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Dr. Erdener Ozer is the Division Chief of Anatomical Pathology, having joined Sidra Medicine in 2021. He is also a senior attending physician managing the digital pathology reporting service.
Prior to joining Sidra, Dr. Ozer worked at Dokuz Eylul University Hospital in Turkey as a consultant for over 20 years. He held a full-time professor position in the School of Medicine, where he taught medical students, and in the Institute of Health Sciences, where he supervised PhD candidates. He is currently an adjunct professor at Izmir Tinaztepe University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ozer also holds a PhD in Medical Biology and Genetics. He conducts research at Sidra Medicine and Research Center as a leading PI and co-PI. His special research interest focuses on the precision oncology of pediatric tumors, including neuroblastoma and pediatric brain tumors. Dr. Ozer is particularly interested in pediatric cancer research focused on multiomics profiling, biomarker discovery, tumor microenvironment, and novel treatments like immunotherapy.
He regularly publishes in international scientific literature, with over 150 original papers and 9 textbooks to his name. He is a frequent presenter at many international pathology meetings and has been recognized with several awards, including the TUBİTAK Award.