CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Surname: Kalkan First Name: Ahmet Academic title/position: Professor, Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Key Qualifications: Research Interest: International Experience/Collaborations: Contact Details Work Address: Name of Hospital: Firat Medikal Centre Street Town: Elazig Country: Turkey Post Code: 23119 Phone/Fax: 0424 2333555 / 0424 237 91 38 Email: akalkan61@hotmail.com Date of Birth: 1961 Place and Country of Birth: Caykara/Trabzon / Turkey Country of Citizenship: Turkey Country of Training: Turkey First Language: Turkish Languages: English Academic Details Faculty/University (name and address) Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum /Turkey
Date of Graduation: 1987 Postgraduate Training: (Name and address of Center and Supervisor[s] in charge of Training) Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF TRAINING: From 1994 To 1996 Title of thesis: Risk Gruplarında Brusella Aglütinin Titrelerinin Dağılımı ve Çalışma Süresinin Seropozitifliğe etkisinin Araştırılması. Accreditation: (Name, number and date of certificate issued by University, Medical Association or Government Body) Academic Experience: Memberships: Viral Hepatit Savaşım Derneği AIDS Savaşım Derneği Türk Mikrobiyoloji ve Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Derneği Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Türkiye Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Uzmanlık Derneği International Publications: Kalkan A, Bulut V, Erel O, Avci S, Bingol NK. Adenosine Deaminase and Guanosine Deaminase Activites in Sera of Patients with Viral Hepatitis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1999; 94: 383-386. Kabakuş N, Kalkan A, Felek S, Yılmaz B, Mogulkoç R, Baltacı A, Kılıç SS. Effect of Antibiotics and Antiinflammatory Agents on the Purified Protein Derivative Respons in the Rat. Scand J Infect Dis 1999; 31: 169-171. Felek S, Akbulut A, Kalkan A. A Case of Antrax Sepsis: Non-Fetal Course. J Infect 1999;38: 201-202. Kalkan A, Bulut V, Avcı S, Çelik Đ, Bingöl NK. Trace Elements in Viral Hepatitis. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2002; 16: 227-2130.
Demirdağ K, Yılmaz S, Özdarendeli A, Özden M, Kalkan A, Kılıç SS. Levels of plasma malondialdehyde and erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Hepatogastroenterology 2003; 50: 766-70. Özkan A, Kılıç SS, Kalkan A, Ozden M, Demirdağ K, Ozdarendeli A. Seropositivity of Epstein-Barr virus in Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2003; 21: 49-53. Demirdağ K, Ozden M, Kalkan A, Gödekmerdan A, Kılıç SS. Serum cytokine levels in patients with acute brucellosis and their relation to the traditional inflammatory markers. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2003; 39: 149-53. Demirdağ K, Ozden M, Saral Y, Kalkan A, Kılıç SS, Özdarendeli. A Cutaneous anthrax in adults: a review of 25 cases in the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Infection 2003; 31: 327-30. Özden M, Kalkan A, Demirdağ K, Kılıç SS, Ozdarendeli A. Ciprofloxacin and co-trimoxazole resistance and extended spectrum beta-lactamase production in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2003; 21: 492-3. Kalkan A, Ozden M, Yilmaz T, Demirdag K, Bulut Y, Ozdarendeli A. A case of mumps conjunctivitis: detection of the virus RNA by nested PCR in tear sample. Scand J Infect Dis 2004; 36: 697-700. Demirdağ K, Bahçecioğlu ĐH, Özercan ĐH, Özden M, Yılmaz S, Kalkan A. Role of L-carnitine in the prevention of acute liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004; 19: 333-338. Kaplan M, Kalkan A, Hoşoğlu S, Kuk S, Özden M, Demirdağ K, Özdarendeli A. The frequency of Toxocara infection in mental retarded children. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2004; 99:121-125. Özden M, Kalkan A, Demirdağ K, Kılıc SS, Denk A, Yüce P. Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) in Patients with Acut Brucellosis. Scand J Infect Dis 2004; 36:109-13. Ozden M, Kalkan A, Demirdag K, Denk A, Kilic SS. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in patients with hepatitis B and meningitis. J Infect 2004; 49: 229-35. Onur R, Ozden M, Orhan I, Kalkan A, Semercioz A. Incidence of bacteraemia after urodynamic study. J Hosp Infect 2004; 57: 241-4. Ozden M, Demirdag K, Kalkan A, Ozdemir H, Yuce P. A case of brucella spondylodiscitis with extended, multiple-level involvement. South Med J 2005; 98: 229-31. Kalkan A, Ozden M, Akbulut H. Serum neopterin levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Jpn J Infect Dis 2005; 58: 107-9. Kilic N, Ozden M, Kalkan A. Lipid peroxidation levels in patients with acute brucellosis. Clin Exp Med. 2005; 5: 117-21.
