Prof. Dr. Gazi Yiğitbaşı was born in Afyonkarahisar in 1965. He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1988. Between 1989 and 1993, he worked as a research assistant at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, ENT Department. In 1996, he worked as an Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1999 and Full Professor in 2005.

During his academic studies, he worked as an observer at the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburg in 1998 and as a Research Fellow at the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between 2002-2004. Dr. Gazi Yiğitbaşı has 75 scientific articles published in national and international journals.

Among his academic awards; Erciyes University ‘The faculty member with the most international publications, also has the first prize in the field of Clinical Translational Research in the scientific competition held by the University of Texas in 2004.

Dr. Yiğitbaşı, who is known for his senior management as well as his academic identity, served as Chief Physician at İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital between April 2005 and November 2011. For this duty, he was rewarded with the “Outstanding Achievement Award” by Izmir Governorship and Konak District Governorship. He took over the position of Medical Director of Medipol Mega University Hospital in 2011. Dr. Yiğitbaşı has been the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Medipol University since 2018. He served as the President of DEIK Health Business Council in the 2018-2020 period and received the first prize in the “Best member relations and most member recruitment” category during this period. Dr. Yiğitbaşı, who is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of the Service Exporters’ Association (HİB) and the Chairman of the HİB Health Committee, has also assumed the Board Membership of DEİK as of 2024.