEFE | Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University |
| Prof. Dr. Birgül PİYAL | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Günay SAKA | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Meral SAYGUN | Kırıkkale University |
| Prof. Dmytro STEPANSKYI | Dnipro State Medical University, Ukraine |
| Prof. Dr. Ergün Haldun SÜMER | Sivas Cumhuriyet University |
| Prof. Dr. Caferi Tayyar ŞAŞMAZ | Mersin University |
| Prof. Dr. Ferdi TANIR | Çukurova University |
| Prof. Dr. Burcu TOKUÇ | Namık Kemal University |
| Prof. Dr. Ersin USKUN | Süleyman Demirel University |
| Prof. Dr. Belgin ÜNAL | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Gamze VAROL | Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University |
| Prof. Shahaduz ZAMAN | University of Sussex, England |
| Prof. Dr. ZILHADIA | Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia |
| Assoc. Prof. İrem AKOVA | Sivas Cumhuriyet University |
| Assoc. Prof. Neriman AYDIN | Gaziantep University |
| Assoc. Prof. Asya Banu BABAOĞLU | İzmir Katip Çelebi University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ayşe BARAN | İnönü University |
| Assoc. Prof. Arda BORLU | Erciyes University |
| Assoc. Prof. Derya ÇAMUR | University of Health Sciences |
| Assoc. Prof. Celalettin ÇEVİK | Balıkesir University |
| Assoc. Prof. Rıza ÇITIL | Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University |
| Assoc. Prof. Aslı DAVAS | Ege University |
| Assoc. Prof. Serol DEVECİ | Manisa Şehzadeler Provincial Health Directorate |
| Assoc. Prof. Hasan DURMUŞ | Erciyes University |
| Assoc. Prof. Filippos FILIPPIDIS | Education School of Public Health, Imperial College, England |
| Assoc. Prof. Cemal Hüseyin GÜVERCİN | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ferit KAYA | Adıyaman University |
| Assoc. Prof. Elif KÖSE | Sakarya University |
| Assoc. Prof. Sare MIHÇIOKUR | Başkent University |
| Assoc. Prof. Özgür ÖNAL | Süleyman Demirel University |
| Assoc. Prof. Meryem Merve ÖREN ÇELİK | İstanbul University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Önder PORSUK | Kırklareli Lüleburgaz Provincial Health Directorate |
| Assoc. Prof. Elisaveta PETROVA-GERETTO | Medical University-Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif SEZEROL | University of Health Sciences |
| Assoc. Prof. Zeynep SOFUOĞLU | İzmir Demokrasi University |
| Assoc. Prof. İzzettin TOKTAŞ | Mardin Artuklu University |
| Assoc. Prof. Mehtap TÜRKAY | Akdeniz University |
| Assoc. Prof. Melike YAVUZ | Kocaeli University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Atalay AKTUNA | Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer ATAÇ | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nur BALCI YAPALAK | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Berna BİLGİN ŞAHİN | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Assist. Prof. Iwona BIELSKA | Jagiellonian University, Poland |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Yunus Emre BULUT | University of Health Sciences |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Hazal Cansu ÇULPAN | İstanbul University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sait DEĞER | İstanbul University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Zehra KILINÇ | Dicle University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Burak KURT | Ankara University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdullah UÇAR | Sakarya University |
| Assist. Prof. Constantine VARDAVAS | National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
| Dr. Alex G. MATHIOUDAKIS | The University of Manchester, England |
| Prof. Dr. Filiz ABACIGİL | Aydın Adnan Menderes University |
| Prof. Dr. Levent AKIN | Başkent University |
| Prof. Dr. Seval ALKOY | Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University |
| Prof. Dr. Kerim Hakan ALTINTAŞ | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Dr. Dilek ASLAN | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Dr. Pınar AY | Marmara University |
| Prof. Dr. Ferruh Niyazi AYOĞLU | Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University |
| Prof. Dr. Necdet AYTAÇ | Sanko University |
| Prof. Dr. Elçin BALCI | Erciyes University |
| Prof. Dr. Hakan BAYDUR | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Dr. Ali İhsan BOZKURT | Akdeniz University |
| Prof. Dr. Sevgi CANBAZ | İstanbul University |
| Prof. Dr. Beyhan CENGİZ ÖZYURT | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Dr. Ali CEYLAN | Balıkesir University |
| Prof. Julia CRITCHLEY | St George’s, University of London, England |
| Prof. Dr. Fevziye ÇETİNKAYA | Erciyes University |
| Prof. Dr. Lütfi Saltuk DEMİR | Necmettin Erbakan University |