Ozdarendeli A, Toroman ZA, Kalkan A, Kilic SS, Ozden M, Doymaz MZ. Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis G virus among hemodialysis patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Med Princ Pract 2005; 14: 102-6. Kalkan A, Ozdarendeli A, Bulut Y, Saral Y, Ozden M, Kelestimur N, Toraman ZA. Prevalence and genotypic distribution of hepatitis GB-C/HG and TT viruses in blood donors, mentally retarded children and four groups of patients in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Jpn J Infect Dis 2005; 58: 222-7. Kalkan A, Ozdarendeli A, Bulut Y, Yekeler H, Cobanoglu B, Doymaz MZ. Investigation of epstein-barr virus DNA in formalin-fixed and paraffin- embedded breast cancer tissues. Med Princ Pract 2005; 14: 268-71. Kuk S, Kaplan M, Ozdarendeli A, Tonbak S, Felek S, Kalkan A. Fasciola hepatica cathepsin L1 from a Turkish isolate is related to Asiatic isolates. Acta parasitologica 2005; 50: 244-248. Saral Y, Kalkan A, Ozdarendeli A, Bulut Y, Doymaz MZ. Detection of Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) subtype I as single dominant virus subtype in molluscum lesions from Turkish population. Archives of Medical Research 2006; 37: 388-391. Ozdarendeli A, Toroman ZA, Bulut Y, Demirbag K, Kalkan A, Ozden M, Kilic SS. Combined Branched-DNA and Conventional HBV PCR Assays for Detection of Serum HBV-DNA in Hepatitis Be Antigen-positive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients. Hepatogastroenterology 2006;53:106-109. Kaplan M, Kalkan A, Kuk S, Demirdağ K, Özden M, Kılıc SS. Toxocara Seroprevalence in Schizophrenic Patients in Turkey. Yonsei Med J. 2008:30;49:224-229. Tonbak S, Aktas M, Altay K, Azkur AK, Kalkan A, Bolat Y, Dumanli N, Ozdarendeli A. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus: genetic analysis and tick survey in Turkey. J Clin Microbiol. 2006;44:4120-4124. Ozdarendeli A, Aydin K, Tonbak S, Aktas M, Altay K, Koksal I, Bolat Y, Dumanli N, Kalkan A. Genetic analysis of the M RNA segment of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains in Turkey. Arch Virol. 2008;153:37-44. Presentations at International Scientific Meetings Demirdag K, Dogan Y, Ozden M, Sen Y, Aygun D, Kalkan A. The carriage rate of group A, C and G streptococci in throat among healty school children in Elazig, Turkey. 19th Annual Meeting of The European society for paediatric infectious diseases (ESPID), March 26-28, 2001, Đstanbul, Turkey. Kaplan M, Demirdag K, Kuk S, Özden M, Kalkan A. Seroprevalence of Toxacariasis in Psychiatric Patients. 11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, April 1-4, 2001 Istanbul, Turkey.
Kilic SS, Celik Đ, Kalkan A. Listeria Monocytogenes menengitis: An adult case successfully treated with the combination of rifampin and ampicilin. The Versality of Listeria Species Symposium. 10-11 October 2002 Đzmir, Turkey. Kaplan M, Kamanlı A, Kalkan A, Gulkesen A, Kuk S, Ardıcoglu O, Demırdag K. High Toxocara Seroprevalence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis. Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Lisbon, 2003. Özdarendeli A, Toroman ZA, Kalkan A, Kelestemur N, Bulut Y, Kilic SS, Doymaz MZ. Amplification and cloning of complete genome of hepatitis B virus from a patient with chronically infected with HBV. 6 th Annual Meeting of the European Sociaty for Clinical Virology (ESCV) 24-27 August 2003 Lyon, France. Toroman ZA, Özdarendeli A, Kizirgil A. Kalkan A. Study on slime production in Candida strains. 6 th Congress of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology September 28- October 1, 2003 Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Özden M, Kalkan A, Özkan Y, Demirdag K, Denk A. Diabetes insipidus due to Streptococcus pnemoniae meningitis. 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Prague, Czech Republic May 1-4, 2004. Ozden M, A Kalkan, Demirdag K, Godekmerdan A. Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Patients with Brucellosis. 4 th Balkan Congress of Immunology 2004 Đstanbul, Turkey. Kalkan A, Kaplan M, Kuk S. Intestinal parasites in preschool-aged children: a two year consecutive study in nursery setting of an Eastern Turkish region. CEHCA-2005, Children s Environmental Health in Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 25-28, 2005. Kalkan A, Serhatlioglu S, Özden M, Denk A, Demirdag K, Kilic SS. Optochiasmatic tuberculoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis developed during treatment of multiple intra-cranial tuberculomas with anti-tuberculous agents: a case report with 18 mounths follow up by MRI. 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2-5 April 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark. Kalkan A, Celik I, Özden M, Serhatlioglu S, Denk A, Demirdag K, Kilic SS. Atypical cerebrospinal fluid and clinical presentation of tuberculosis meningitis: a case report followed by MRI. 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2-5 April 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark. Kalkan A, Özden M, Demirdag K, Yuce P, Kilic SS. Brucellar spondylitis : review of 24 cases and compared to inpatients without spondylitis. 15 th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2-5 April 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark.