Ganime Feriha Öz (1933 – 2 April 2020) was a Turkish academic, pathologist and medical doctor. Öz graduated from Çamlıca Girls High School in 1951. She completed her education in

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...

in 1957. After graduation, she worked as a physician in

Akdağmadeni Akdağmadeni (Greek: Ἀργυρίων, ''Argyríōn'') is a town and district in the Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 61,373 of which 20,312 live in the town of ...

district of Yozgat. She started her academic life at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty. She received the title of associate professor in 1968 and the title of professor in 1976. She had more than 100 scientific researches and publications, both on national and international scale. She retired from Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Pathology Department in 2000. She died on 2 April 2020 due to complications from COVID-19. Sait Gönen, Dean of Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, announced the news of her death on Twitter. The Minister of Health

Fahrettin Koca Fahrettin Koca (born 2 January 1965) is a Turkish physician and politician. He is the List of Ministers of Health of Turkey, minister of health of the Cabinet Erdoğan IV, 66th government of Turkey. Early life and education Fahrettin Koca was b ...

released a message of condolences. The Istanbul Chamber of Physicians confirmed the news of her death. On 3 April 2020, a farewell ceremony was held at the Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine for her.

References

1933 births 2020 deaths Turkish pathologists People from Kadıköy Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine alumni 20th-century Turkish physicians {{Turkey-bio-stub