OUR DOCTORS Prof. Can Atalay, M.D. General Surgery REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT Professor Can Atalay is the founding member of the Breast Surgery Association and chaired the association between 2014 and 2018. Still serves as General Secretary. Founding member of SENATÜRK Senology Academy and Head of Basic Science, Translational Research & Biobanking Department since 2013. Served as Publication Secretary from 2006 to 2014, Vice Editor from 2014 to 2016 and Editor from 2017 to 2019 of Turkish Journal of Surgery. Worked as a member of Board of Turkish Surgical Association from 2012 to 2016 and as Treasurer of the Board from 2016 to2018. Founding member of Ankara Breast Diseases Association. Member of the Board from 2007 to 2014 and Chair of the association between 2011 and 2013. Served as General Secretary of Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases Societies from 2011 to 2013. Studied Oncoplastic Surgery at the Breast Clinic of the European Academy of Senology in Düsseldorf, Germany. Principal fields of clinical interest: Benign breast diseases, Fibrocystic diseases, Fibroadenoma, Paget's disease of the breast, Nipple discharge, Accessory breast pathology, Breast cancer surgery and treatment, Oncoplastic surgery. EDUCATION / TRAINING Education Institution Year Surgical Oncology Fellow Surgical Oncology 2012 Doctorate Degree (PhD) Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Biotechnology Department 1997 - 2004 General Surgery Residency SBÜ Ankara Training And Research Hospital Surgery Clinic 1990 - 1994 Medical Education Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (English) 1984 - 1990 CAREER Title Institution Year Professor American Hospital 2019 - To date Professor Acıbadem University, Altunizade Hospital 2017 - 2019 Assoc. Prof. SBÜ Ankara Oncology Training And Research Hospital Surgery Clinic 2006 - 2017 Attending Physician SBÜ Ankara Oncology Training And Research Hospital Surgery Clinic 1995 - 2006