Head of the Department of Medical Genetics at Koç University Faculty of Medicine and responsible physician of the Genetic Diseases Diagnosis (Evaluation) Center at Koç University Hospital.
Received the title of Associate Professor in 2000 and Professor in 2009.
Between 1993 and 2007, worked abroad as a postdoctoral researcher and academic at various institutions (UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, LA-USA; Cardiff University, United Kingdom; Academisch Medisch Centrum & Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands).
Continues to serve as country representative in the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and in human genetics committees (ESHG-PPPC).
Has authored more than 200 international articles and more than 15 book chapters.
Experienced in the field of clinical genetics, particularly in molecular dysmorphology/syndromology, neurogenetics and prenatal genetics.
Together with the team, carries out studies aimed at determining the genetic etiopathogenesis of rare craniofacial dysmorphic syndromes and limb malformations.
Served as manager of the Turkey-Istanbul Group of the projectsCRANIRARE and CRANIRARE2 (ERA-Net for research programs for rare diseases; multinational collaboration consortia; 2008-2016), which were funded under the European Union 7th Framework Programmes and whose main research topics were frontonasal dysplasias and Moebius syndrome.
Main clinical areas of interest:
Clinical genetics; rare syndromes and molecular dysmorphology,
Prenatal genetic diagnosis,
Skeletal dysplasias and dysostoses (limb anomalies),
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