Rengin Erdal’s Biography
After graduating from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (HUFM)in
1970, Rengin Erdal completed her public health residency training in 1973 and
her internal medicine residency training in 1978 at the same university.
Having become an associate professor at HUFM in 1979, Dr. Rengin Erdal
served as HUFM Etimesgut Education and Research Health Group President
between 1979-1980.
He received Demography Training at the Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health in the USA between 1980-1981, and worked as the Chief Physician of
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Etimesgut Training and Research
Hospital between 1983-1987.
.Dr. Erdal, who became a professor in 1989, served as the Head of the Public
Health Department of Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine between
1989-1996, and the Director of the Vocational School of Health Services and the
Health Sciences Institute between 1992-1996.
Working as the President of the Baskent University Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Public Health between 1996-2006, Dr. Erdal also served as the
Chief Physician of Başkent University Ankara Hospital and the Director of the
Institute of Health Sciences between 2006-2016.
Working as the Vice Rector for the modernization of medical education
programs at SMU in Kazakhstan between 2018 -2019. Erdal is currently the
Director of Başkent University Mithat Çoruh Quality Management Center.
Having more than 200 papers presented at national and international congresses,
Dr. There are a total of 77 articles, 36 of which are international, and the Public
Health books that he edited and wrote sections of.