Assoc. Prof. MEHMET EMİN AKSOY

Biography

Mehmet Emin Aksoy graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine after he had finished Sankt Georg Austrian High School. Then he graduated as a Family Physician Specialist from Turkish Ministry of Health Taksim Training and Research Hospital. After he has got Master’s Degree at Bosphorus University from Biomedical Engineering Department, he has been conferred upon the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering at the same university. Dr.Aksoy was the founder of the first medical simulation center(Simmerk) in Turkey. He is now serving as the director of  Acıbadem University CASE (Center of Advanced Simulation and Education) Project. Dr.Aksoy is the founder&past president of the Turkish Medical Simulation Society. He is the chairman of NASCE (Network of Accredited Skills Centers in Europe). NASCE is the accreditation system for medical training centers of UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists), which is functioning under European Union. He has been serving as the director of CASE at Acıbadem University and the program Coordinator of the Biomedical Device Technology Department since 2013. His research interests are medical simulation, serious gaming and virtual reality technologies.