Nevzat Tarhan


Kaşif Nevzat Tarhan is a Turkish medical scientist, psychiatrist and neuropsychology expert.

Life

He was born in Merzifon in 1952. He finished Kuleli Military High School in 1969 and graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical School Istanbul University in 1975. Following his internship at GATA he worked in Cyprus and Bursa garrisons at different military medical institutions. In 1982 he became a specialist psychiatrist at GATA. After his clinical services as a specialist at Erzincan and Çorlu Hospitals, he became an assistant professor, an associate professor at GATA Haydarpaşa. He was promoted to colonel in 1993 and became a professor in 1996. Between 1996 – 1999 he worked at Yüzüncü Yıl University as faculty member and as an expert at Forensic Institution. He got retired on his own will. He took the representation of "" in Turkey in 1998.
He has been the chairman of the board of NPİSTANBUL, the first neuropsychiatry hospital of Turkey, and also the founding rector of Üsküdar University.
He has more than a hundred publications 31 of which are international. He speaks English and German. He is married and has two children.

Social responsibility projects

He took part in the organization committee of 7th International ECNS Congress which was held in İstanbul in 2007.

Awards