Cafer Balcı

Born in Aydın in 1985, Cafer Balcı completed primary, middle, and high school education in Aydın.

Graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2009, completed residency in Internal Medicine in 2014 and subspecialty training in Geriatrics in 2018 at Hacettepe University, and became a specialist in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Since 2021, has worked in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine.

The Internal Medicine residency thesis, ‘‘Nephrotoxic Effect of the Combination of Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Vancomycin,’’ received the “Prof. Dr. Şeref Zileli Most Successful Thesis of the Year” award in 2018. In 2019, won the scholarship given by the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) to attend the European Academy for Medicine of Aging (EAMA). In 2022, completed the European Academy for Medicine of Aging (EAMA) training and holds the EAMA diploma. Since 2021, has served as the Türkiye representative of the European Geriatric Medicine Society's Early-Career Geriatricians Initiative (ECGI).

Serves on the editorial boards and reviewer boards of various scientific journals. Has more than 40 articles in national and international journals.

Member of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). Works in the EuGMS Dementia Special Interest Group, Delirium Special Interest Group, and Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Group.

Areas of interest are frailty, dementia, malnutrition, polypharmacy, and multimorbidity in the geriatric age group.