The story of a professional career passionately dedicated to human health and creating value in health:

Prof. Dr. Halil Coşkun

Academic Career

Prof Dr Halil Coşkun’s academic career in medicine, which inspired his young colleagues, started in 1987 at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine.

He decided to become a general surgeon in the first years of his faculty education. With this determination, he earned the right to enter Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery. Today he says those years were an important part of the best years of his life.

Progress has always been one of the life philosophies for Halil Coşkun. He became interested in Obesity and Metabolic Surgery during his general surgery residency training and thus clarified the next phase of his career. For this purpose, he conducted clinical studies in the fields of General Surgery, Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, and Diabetes at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) and Weill Cornell Medical School, USA.

In the year 2000, he has become the first person who submitted his thesis on Obesity on Metabolic Surgery in Turkey. At that time, Obesity and Metabolic Surgery was a field that few people were interested in. Prof Coşkun guided and supported many colleagues and corporate companies with the knowledge and experience he gained in this new field. At the same time, he also established the department of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery at Bezmialem Vakıf University, where he was one of the founding faculty members.

Prof. Dr. Halil Coşkun was awarded the title of associate professor in 2010 by the Interuniversity Council (UAK). in 2015, he was awarded the title of professor at Sanko Vakıf University, where he also conducts academic studies.

Prof Dr Halil Coşkun’s h-index is 18 and i10-index is 30 in Google Academy.

Social Awareness Studies

There are many social awareness-raising and informational works in the field of obesity, both in cooperation with the industry, and as a speaker in the media and on his personal youtube channel.

As part of all these awareness raising activities, he wrote a book called Obesity Is Not Your Destiny.

Currently, he is working on another new book, which he intends to be a guidebook on obesity.

Scientific Association Memberships

• Turkish Surgery Association (TCD)
• Turkish Obesity Surgery Association (TOSS)
• Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery Association (ELCD)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Turkish Bariatric Surgery Foundation, Education and Research Commission (He is the chairman of the commission.)

Academic Consulting Services

Prof. Dr. Halil Coşkun, while continuing to pursue his medical profession, has been carrying out studies that add value to the health sector with his clinical and academic knowledge and experience and offer different perspectives for the last 10 years.

He provides a professional service as a consultant, educator and speaker in these studies, which contributes to the business development of companies, guides their general managers and board members.

Some of these companies are as follows:

• Ethicon EMEA B&M
• Ethicon Turkey B&M
• Baxter
• Eczacıbaşı
• Novo Nordisk

In addition to these studies for the health sector, there are professional collaborations with high health technology companies in England.

He also provides career mentoring for young people who want to study in England.

BAU Executive MBA Program

Prof. Dr. Halil Coşkun was accepted to the BAU Executive MBA program in 2020 as part of his academic consulting career. After half a semester, he will have received his graduation by giving the project he is working on.

The trainings he received in the MBA program with an average of 3.89/4 are as follows:

• Marketing Strategies for Managers,
• Digital Business Management,
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Private Equity,
• Integrated Marketing,
• Corporate Strategy and Management,
• Research Methods and Ethics,
• Strategic Leadership & Management for Managers,
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
• Global Business Method

Special Interests

Sculpture: He thinks that the medical profession is very similar to art. His sculptures, which he made as a hobby, are exhibited at many exhibitions.

Men’s clothing style: He occasionally posts on his Instagram account about men’s clothing style, which is one of his special interests.

Sport: As a part of his job, along with a healthy diet, sports are also an indispensable part of his life. He exercises regularly three days a week and advises all his followers and patients to do a sport they love.