- Was a visiting scholar at the Wisconsin University Department of Neurosurgery, Madison, USA, in 2007.
- Attained the title of Associate Professor in 2007 and Professor in 2014.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, the Board of Directors of the Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Group of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society (two terms), and the Board of Directors of the Turkish Spine Society.
- Main clinical areas of interest:
- Surgery of spine and spinal cord diseases,
- Degenerative spine surgery,
- Minimally invasive spine surgery,
- Spinal deformity,
- Surgery of spine and spinal cord tumors,
- Surgery of spine and spinal cord infections,
- Surgery of spine and spinal cord trauma,
- Neuro-oncological surgery,
- Neurotrauma.
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