Assoc. Prof. Sude Hatun Aktimur
Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Education: Gazi University Faculty of Medicine (2006-2011). Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Internal Medicine Residency (2017). Samsun Ondokuzmayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Hematology Minor Specialization.
Research Areas: Current treatment approaches and agents in hematologic malignancies, effects of hematologic parameters on malignancy and other diseases, treatment of all kinds of hematologic malignancies and diseases and chemotherapy applications, benign hematologic diseases, benefits of immune plasma applications in COVID-19 outbreak, effects of blood groups on disease spread and outcomes in patients infected with COVID-19, anticoagulation in COVID-19 infection. Current study and research topics include the evaluation of factors influencing patients hospitalized for COVID-19 to become immune plasma donors and the impact of education. She actively maintains immune plasma practices and is a Blood Center Responsible Physician.
Selected Studies: "Effects of Probiotics, Prebiotics and Symbiotics on Serum Cholesterol Levels" (2011). "Safety and Efficacy of Ankaferd Hemostat (ABS) in the Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis" (2015), "Generic Imatinib Mesylate is as Effective as Original Glivec in the Clinical Management of CML" (2015), "Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a diagnostic biomarker for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia" (2016), "The Impact of Jak1/Jak2 Inhibitor Ruxolitinib on the Spleen Size and Symptom Burden in Myeloproliferative Diseases" (2016), "The evaluation of ENA-78 and fibrinogen levels for the differential diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever and acute appendicitis" (2019), "The Assessment of the Relationship Between ABO Blood Groups and Covid-19 Infection" (2020), "Efficacy of the Combination of Venetoclax and Azacitidine in Elderly of Frail Relapsed/Refractory Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, First Multi-Institutional Real World Experience from Turkey (2020) are some of his international articles. He worked as a co-investigator in 14 international scientific projects. He has made and continues to make presentations at international and national scientific meetings.