Serkan Yılmaz
Prof. Dr. Serkan Yılmaz graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine and completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at the same university. Prof. Yılmaz is currently a faculty member at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, and is responsible for the institution’s disaster preparedness and medical service coordination processes. Prof. Yılmaz's academic work focuses on the development of emergency health services, disaster management, health system resilience and the strengthening of field organisations.
In addition to academic duties held since 2005, Prof. Yılmaz has taken part in preparing disaster and emergency training programmes as a member of the Training Commission of the National Medical Rescue Teams (UMKE) under the Ministry of Health. After the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, Prof. Yılmaz served in the field as regional health coordinator, contributing to the planning and coordination of post-disaster health services. In the same year, Prof. Yılmaz served as a consultant at the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Azerbaijan, working on the assessment and development of the country's emergency health system capacity.
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz served as President of the Board of the Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey (EMAT) between 2021 and 2023, and has held various positions in the association's management since 2017.
Prof. Dr. Serkan Yılmaz continues academic, administrative and field duties in clinical emergency medicine, disaster management and health systems development, and continues national and international collaborations in these fields.