Spec. MD. Serpil Özsezgin

Education and Specialization

• 1994–2000: Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine – Anesthesiology and Reanimation Residency

Experience

• 2010–2013: Kaskaloglu Eye Hospital, İzmir – Chief Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialist & Quality Control Supervisor
• 2000–2010: Ege Maternity and Gynecology Training and Research Hospital, İzmir – Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialist and Department Supervisor
• 2000–2010: Private Pain and Palliative Care Center, Alsancak, İzmir (Part-time)
• 1993–1994: Ministry of Health, Organ Transplant Coordination, İzmir
• 1985–1993: İzmir State Hospital, Emergency Physician

Professional Memberships

• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
• European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
• Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (TARD)

Awards

• 2011 – Monetary Award from the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) for contributions to congresses and scientific studies.
  Presentation: “A New Model: Approach to the End-Stage of Cancer Patients,” Lisbon, Portugal, May 18–21, 2011.

Oral Communications and Posters Presented at International Congresses

May 30–June 3, 2013 – 13th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Prague

“ATOME Project and Turkey” – S. Ozsezgin

May 24–25, 2012 – 3rd World Congress of Ophthalmic Anesthesia, Ankara, Turkey

• “A Retrospective Analysis of Anesthesia Management of Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Kaskaloglu Eye Hospital” – S. Ozsezgin

• “Our Experiences in Anesthesia Management for Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) in Kaskaloglu Eye Hospital” – S. Ozsezgin

May 18–21, 2011 – 12th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Lisbon, Portugal

• “A New Model: Approach to the End-stage of Cancer Patients (The Meaning of Existence Facing Death)” – S. Ozsezgin

• Workshops attended: “Ethics at the End of Life,” “Volunteers in Palliative Care,” “The Art of Preparing a Research Proposal.”

April 27–29, 2010 – 2nd International Tele-Health Palliative Care Conference, Anchorage, Alaska Native Medical Center

2005 – 11th World Congress of Pain, Sydney, Australia

• “Epidural Ports in Relief of Gynecologic Cancer Pain” – Ozsezgin S., Sehirali S., Inal M.M., Sanci M., Sipahi C.

2000–2006 – Multiple National and International Congresses including TARK (Turkish Anesthesiology and Reanimation Congress), World Congresses of Pain (San Diego, Istanbul), and French Anesthesiology Meetings (Paris).

Thesis

“The Comparison of the Effects of Midazolam and Propofol on Systemic Hemodynamic Changes and Portal Blood Flow Simultaneously with Echo-Doppler Measurements in Rats.”
Conducted in collaboration with the Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir.

Publications

Ertaş İ.E., Sehirali S., Ozsezgin Ocek S., Sanci M., Arbak G., Yildirim Y.
The Effectiveness of Subcutaneously Implanted Epidural Ports for Relief of Severe Pain in Patients with Advanced-Stage Gynecological Cancer: A Prospective Study.
The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology, 2014; 26(1).

Ozsezgin Ocek S.
A New Model: Approach to the End-Stage of Cancer Patients (The Meaning of Existence Facing Death).
In European Association for Palliative Care Book, 2011.

Sehirali S., Ozsezgin S., Inal M., Atlı Ö., Yildirim Y., Nayki C., Sanci M., Tinar S.
A Randomized Prospective Study of Comparison of Reservoir Ports Versus Conventional Vascular Access in Advanced-Stage Ovarian Carcinoma Cases Treated with Chemotherapy.
International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 2004.
Presented at V. Turkish-German Gynecology Congress and II. Reproductive Medicine Symposium, Antalya, 2003.

Ozsezgin S., Gokmen N., Kuvaki B., Erbay G., Dicle O., Sagıroglu E.
The Comparison of the Effects of Midazolam and Propofol on Systemic Hemodynamic Changes and Portal Blood Flow Simultaneously with Echo-Doppler Measurements in Rats.
Turkish Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, 2002; 30: 446–453.

Ozsezgin S., Gokmen N., Erdem O., Arkan A.
Comparison of Co-Sedation with Propofol + Midazolam, Propofol, and Midazolam for Sedation of Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU.
British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA), Vol. 82, June 1999.

Iyilikci L., Ozsezgin S., Astarcioglu I., Gillon M.C., Sagiroglu E., Samii K.
Peroperative Hemodynamic Effects of Total Porta-Caval and Lateral Clamping in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
Turkish Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Vol. 26, Issue 10, December 1998.