- In 1994, awarded the TÜBİTAK Scientist Training Group Overseas Research Project Scholarship and an Austrian Government Education Scholarship.
- In 1994, received pediatric neurology consultant physician training at the Neurology Clinic of Innsbruck University.
- In 1997, received hands-on practical training in extracranial and transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in Sipplingen, Germany, with the support of Compumedics DWL.
- In 1997, received training in functional Doppler ultrasonography at the Department of Neurology, Mannheim Clinic, Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls University.
- In 1994, established the Extracranial and Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Laboratory at the Department of Neurology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.
- Since 1998, has been actively seeing patients with Parkinson’s disease in particular and with movement disorders, and continues working in this field.
- Member of the Movement Disorders Working Group of the Turkish Neurological Society and, since its founding (1993), member of the Parkinson’s Disease Association of Turkey.
- Has been working in the field of movement disorders surgery since 2009.
- Has been conducting studies on cerebellar ataxias and genetic ataxias since 2015.
- Graduated with honors from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.
- Awarded the title of Associate Professor of Neurology in 2000 and Professor of Neurology in 2007.
- The main clinical areas of interest are as follows:
- Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonisms,
- Dystonias,
- Choreas,
- Tremor disorders,
- Other movement disorders,
- Movement disorders surgery,
- Genetics of movement disorders,
- Cerebellar ataxias,
- Genetics of cerebellar ataxia,
- Dementia.
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