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General Information
Unit Managers
Prof. Gökhan SARGIN
Department Head
Unit Coordinators
Lec. Selcen ÖNCÜ
Erasmus Coordinator
Prof. Gökhan CESUR
Farabi Coordinator
Our faculty was established on 03.07.1992 together with our University and the first lecturer was appointed in 1993. After the establishment procedures and service buildings were completed, patient services were started with undergraduate and medical specialization training. In our faculty, postgraduate medical education in 1996, with 3 majors and 6 specialization students in medicine; He started his undergraduate medical education in 1998 with 28 students. Our language of education is Turkish. As of October 2022, 487 medical residency students and 29 minor research assistants are being trained in postgraduate medical education. In addition, postgraduate education continues in ÖYP (Lecturer Training Programme), master's and doctorate programs. The number of medical students is increasing in parallel with the increasing number of academic members. As of October 2022, the number of our students has reached 1564. Our hospital, which is still in service, was moved to the new hospital building on the campus in 2010 and provides service with 748 beds in its new building with all branches of surgery and internal medicine. Of these, 524 are standard beds, 131 are intensive care beds, and 23 are palliative care beds. With the facilities in the new service building, the best and quality clinical and laboratory services are provided to approximately one million people, including patients from Aydın and surrounding cities. Although it has a short history, our hospital has become a reference hospital for Aydın and neighboring provinces.
History
Our faculty was established on July 3, 1992, together with our University, and the first lecturer was appointed in 1993. Founding Dean Prof.Dr. Gülten İNAN (1993) and Prof.Dr. Ayhan AKÖZ has been working as Acting Dean since 08.08.2025. Prof. dr. Ergun ONUR (1994-1999) Prof. dr. Mehmet GÜREL (1999-2002) Prof. dr. Turgay Orhan AKTUNC (2002-2005) Prof. dr. Orhan ÇİLDAĞ (2005-2007) Prof. dr. Şevki Öner ŞAVK (2007-2009) Prof. dr. Mustafa ALTINIŞIK (2009-2010) Prof. dr. Abdulvahit YÜKSELEN (2012-2015) Prof. dr. Serpil DEMIRAG (2015-2019) Prof. dr. Erdem Ali ÖZKISACIK (2019-2021) Prof. dr. Serkan ÖNCÜ (2021-2022) Prof. Dr. Yasemin ÖZKAN (08.08.2025 - Present) serves as Acting Dean. After the establishment procedures and service buildings were completed, patient services were started with undergraduate and medical specialisation training. With the opening of the new Aydın Adnan Menderes University Practice and Research Hospital building located on the central campus in 2010, pre- and post-graduation clinical education and health service activities are carried out in this building.
Mission
Our faculty mission is to train physicians who embrace and act in accordance with medical ethics; are equipped with professional knowledge and skills; have the ability to research, practice, think critically and make decisions; have the ability to work independently and take responsibility; are self-confident; aim to protect and develop individual, community and planetary health and treat patients; attach the highest value to human life and health in every respect; are ready to provide service in an equipped manner; have the ability to learn throughout life; meet the health service needs of society at the highest level; have good communication skills and are team leaders.
Vision
Our vision for the faculty is to be a leading medical faculty that is fully equipped in the field of medicine, understands the health needs and priorities of the society, assumes team leadership responsibilities, and provides qualified and holistic health services within the framework of ethical principles; conducts scientific and socially valuable research; uses information technologies effectively in education, research and health services; contributes to the development of the health system; and is recognized nationally and internationally for its quality of education, scientific productivity and service activities.
Purpose
Our aim in education is to train qualified physicians who give the highest value to human life and health in every aspect; adopt medical ethical rules and act accordingly; protect, improve and develop individual, community and planetary health; have high communication and leadership skills and adopt teamwork; apply evidence-based and highest quality protection, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation approaches; have the ability to work independently and take responsibility; have internalized the contemporary scientific thought model and adopted lifelong learning as a principle; and comply with national and international medical education standards. Our aim in research is to produce solutions for the protection, improvement and development of individual, community and planetary health, primarily in our region, at national and international levels, contribute to increasing the health level of society; are innovative and create added value; use information technologies effectively; comply with research and publication ethics and provide scientific contributions to universal medical literature. Our aim in service provision is to meet the health service needs of individuals and communities, primarily in our region, at the highest level; provide safe services with an understanding based on ethical principles; To be an internationally recognized institution that adopts evidence-based, contemporary approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation; increases patient and employee satisfaction through continuous development and quality studies.
Physical Infrastructure
Our faculty, which provides education in its new building as of June 2022, provides different opportunities for our students with research, clinical skills, student practice laboratories, study rooms and computer laboratory. 8 scientific research laboratories in the faculty building 4 clinical skills laboratories 1 computer laboratory with a capacity of 50 computers 1 anatomy practice laboratory 3 student practice labs 8 research laboratories There are 2 study halls for 90 and 40 people. Clinical training practices are carried out with 200 polyclinics, 748 bed capacity and 131 intensive care beds, 15 operating rooms, 4 (genetics, microbiology, pathology and biochemistry) laboratories within the body of ADU Faculty of Medicine Research and Practice Hospital.
Technical Infrastructure
Eduroam internet network is used in the faculty, which enables students to access internet easily. There are computers in the computer laboratory to meet the needs of the students, and there are computers and projection devices that allow online lessons in the classrooms. In addition, in the hospital, which is a training and application center for the Faculty students, the intensive care unit with a capacity of 131 beds, services with a capacity of 489 beds, 14 operating rooms, 1 Emergency Operating Room, a 23-bed Palliative Care Unit, a 21-bed Hemodialysis-Peritoneum Dialysis Unit, a 6-bed Organ There is a Tissue Transplantation Unit, a 4-bed Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, a 5-bed Burn Unit, a 35-bed Chemotherapy Unit, and a 22-bed Physical Therapy Center.
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026