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Tomris Türmen

Tomris Türmen is a full professor of paediatrics. She is currently the head of Department of Pediatrics/ Newborn Medicine at the University of Ankara and the President of International Children’s Center in Ankara. Prof. Türmen previously served at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva between 1991-2006, as the Executive Director of Family and Community Health, the Senior Policy Adviser to the Director-General, and as representative of the Director General. Prior to her tenure at the WHO, she was the Director General of Maternal and Child Health and Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health in Ankara. Prof Türmen has been awarded "Fellow ad eundem" by the Royal College of Obstetricians. Prof Türmen received her B.A. at the American College for Girls in Istanbul and her M.D from the University of Ankara Medical School. She completed her training in Paediatrics at the New York University and her sub-specialty neonatology at the McGill University.
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