MELİKE PEKMEZCİ

University of California, San Francisco
CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Melike Pekmezci, M.D.
Position: Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology Departments of Pathology and Ophthalmology School of Medicine
Address: Box 0102 505 Parnassus Ave, M551 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143
Voice: 415-502-4250 Fax: 415-476-7963 Email: Melike.Pekmezci@ucsf.edu

EDUCATION
1998 - 2004 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine / M.D.
2005 - 2007 Gazi University, Department of Ophthalmology / Resident / Ophthalmology
2008 - 2009 University of California San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology Research fellow / Ophthalmology
2010 - 2011 Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Pathology / Resident / Pathology
2011 - 2012 University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology Resident / Pathology
2012 - 2014 University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology / Clinical fellow / Neuropathology
2014 - 2015 University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology Clinical Fellow / Surgical Pathology
2015 - 2016 University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology Clinical fellow / Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology

LICENSES, CERTIFICATION
06/2004 Medical License, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey, License # 04-392-105
01/2006 ECFMG Certificate, # 0-670-675-8
09/2012 California Medical License, # A 123227
10/2015 American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology
10/2015 American Board of Pathology, Neuropathology
10/2015 College of American Pathologists, Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Certification
12/2018 American Association for Clinical Chemistry- Fundamentals of Molecular Pathology

PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD
07/2016 - 06/2021 University of California San Francisco / Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology / Department of Anatomic Pathology
07/2016 - 06/2021 University of California San Francisco / Assistant Professor / Department of Ophthalmology
07/2016 - present San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical / Center Staff Pathologis t/ Department of Anatomic Pathology
07/2021 - present University of California San Francisco / Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology / Department of Anatomic Pathology
07/2021 - present University of California San Francisco / Associate Professor / Department of Ophthalmology

OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY
02/2007 - 04/2007 University of California San Francisco / Visiting international resident / Department of Ophthalmology
07/2013 - 06/2014 University of California San Francisco / Research Fellow- Wrench and Walsh Labs / Department of Neurosurgery
07/2014 - 06/2015 University of California San Francisco / Chief Resident / Department of Pathology
07/2015 - 06/2018 Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey / Visiting Faculty / School of Medicine

HONORS AND AWARDS
1998 Valedictorian of Graduating Class / Meram Anatolian High School
2004 Salutatorian of Graduating Class / Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
2023 Faculty Teaching Award / University of California San Francisco, Department of Pathology

KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST
Neuropathology, Ophthalmic Pathology, Anatomic Pathology