Proton Therapy: Present State and Future Prospects

Bahar Dirican (Author)
Professor, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Gülhane Tıp Fakültesi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-5375
3Prof. Dr. Bahar Dirican graduated from Ankara Girls’ High School in 1972. In the same year, she was admitted to the Department of Physics Engineering, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, where she graduated in June 1977. Between 1978 and 1980, she worked as an assistant in the Department of Physics Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Selcuk University. She completed her Physics Doctorate at Selcuk University, Institute of Science, in 1988. She earned the title of Associate Professor in 1999 and Full Professor in 2017. From 1981 to 2016, she worked at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Radiation Oncology. Since 2017, she has been a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Gülhane Medical Faculty, Health Sciences University. She contributes to graduate education activities at the University of Health Sciences and other universities in the field of Medical Physics. She participated in the initial studies and maintenance of the device quality conformity documents required for the licensing of Radiotherapy Devices. She is the Chairman of the Turkish Medical Physics Specialization Commission in the Chamber of Physics Engineers, continuing this role. She has also served as the President of the Turkish Medical Physics Ankara Branch and the Medical Physics Association.