HISTORY OF METU MEDICAL CENTER

The Health and Psychological Counseling Center perpetuating its activities in the Middle East Technical University, was established as "University Infirmary" in the university building belonging to the Retirement Fund located on the Müdafaa Caddesi (1956).  In 1961, the first chief physician of the University Infirmary to be called Health and Psychological Counseling Center (SRM) afterwards, Dr. Salih Tugay took office as the Internal Diseases Specialist. The chief physicianswho  served SRM since its establishment are listed below in order of office;

•  Dr. Salih Tugay (Internal Diseases Specialist),
•  Dr. Salih Fikret Serdar (Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist),
• Dr. İsmet Eryetişir (Internal Diseases Specialist),
• Dr. Nurettin Kılıçoğlu (Internal Diseases Specialist),
• Dr. Rana Özkan (1981 September - 1981 November / Internal Diseases Specialist),
• Dr. Güler Ekin (1981 November - 1981 December / Psychiatry Specialist),
• Dr. Leon Namer (1982 - 1993 / Internal Diseases Specialist),
• Dr. Feza Korkusuz (1993 - 2013 / Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist)
• Dr. Nusret Taheri (2013 -2024 / Microbiology Specialist)
• Specialist Dr. Fatih Mehmet Demirtola (2024 - ... / Gynecology and Obstetrics Specialist)