Vahit Ozmen, MD, FACS

Dr. Vahit Ozmen retired from the Department of Surgery, at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Istanbul University, and now Director of the Breast Center, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital. He is also a Board Member of the Turkish Cancer Institute, and President-Elect of the Senologic International Society (SIS).

After graduating from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine started to work as a resident in the Department of Surgery and continued his academic career at the same faculty. He was invited as a post-doctoral fellow by Tulane University School of Medicine in 1989 and returned to his faculty in 1991.  He also worked as a visiting professor and gave lectures in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinics, and Tokai University, Japan for short periods. He has an honorary diploma and medal from the Bulgarian Surgical Society to promote breast health care in Bulgaria. He is the founder and past-president of the Turkish Federation of Breast Disease Societies, Istanbul Breast Society, and founder and Honorary President of The Breast Health Society.

Dr. Ozmen is Editor-in-Chief in the European Journal of Breast Health and Surgical Science, and Academic Editor of the PLOS ONE, International Journal of Surgical Oncology and Cureus. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, over 200 presentations in scientific meetings, more than 50 chapters in textbooks. He received research grants from the BHGI, GeneCore, Roche Oncology, and Novartis Oncology. He is also the editor of the Textbook of Breast Diseases and Breast Cancer in Turkey. He also received many prizes for his researches and studies.

Dr. Ozmen was principal investigators of many granted prospective clinical trials such as Bahcesehir Organized Population-Based Mammography Screening Project (2008-2018), and Breast Cancer Registry Program in Turkey.