Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hamdi Ilgazlı

1983 — Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine

1989–1996 — Chief Resident, Heybeliada Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital

1996 — Assistant Professor, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine

1999 — Associate Professor, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine

2005–January 2024 — Professor, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine

Professional development in bronchoscopy, interventional pulmonology and endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) at Lungenklinik Hemer and Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, Germany.

Kocaeli Medical Chamber

European Respiratory Society

Academic Respiratory Society

Lung Health and Intensive Care Association

Turkish Thoracic Society

Respiratory Research Association of Turkey

Thoracic ultrasonography course, 2nd Radiology Clinic — 07.03–07.05.1994, Haydarpaşa Numune

Innovations in diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma, Lung Diseases Association — 15.04.1994, İstanbul

Bronchoalveolar lavage course, 13th Medical Assembly — 27–30.09.1995, İstanbul

Cancer registration systems course, Ministry of Health Cancer Control Department — 28–30.05.1996, İstanbul

Postgraduate COPD course, 24th TUSAD National Congress — 08.06.1997, İstanbul

Endoscopy course: stent implantation, laser and brachytherapy — 30.04–30.05.1998, Lungenklinik Hemer

Chemotherapy and supportive care in lung cancer, 3rd Thoracic Society Spring Meeting — 10–14.04.1999

COPD International Congress — 27–30.03.2003, Praha

Interventional pulmonology course, 17th Asia Pacific Congress on Diseases of the Chest — 29.08–01.09.2003, İstanbul

Interventional bronchoscopy: stents, laser and brachytherapy — 16.02–05.03.2004, Lungenklinik Hemer

ERS Annual Congress — 04–08.09.2004, Glasgow

Expert Forum — 19–22.04.2007, Praha

Interventional bronchoscopy: stents, laser and brachytherapy — 29.11–10.12.2004, Lungenklinik Hemer

7th National Course on Sleep and Sleep Disorders — 01–05.05.2006, İstanbul

Bronchoscopy: Science, Art & Technique, 3rd Teaching Seminar — 13–15.06.2006, Athens

TUSAD interventional bronchoscopy course — 22–25.06.2006, Çeşme

Central interventional bronchoscopy course, Turkish Thoracic Society — 10–11.03.2006, İstanbul

2nd National Thoracic Oncology Congress: speaker in interventional bronchoscopy course, laser — 22–25.06.2006

Interventional Pulmonology and Endobronchial Ultrasonography (EBUS) — 11–22.12.2006, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg

3rd National Thoracic Oncology Congress: speaker on new staging approaches and controversial staging methods — 21–24.06.2007, Marmaris

31st TUSAD National Respiratory Congress: scientific program committee member; practical instructor in TUSAD/ERS bronchoscopy and interventional thoracic ultrasound course — 17–21.10.2009

TUSAD Academy thoracic ultrasonography and echocardiography course: speaker on radial-probe EBUS — 26–27.03.2010

13th Turkish Thoracic Society Annual Congress: session chair, thoracic ultrasound in diagnosis of lung disease — 05–09.05.2010

American Thoracic Society Congress, ATS 2010 — 14–19.05.2010, New Orleans

ERS Annual Congress — 18–22.09.2010, Barcelona

32nd TUSAD National Congress, Respiratory 2010: scientific committee chair — 20–24.10.2010, Antalya

TUSAD postgraduate diagnostic bronchoscopy course: speaker on radial-probe EBUS and practice — 05–06.11.2010, İstanbul

1st Practical Approaches from Nose to Lung: course director and speaker, airway emergencies — 22–25.04.2010

1st European Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology — 09–13.03.2011

International investigators’ meeting, protocol 1237.5 — 06–08.07.2011, Amsterdam

Academic Respiratory Courses: course chair — 27–30.09.2012, Cyprus

35th TUSAD National Congress: discussion poster session chair — 02–06.10.2013, Çeşme/İzmir

2nd Academic Respiratory Courses — 01–04.05.2014, Girne

1st Eurasian Respiratory Summit — 21–23.11.2014, İstanbul

Symposium on recent developments in diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung disease — 03.12.2016, İstanbul

MEDİTRİO: scientific board member — 06–09.10.2016, Girne

Sleep Disorders Congress and Sleep Disorders Course — 26–27.05.2016, Trabzon

ASYOD National Lung Health Congress: chair of oral presentations on lung cancer and thoracic neoplasms — 16–20.03.2016, Antalya

Ministry of Health training in tobacco dependence treatment — 15.03.2017

MEDİTRİO 2: speaker on hemoptysis — 26–29.10.2017, Girne

ASYOD National Lung Health Congress: interventional pulmonology session chair — 15–19.03.2017, Antalya

Academic Respiratory Society fresh-cadaver interventional pulmonology courses: practical instructor, general approach to pleural disease — 10.02.2018

National Lung Health Congress, UASK — 14–18.03.2018, Antalya

2nd Practical Approaches from Nose to Lung: speaker on chronic cough, tracheal disease and airway emergencies — 22–25.03.2018, Girne

MEDİTRİO 3: session chair for acute and serous otitis; speaker on hemoptysis — 04–07.10.2018

MK-7264 international investigators’ meeting — 26–27.03.2018, London

3rd Practical Approaches from Nose to Lung: director and speaker for hemoptysis, smoking cessation, interactive respiratory cases, pneumonia and infectious lung diseases — 21–24.03.2019

22nd Turkish Thoracic Society Annual Congress with international participation — 10–14.04.2019, Antalya

MEDİTRİO 4: speaker on radiological assessment of the respiratory system; panel on endoscopic examination of upper and lower airways — 03–06.10.2019, Cyprus

Academic Respiratory Society interventional pulmonology course: speaker on bronchial anatomy; practical cadaver bronchoscopy training — 07.12.2019

ASYOD 2019 Congress — 13–17.03.2019, Antalya

4th Practical Approaches from Nose to Lung: session chair and speaker — 17–20.09.2020, Girne

ASYOD National Lung Health Congress: chair of oral presentations in interventional pulmonology — 11–14.03.2020, Antalya

MEDİTRİO 7: session chair, pregnancy and airways; speaker, airway emergencies — 24–27.09.2023, Girne

6th Practical Approaches from Nose to Lung: director and speaker for hemoptysis, harms of smoking and cessation methods, foreign-body aspiration, updates in asthma and COPD, and occupational lung diseases — 09–12.02.2023, Girne