Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ceyhan graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1981. That same year, he began his residency in pediatrics at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, completing it in 1985.
As a result of his work at the Nutrition and Metabolism Unit between 1983 and 1985, he obtained a degree of scientific expertise in this field. He completed his military service at the Adana Military Hospital between 1985 and 1987, and his compulsory service at the Ankara Etimesgut State Hospital between 1987 and 1989. In 1988, he became an associate professor of pediatric health and diseases.
He began working as a faculty member at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and completed his subspecialty training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. He became a professor of pediatric health and diseases in 1995.
In 1998, he worked in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the United States. Dr. Ceyhan won first place in the Cihat Tahsin Gürson Research Award from the Gürson Children’s Health Foundation in 1985, second place in 1986, and the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK) incentive award in 1988. His research focuses on the serological and clinical efficacy of immunization, the molecular genetic characterization of infectious diseases, the epidemiology of infections, and the identification of antibacterial drug genes in bacteria.
