Honorary Professor and Doctorate Title For Gazi Yaşargil, One of 50 Doctors Who Changed Medicine History

Yeditepe University Medical Faculty celebrated Doctor’s Day with two special events. Along with the traditional scrub ceremony, honorary profesor and doctorate title was given to Prof. Dr. M. Gazi Yaşargil, who is one of  50 doctors who changed medicine history. In the opening speech, Dean of Yeditepe University Medical Faculty Prof Dr. Sina Ercan indicated how future’s doktors could be beneficial for their patients and countries and made a introductory speech about Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil who was selected as the man of the century with his studies in the field of neurosurgery, by American Neurosurgery Association. Prof. Dr. Ercan also amphasized that Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil, who went down in medical history with his works, was included in the list prepared by famous health portal “Medscape” titled with “50 doctors that create the biggest effect in the history.” (http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/influential-physicians-part-2)

After the speech, Prof. Dr. Canan Aykut Bingöl, prexy of Yeditepe University and Prof. Dr. Bayram Yılmaz, deputy dean of Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Head of the Department of Physiology and

Head of the Institute of Medical Sciences, entitled Prof. Dr. Gazi Yşargil as Honorary Proffessor And Doctorate. Later in his speech, Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil indicated that he was happy to gather with young people on such an important day, and gave advices to future’s doctors. Stating that medicine is a teamwork by giving examples from his life, Prof. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil emphasized the importance that should be given to this profession. At the end of the ceremony, freshmen wore scrubs and they took the first step into their profession.