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HISTORYOF NEPHROLOGYFP908 THE DEVELOPMENTOF TURKISH NEPHROLOGY FROM PASTTO PRESENTAyla San11Ufuk University Medical School, Department of Nephrology, Ankara, TurkeyIntroduction and Aims: To introduce the history of Nephrology with scientific data.Methods: Collecting historical data on Nephrology up to present.Results: Anatolia, has witnessed the birth of several sciences, one of the mostimportant of which was medicine.The earliest known Turkish book about Urology is Cerrahiye-i Ilhaniye (IlhanianSurgery), which was written by Sabuncuoglu Şerafeddin from Amasya (1385-1468).Some of the important Turkish Scientists who worked on urinalysis, bladder stonesand kidneys are Avicenna, Hekim (doctor) Ahi Çelebi and Hekim Altuncuzade.Modern medical school was established in Istanbul in 14th March 1827. After 1908,the two schools were became Faculty of Medicine with the arrival of German scientists,there was a university reform on 14th March 1946.Erich Frank (1884-1957) was the pioneer and inspirer of Turkish Nephrology. Heestablished the discipline of nephrology in Turkey.Another pioneer in Internal Medicine and Nephrology was Cavit Sokmen with hisbook Internal Renal Diseases published in 1951.Prof. Kemal Onen (1923-) is another pioneer of Nephrology, who first organized theInternational Nephrology Symposium in the form of seminars, after 1965. He alsochaired the European Dialysis and Transplant Association and European Dialysis andTransplant Nurses Association congresses successfully in Istanbul in 1978.Turkish Nephrology dates back to 1940s. And it has been through great endeavor anddevelopment that we have reached year 2000. The small movements, which started in1950s in the historical development of Nephrology in our country, increased in 1960s,and were accelerated through 1970s. Initially, it enjoyed a rather slow progress since itwas fed by only personal efforts and endeavors, and yet it made progress in 1980s dueto the establishment of hemodialysis centers, and finally it managed in 1990s to live upto world standards. And in more recent years, increase in the number of dialysiscenters reached considerable extent.According to recent research, it is clear that Nephrology and Urology started togetherin Turkey.The Pediatric Nephrology was founded by Faik Tanman from Istanbul University andby Ümit Saatçi from Hacettepe University.Peritoneal Dialysis Practices started in 1950s and Chronical Ambulatory PeritonealDialysis started in 1981. Home hemodialysis started in Turkey in 2006. There are about200 patients now.According to the 2013 figures from Ministry of Health, the number of hemodialysispatients is 52.675, Periton dialysis patients 3.530, transplantation patients 2.944 (2.359alive 585 cadaveric). With the total number of 59.149 patients.According to Ministry of Health 1975-2013 renal transplantation, figures the numberof live donors is 18.808, cadaveric donor 5.475, totally 24.283.Turkish Nephrology Society has developed since 2000 and its growth has been moredramatic since 2010. In all fields of Nephrology Turkish Nephrologists are knowninternationally with their cooperative contributions to science.ERA-EDTACongresses took place in Turkey three times with remarkableorganizations. Turkish nephrologists stil serve in the management of Kidneyassociations. There are courses like CME organized in national programs.Conclusions: In brief, Turkish Nephrology has flourished and become efficientinternationally. Its improvement is our biggest wish.© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved.Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 30 (Supplement 3): iii377–iii380, 2015doi:10.1093/ndt/gfv186.9Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article-abstract/30/suppl_3/iii379/2512744by gueston 30 July 2018

The development of turkısh nephrology from past to present

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