Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeref Başal was born in 1971 in Kırıkkale and completed
his primary and secondary education in Kırıkkale. In 1984, he entered
Maltepe Military High School and graduated in 1988. He continued his
medical education at GATA Military Medical Faculty between 1988-1994
and graduated in 1994.
Following his graduation, he completed his internship at GATA Training Hospital in 1994-1995. He
served as chief infirmary physician at Siirt Gendarmerie Regional Command in 1995-1996 and Batman
Gendarmerie Regional Command in 1996-1997. Between November 2010 and November 2011, he
worked as a clinical fellow in Uro-oncology and received urologic robotic surgery training at Colombia
University Cancer Center in New York, United States of America. In October 2011, he completed his
training at Hackensack University Medical Center daVinci Training Center in the United States and
received the “Console Surgeon” certificate in robotic surgery.
In 2013, he was appointed as Associate Professor at Istanbul GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital
Urology Clinic and between September 2016 and October 2017, he continued this duty at SBU Sultan
Abdülhamit Han Training and Research Hospital Urology Clinic and worked as a docent faculty
member in SBU Urology Department. Between October 2017 and December 2018, he served as the
education officer at SBU Haseki Training and Research Hospital.
In July 2021, he retired as an Associate Professor at SBU Urology Department. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeref
Başal, who has trained many experts and academicians in the field of urology, has many articles in
national and international journals in his field, has advanced surgical experience in his field, has
performed numerous surgeries related to his subject, has organized courses on this subject and has
participated in many courses as an instructor.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeref Başal is fluent in English and thus able to communicate effectively in the
international medical environment.