Dr. I Ruşen Yıldırım

Chairman
DEIK/Health Tourism Business Council

Mr. Yildirim graduated from Faculty of Medicine in 1983. Rather than specializing in medicine, he decided to pursue his goal in medical management therefore gained MBA degree in London Business School in 1993. He studied Health Economics in Northwestern University Kellogg Management School. Whilst managing various projects in National Health Service in UK, he took a part-time PhD study at London School of Economics researching “the role of private sector in provision of health care in UK”.In between 1993 and 1997 he worked as a project consultant in mainly health care sector in UK. He joined in Telemedicine Applications Company, Washington D.C. between years 1997 - 1998 as an international business development manager responsible for UK and Turkey. After working as senior levels in several healthcare groups in Turkey, in 2004 he joined Kent Health Group in Izmir appointed as a General Manager of the group. Since September 2010, he carrys on chairmanship of DEIK/Health Tourism Business Council.