In the history of medicine, Vamik Volkan is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Vamik Volkan as Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist (1932-).
Vamik Volkan was born at Nicosia in 1932. His recorded nationality is Northern Cyprus. He trained at Ankara University Medical School.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
His posts were held at University of Virginia and Austen Riggs Center.
The recorded fields of work are psychiatry.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Northern Cyprus matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Virginia and Austen Riggs Center
- Fields: psychiatry
