Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner Meets OzU Friends

The microchip technology developed by OzU Board of Trustees Member Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner (Harvard Medical School,  Massachusetts General Hospital) and his team has been revolutionary in cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner will be sharing with OzU friends his life journey, which started in Istanbul and has taken him to one of the world’s leading medical centers, and the latest developments in his exciting research on cancer treatment.

Click here for detailed information about Prof. Toner and his team's research on cancer diagnosis and treatment.
 

17 January 2011, Monday
Auditorium 01

16:00-16:05 Opening Address by Prof. Dr. Erhan Erkut
16:05-17:15 Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner
17:15-18:30 Reception


RSVP: Alev Demir (kurumsaliletisim@ozyegin.edu.tr; alev.demir@ozyegin.edu.tr)

(The seminar will be in Turkish.)



Who is Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner? 
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Toner is the Board of Trustees member at Özyeğin University, director of the BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital and director of  the Biomedical Engineering Research and Education Program for physicians at Harvard Teaching Hospitals. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1989, he received his PhD in Medical Engineering at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Department. He is presently a professor of surgery at Harvard University's Faculty of Medicine and at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard-MIT. In addition, he takes part in the management of various biotechnology firms that he has founded.