Spec. MD. Serap Ket Alkan

Education

• Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine

• Specialization: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine

Professional Memberships

• TTD – Turkish Thoracic Society

• Uykuder – Sleep Disorders Society

• TÜSAD – Turkish Respiratory Research Society

• TUAD – Turkish Sleep Research Society

Languages

• English

Certifications

• Completion of theoretical and 1-month practical training at the 6th National Sleep and Disorders Course, organized by TUAD, September 2006

• Sleep Medicine Certification, Turkish Sleep Medicine Society, 2010

Symposiums and Courses

• Pulmonary Thromboembolism Symposium, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, 2000

• Basic Allergy Course for Chest Diseases Specialists, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2002

• Latest Developments in COPD Seminar, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2003

• Pulmonary Function Tests Course, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, 2004

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Course, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2005

• Sleep Disorders Course, Turkish Medical Association, 2006

• Occupational Lung Diseases Panel, Bursa, 2006

• Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Course, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2006

• Sleep Diseases Symposium, Acıbadem Bursa, 2007

• Assessment of Respiratory System Diseases with Thoracic CT Course, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2011

• EBUS Bronchoscopy Course, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2019

• 10th Sleep Disorders Course, Uykuder, 2019

A. International Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Insertion deletion polymorphism and serum activity of the angiotensin converting enzyme in Turkish patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Biochem Genet, 2010

2. Acute respiratory failure and tracheal obstruction in patients with posterior giant mediastinal (intrathoracic) goiter, INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY, 2004

B. National Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

3. Klozopin Komplikasyonu Olarak Gelişen Derin Ven Trombozu ve Pulmoner Embolizm, Toraks Dergisi, 2005

4. Castleman hastalığı: Olgu sunumu, Akciğer Arşivi, 2003

5. Toraksın radyolojik görüntülenmesinde radyasyon riski, Toraks Dergisi, 2003

6. Maprotiline bağlı gelişen diffüz pulmoner infiltrasyon ve karaciğer toksisitesi birlikteliği: Olgu Sunumu, Dicle Tıp Dergisi, 2003

Thesis

• ID Gene Polymorphism and Serum ACE Activity in Turkish Patients with Sleep Apnea (Genetic Study)