Prof. Dr. M.Hamza Müslümanoğlu

His academic journey began with his graduation from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1986. After working as a physician in institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Family and Social Policies of the Republic of Turkey, he started his PhD at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics in 1990.

In this period when the GENOME project started and developments such as the discovery of the Thermal Cycler device used in DNA-based studies took place, he took a pioneering step by establishing the DNA molecular laboratory in the department, which only had a cytogenetic laboratory. In 1997, with TUBITAK and NATO scholarships, he conducted research in Leuven, Belgium on Y-chromosome and mtDNA sequence variations in 350 DNA samples collected from Turkey. In the same year, he operated the ABI 310 automatic capillary electrophoresis device for the first time in Turkey and was awarded the title of associate professor in 2006.

He played an active role in the establishment of Turkey's first and only medical genetics association and contributed to the curriculum and authorization regulations in the field of medical genetics as the president of the association. He brought the MLPA technique to Turkey. In 2010, he took part in the Biotechnological Drugs Licensing Commission at the Ministry of Health, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency and started working as the chief physician at Adana Training and Research Hospital in the same year. In 2012, he became a professor at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul.

With the appointment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he became responsible for the medical, administrative and financial affairs of seven hospitals under the chairmanship of Istanbul Fatih Public Hospitals Union. With 30,000 outpatient clinics, 700 surgeries and 12,500 employees, he managed a huge budget for five years while managing the daily operations. In 2017, he ran a laboratory in the Research Building of Yıldız Technical University, processing 800 samples per day. In 2018, he left his position at the Ministry of Health and returned to the university and transferred the Genetic Diagnosis Center from the Ministry of Health to university hospitals. In the same year, he founded the Department of Biomedical Engineering and assumed the chairmanship of the department. Within the scope of TUBITAK's reverse brain drain project, he involved a researcher with experience in leading roles in Asia Pacific in a project to work on artificial intelligence-supported gynecological MRI images. In 2018, he joined the board of directors of Yıldız Teknopark A.Ş. and subsequently assumed the chairmanships of Starcamp and Startürk A.Ş. In the US, he managed a project that brought entrepreneurs from five universities in Turkey together with investors and implemented a similar project in Uzbekistan.

Currently, in addition to his position at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology at Yıldız Technical University, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for Promoting Healthy Life and Health Policies.