Prof Taner Yigit

He was born in Konya in 1967.

Education:

• He attended primary school between 1974 and 1979 and graduated from Erzurum Dumlu Primary School in 1979.
• He completed his secondary and high school education at İzmir Karataş High School between 1979 and 1984.
• He began his medical training at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Faculty of Military Medicine in 1984 and graduated in 1990 as a medical lieutenant.

Professional Experience:

• Between 1991 and 1993, he served in the command of the 1st Commando Brigade in Kayseri.
• Between 1993 and 1997, he specialized in general surgery at the GATA General Surgery Department and became a general surgeon.
• Between 1997 and 2001, he worked as a specialist in general surgery at the Erzurum Marshal Çakmak Military Hospital.

Academic Career:

• In 2001, he started his academic life as Asst. Assoc.
• Between 2004 and 2005, he received training on "obesity and advanced laparoscopic techniques" as a visiting professor at the Department of General Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
• In 2006, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Military Medicine, Department of General Surgery.
• In 2013, he was appointed as a professor at the GATA Department of General Surgery.
• Between 2016 and 2017, he worked as a faculty member at the Ministry of Health, University of Health Sciences.
• He retired from public service in 2017.

Prof. Dr. Taner Yiğit is married and has two children and speaks English and Turkish.