Education

• Undergraduate Medical Education, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
• Specialization Training, Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine, Neurosurgery Clinic (1987-1992)

Work Experience

• 1997-1999 Specialist Physician, 600-Bed Military Hospital, Neurosurgery Department, Diyarbakır.
• 1994-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine
• 1999-2005 Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
• 2005-2013 Professor, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Gülhane Military Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Microsurgery Training and Research Center
• 2013-2014 Private Çağ Hospital, Neurosurgery Department, ANKARA
• 2014 – 2020 Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, TOBB-ETÜ Faculty of Medicine, ANKARA
• 22-06-2020-present Private 100. Yıl Hospital, Neurosurgery Department, ANKARA

Experience/Certificates

• Microsurgery course, Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Microsurgery Training and Research Center, Ankara, June 5-9, 1989
• Advanced Trauma and Cardiac Life Support course, Ankara, 16 April - 4 May, 1990
• WFNS Training Course on tumors vascular and spinal surgery, Istanbul, 15-16 May, 1999
• Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, 6th international hands-on workshop, Naples, 22-23 May, 2006. ITALY
• Intraventricular and Skull Base Neuro-Endoscopy - A Hands-on Course, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 6-8-2011, 6-10-2011. USA
• Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery of the Cranial Base and Pituitary Fossa Course, August 14-17 2013, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA
• Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison. USA, 05.06.2007- 25.07.2007

Memberships

• International Societies: CNS membership (since 2007)
• National Societies: Turkish Neurosurgical Society (since 1995), Society of Nervous System Surgery (since 2011), Turkish Neuro-Oncology Group (since 2006)

Medical Interests

• Neuro-oncology: Microsurgery and endoscopic surgery
• Orbital surgery: Microsurgery and endoscopic surgery
• Endoscopic surgery: (Pituitary, skull base, ventricular lesions, cysts, spinal pathologies)
• Vascular: (Aneurysm, AVM, cavernoma)
• Spinal: (Disc, tumor, instrumentation)
• Peripheral nerves and brachial plexus injuries: Entrapment neuropathies (carpal tunnel, etc.)
• Epilepsy surgery

Place/Date of Birth

• 1960

Awards

• International Levantine Forum (Advances in Neurological Surgery), Bari, Italy 2004. AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Surgical Medical Sciences Third Prize. 01 October 2001
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Surgical Medical Sciences First Prize. 30 September 2002
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Surgical Medical Sciences Third Prize. 30 September 2002
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Surgical Medical Sciences First Prize. 06 October 2003