Became a specialist at the Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, in 1986.
In 1989–1991, as a “Research Fellow” at the University of Southern California, received theoretical and practical training from Prof. Dr. W.King Engel and Prof. Valerie Askanas in muscle pathology, enzyme histochemistry and immunocytochemistry.
Awarded the title of Associate Professor in 1992 and Professor in 1998.
1993–2014: Worked at the Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, as a Faculty Member of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and served two terms as Head of the Division.
1991–2014: Established the Neuromuscular Diseases Research Laboratory of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, actively performed muscle pathology and directed the laboratory.
Served as Second President of the Turkish Neurological Society, Moderator of the Neuromuscular Diseases Scientific Working Group of the Turkish Neurological Society, Second President of the European Alliance of Muscle Disease Associations (EAMDA), President of the European Alliance of Muscle Disease Associations (EAMDA) and President of the World Alliance of Muscle Disease Associations (WANDA).
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