Prof. Nil Sarı

Prof. Nil Sarı

Prof. Nil Sarı

Prof. Nil Sarı is a pioneering scholar of medical history and ethics. After psychology studies at Istanbul University she joined Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (Deontology / History of Medicine) in 1973, earned her doctorate in medical sciences (1978), became associate professor (1983) and professor (1988). She chaired the Department of History of Medicine and Ethics at Cerrahpaşa from 1983 to 2013.

She founded an applied medical history laboratory for Ottoman herbal extracts, co-holds a U.S. patent on compositions for treating neoplastic disorders, and established Türkiye’s first official Museum of Medical History at Cerrahpaşa (2007). She represented Türkiye at the International Society for the History of Medicine, served as ISHM Vice President, chaired the Turkish Society for the History of Medicine (2000–2005), and brought the International Congress on the History of Medicine to Istanbul. She is President of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (ISHIM, since 2022) and of the Association for Health History and Museology. Her ~500 publications focus on Ottoman medicine, herbal therapy, medical ethics, psychiatry, medical education, and women’s health roles.