Prof. Necdet Üskent, graduated from Ankara University Medical School. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Ankara GATA Medical School. He has done his clinical fellowship training in Medical Oncology and Hematology in the USA, Dallas, Texas. He took part in the Bone Marrow Transplantation team that performed the first transplantation in Turkey. At different times and for long terms, he served as visiting lecturer at Westminster Hospital Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Royal Free and University College Hospital, in London UK, and at Basel Cantone Hospital in Switzerland. Passing the exam organized by European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), he obtained the European Medical Oncology Certificate. Being one of the 7 founding members of The Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, Prof. Üskent was also a founder of Turkish Oncology Group (TOG). 

After serving as director of Istanbul GATA Medical Oncology and Hematology Clinics for 13 years, Prof. Üskent later worked as lecturer – professor at Kadir Has University (Bilim University), Medical School, Internal Medicine Clinic. He also served as medical oncology and hematology specialist and lecturer at Florence Nightingale Hospital, a hospital associated to the university. Prof. Üskent who started to work at Anadolu Medical Center, Medical Oncology Clinic in 2005 has been working as a medical oncology and hematology specialist and also director of medical oncology at Anadolu Medical Center since 2010.