Banu Karakuş Yılmaz
Prof. Dr. Banu Karakuş Yılmaz was born in 1978 in Kadirli, Osmaniye. Dr. Karakuş Yılmaz completed undergraduate medical education at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine between 1997 and 2003
and residency in Emergency Medicine at Bezmialem Vakıf University between 2005 and 2011.
Dr. Karakuş Yılmaz began academic work in medical law in 2014 at the Graduate Education Institute of Istanbul Medeniyet University, completed a master's degree with thesis in 2019, and in 2020 started the PhD programme in Medical Law at the same university, which is still ongoing. Dr. Karakuş Yılmaz became Associate Professor in 2018 at the Emergency Medicine Clinic of Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital and Professor in 2023 at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Faculty of Medicine. After three and a half years at the Emergency Clinic of Alanya Training and Research Hospital, Prof. Dr. Banu Karakuş Yılmaz took office as Chief Physician of Alanya Training and Research Hospital on 17 July 2025.
Prof. Dr. Banu Karakuş Yılmaz is married with one child and speaks English well.
POSITIONS HELD
• 2003–2005: Osmaniye 112 Command and Control Center – General Practitioner
• 2005–2011: Bezmialem Vakıf University – Emergency Medicine Resident
• 2011–2014: Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital – Emergency Medicine Specialist
• 2014–2015: Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital – Emergency Medicine Specialist
• 2015–2021: Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital – Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine Clinic
• 2018–2021: Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital – Associate Professor
• 2021–2023: Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Faculty of Medicine – Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
• 2023–present: Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Faculty of Medicine – Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine