In 1990-1991, conducted research at the University of Texas – Health Science Center, Hematology / Oncology Department.
In 1992, worked at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Member of the Turkish Society of Hematology, the International Society of Hematology, the American Society of Hematology, the European Hematology Association and the European Bone Marrow Transplantation Society.