Fatih Özaltın

I was born in Adana in 1971. I completed primary school and high school in Adana, at Celalettin Sayhan Primary School and Yeni College respectively. I entered the Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1988 and graduated from the same faculty in 1994 as the top graduate of the 34th class. In November 1994, I began my specialty training in Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. I served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics between September 1998 and December 1999. In May 2000, I began my specialty training in Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology at the Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology Unit of the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. I completed this training in November 2002 and became a Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology specialist. Between 2004 and 2005, I spent 1 year at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, conducting genetic studies in nephrology. After returning, I was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in November 2005, and Associate Professor in December 2006. I was appointed Professor in 2018 and continue to work as a Professor in the same faculty and department. In 2006, I founded the "Nephrogenetics Laboratory" at Hacettepe University, where genetic studies in nephrology are carried out. I participated as a partner in European Union projects and, at Hacettepe University, achieved the discovery of 4 new genes, all completed with the resources of our laboratory and university. I also made a primary contribution to the discovery of 9 new genes through international collaboration.

I am married and have 2 children.

My main areas of expertise are pediatric kidney and rheumatic diseases. My main research area is the genetics of kidney diseases in children.