Professor
Istinye University Ankara Liv Hospital, Department of Hematology
Ankara, Turkey
Meral Beksaç MD, is currently a Professor in Ankara Liv Hospital Hematology and Stem Cell
Transplantation Unit, affiliated with Istinye University.
She has been actively involved in investigator initiated or pharma sponsored phase II-III clinical trials
since 1992, initially within the auspices of EORTC-LCG and most recently in collaboration with
European Myeloma Network.
Currently she is chairing the “Myeloma” Subcommittee of the Turkish Society of Hematology” and
been elected as a board member of European Myeloma Network, the vice-chair of the “Balkan
Myeloma Study Group” and also the Plasma Cell Disorders Subcommittee of EBMT-CMWP.
Dr Beksaç is also a member of the editorial board of scientific journals and has published many book
chapters and 300 original papers in peer-reviewed journals with more than 30000 citations (H
index:69). She has been an elected member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences following its
foundation in 1994.
Meral Beksac has recently been awarded by “Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
Lifetime Achievement 2024 Award.
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