Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics
Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Ege, Izmir, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Kaan Kavakli works at Ege University Children's Hospital as a Pediatric Hematologist and Professor of Pediatrics in Izmir, Turkey.
Dr. Kaan Kavakli has held the position of Chairman of the Department of Paediatric Haematology at Ege University Children’s Hospital in Izmir, Turkey for the last 10 years until 2014. In 2000, he was also appointed Director of the Ege Haemophilia Centre and Ege Hemophilia Association. He is the general director of the Hemophilia Federation (of Turkey) which consists of 10 regional hemophilia associations in Turkey since 2005. Dr Kavakli was Chairman of both the Ethics Committee of Ege University Medical Faculty and the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Subcommittee of the Turkish Pediatric Haematology Society for more than 10 years of duration until last year. His academic interests focus on hemostasis and thrombosis (especially hemophilia care. Dr. Kavakli has performed many international phase 1-2-3-4 clinical trials related to hemophilia as principal investigator in Turkey. Kaan Kavakli is one of the editorial board members of Haemophilia Journal. He is the first gene therapy treater in Turkey in respect of clinical trials for hemophilia.