Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Sibel Alper

Biography

I have been a member of Ege University School of Medicine since 1986, when I first started my residency program in dermatology, became a professor in the year 2000. Medical education and research have been an integral part of my academic life. During the years 2004-2010, while chairing the Department of Dermatology, I mostly focused on residency training programs and as a team we developed logbooks for every resident in the faculty, started a feedback system for residents, which is still continuing with success. Being a member of the strategic planning commission of Ege University School of Medicine, which programs the educational, financial needs of the faculty for the next five years, was a great contribution for my professional advancement. I have changed my position in 2012 as the chief of dermatology department in istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty and I am also working as the director of dermatology department in Ä°stanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital which is a private hospital dedicated to make our department a center of excellence in the treatment of psoriasis and vitiligo. I have conducted phase II, III and IV studies in the last 15 years. I have been elected (January 2011) as a board member of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and have been a board member of European Association of Dermato-oncology since 2010. I have organized two national dermatology congresses, two international and six national symposia. I am also the vice-president of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress which took place in Ä°stanbul, September 2013, with approximately 9000 participants. I am the founding member of Turkish Dermato-oncology Society and still acting as the co-president since 2009. I have served as the vice-president of The Turkish Society of Dermatology for two years and as a board member of Turkish Society of Dermatovenereology for five years. I am also the co-founder and board member of Turkish Psoriasis Society. I am also as a member contact dermatitis and psoriasis advisory boards of Turkish Dermatology Society. My fields of interest are dermato-allergy, dermato-immunology, dermato-oncology.

Research Interest

Dermato-allergy, Dermato-immunology, Dermato-oncology