TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2015 , Vol 30 , Num 4
In the memory of Seyfettin Kuter, doyen of medical physics in Turkey
Gülten DİNÇ
İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Tıp Tarihi ve Etik Anabilim Dalı, Istanbul Associate Professor Seyfettin Kuter being doyen of medical physics in our country lost his life on July 11, 2015. Seyfettin Kuter, who had been grown up as the first medical physicist of Turkey, broke many grounds in sense of the achievement, and provided that medical physics unfolded as a separate discipline in our country and many persons have trained in this discipline during he has been working at Istanbul University, Institute of Radiology and the clinic between 1953 and 1993. In this study, it will be given a short biography that should be an exemplary life-story for young generations. Keywords : Seyfettin Kuter; medical physics; history of medical physics