M. Dogan Aksit, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara Turkey.

E-mail: daksit@hacettepe.edu.tr

He was born in Denizli, Turkey in 1942. He was graduated from “Ankara Gazi High School” and then from “Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine” in 1965. He started his post-graduate training in “Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Anatomy Department” and then ”Hacettepe University Faculty of Post-graduate Education” and completed his education in 1969 as a doctor of anatomy. He was attended as an instructor in 1969. He recieved his associate professor degree in 1973 with the thesis which was prepared in “Neurology Clinic in Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine”. He recieved his professor degree in 1978 and began to work in Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Anatomy Department” as a professor in 1979. Between the years 1976 and 1988 he was the coordinator of phase II and then from 1988 to 1992 he made his obligation as a head-coordinator. He was a member of “Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine Foundation Committee” from 1979 to 1982. And he was the chairman of “Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine, Anatomy Department”. He was also the coordinator of “Inönü University Faculty of Medicine Foundation Committee” from 1989 to 1994. He was the wise president of “Main Medical Sciences” from 1992 to 2004 and he was the president of the same department from 2004 to 2006. He was a member of “Clinical Anatomy and Association of Anatomy Foundation Committee and Administration Committee” from 1991 to 1995. He was the president of the same committee from 1995 to 2002 and in 2003 he was choosen for the honorary president of “Clinical Anatomy and Assosiation of Anatomy”. He was also a member of “Turkish Medical Education Society Administration Committee” from 1990 to 2002 and he was the president of the same society from 2002 to 2006. He has more than 100 publications.