Education and Specialization
1985 – 1991 Hacettepe University English-Language Faculty of Medicine
1991 – 1996 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
1995 – 1996 USA, Louisiana – New Orleans, Ochsner Medical Center, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery
1999 – 2001 Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterological Surgery Clinic,
2002 (5 months) Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto University, Medical Faculty, Department of Transplantation & Immunology,
2004 (2 months) Japan, Tokyo, Keio University, Medical Faculty, Department of Surgery, training course for ‘Early diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers’
2008 – 2009 Australia, Sydney, Sydney University, Westmead Millenium Institute, Department of Transplantation
2013 (3 months) USA, Connecticut – New Haven, Yale University, Yale – New Haven Transplantation Center
Experience
2002 – 2004 Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterological Surgery Clinic, Chief Resident
2004 – 2008 Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Education, Director General
2006 – 2008 Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, Higher Health Council, Member and Acting Chairman
2009 – 2011 Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterological Surgery Clinic, Chief of Clinic
2011 – 2015 Istanbul, Kartal – Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterological Surgery Clinic, Training and Administrative Manager
2012 – 2018 Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr.
2011 – 2013 Medical Specialization Board, Member
2012 – 2015 Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dean
2013 – 2014 Ministry of Health Liver Transplantation Scientific Board, Member
2018 – 2020 VM Medical Park Pendik, Prof. Dr.
2021 – 2022 Memorial Healthcare Group, Şişli Hospital, Prof. Dr.
2022 – Medical Park Bahçelievler, Prof. Dr.
Professional Memberships
Turkish Medical Association
Istanbul Medical Chamber
Turkish Surgical Society
Gastroenterological Surgery Society
Turkish Society of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Society
Turkish Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Society
Liver Transplantation Society
National Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery
American College of Surgeons
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
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