| Prof. Dr. S. Erhan DEVECİ | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Alp ERGÖR | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Erhan ESER | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Prof. Fouad M. FOUAD | American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| Prof. Dr. Türkan GÜNAY | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Metin HASDE | University of Health Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Hür HASSOY | Ege University |
| Prof. Dr. Osman HAYRAN | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Prof. Nicholas HOPKINSON | National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial Collage, England |
| Prof. Dr. Tacettin İNANDI | Hatay Mustafa Kemal University |
| Prof. Dr. Bülent KILIÇ | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Sibel KIRAN | Koç University |
| Prof. Dr. Mithat KIYAK | İstanbul Okan University |
| Prof. Dr. Atilla Senih MAYDA | Düzce University |
| Prof. Dr. Nurhan MEYDAN ACIMIŞ | Pamukkale University |
| Prof. Dr. Ayşe Emel ÖNAL | İstanbul University |
| Prof. Dr. M.Fatih ÖNSÜZ | Eskişehir Osmangazi University |
| Prof. Dr. L. Hilal ÖZCEBE | Hacettepe University |
| Prof. Sukri PALUTTURI | Hasanuddin University, Indonesia |
| Prof. Dr. Metin PIÇAKÇIEFE | Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University |
| Prof. Dr. Birgül PİYAL | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Günay SAKA | Retired Faculty Member |
| Prof. Dr. Meral SAYGUN | Kırıkkale University |
| Prof. Dmytro STEPANSKYI | Dnipro State Medical University, Ukraine |
| Prof. Dr. Ergün Haldun SÜMER | Sivas Cumhuriyet University |
| Prof. Dr. Caferi Tayyar ŞAŞMAZ | Mersin University |
| Prof. Dr. Ferdi TANIR | Çukurova University |
| Prof. Dr. Burcu TOKUÇ | Namık Kemal University |
| Prof. Dr. Ersin USKUN | Süleyman Demirel University |
| Prof. Dr. Belgin ÜNAL | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Prof. Dr. Gamze VAROL | Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University |
| Prof. Shahaduz ZAMAN | University of Sussex, England |
| Prof. Dr. ZILHADIA | Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia |
| Assoc. Prof. İrem AKOVA | Sivas Cumhuriyet University |
| Assoc. Prof. Neriman AYDIN | Gaziantep University |
| Assoc. Prof. Asya Banu BABAOĞLU | İzmir Katip Çelebi University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ayşe BARAN | İnönü University |
| Assoc. Prof. Arda BORLU | Erciyes University |
| Assoc. Prof. Derya ÇAMUR | University of Health Sciences |
| Assoc. Prof. Celalettin ÇEVİK | Balıkesir University |
| Assoc. Prof. Rıza ÇITIL | Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University |
| Assoc. Prof. Aslı DAVAS | Ege University |
| Assoc. Prof. Serol DEVECİ | Manisa Şehzadeler Provincial Health Directorate |
| Assoc. Prof. Hasan DURMUŞ | Erciyes University |
| Assoc. Prof. Filippos FILIPPIDIS | Education School of Public Health, Imperial College, England |
| Assoc. Prof. Cemal Hüseyin GÜVERCİN | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ferit KAYA | Adıyaman University |
| Assoc. Prof. Elif KÖSE | Sakarya University |
| Assoc. Prof. Sare MIHÇIOKUR | Başkent University |
| Assoc. Prof. Özgür ÖNAL | Süleyman Demirel University |
| Assoc. Prof. Meryem Merve ÖREN ÇELİK | İstanbul University |
| Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Önder PORSUK | Kırklareli Lüleburgaz Provincial Health Directorate |
| Assoc. Prof. Elisaveta PETROVA-GERETTO | Medical University-Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif SEZEROL | University of Health Sciences |
| Assoc. Prof. Zeynep SOFUOĞLU | İzmir Demokrasi University |
| Assoc. Prof. İzzettin TOKTAŞ | Mardin Artuklu University |
| Assoc. Prof. Mehtap TÜRKAY | Akdeniz University |
| Assoc. Prof. Melike YAVUZ | Kocaeli University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Atalay AKTUNA | Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer ATAÇ | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nur BALCI YAPALAK | İstanbul Medipol University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Berna BİLGİN ŞAHİN | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
| Assist. Prof. Iwona BIELSKA | Jagiellonian University, Poland |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Yunus Emre BULUT | University of Health Sciences |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Hazal Cansu ÇULPAN | İstanbul University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sait DEĞER | İstanbul University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Zehra KILINÇ | Dicle University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Burak KURT | Ankara University |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdullah UÇAR | Sakarya University |
| Assist. Prof. Constantine VARDAVAS | National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
| Dr. Alex G. MATHIOUDAKIS | The University of Manchester, England |
