In 1991-1992, at the “Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College School of Medicine” (London), carried out clinical work and research activities in liver transplantation as a “Clinical Research Fellow”.
Appointed to a professorship in 1996 at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, worked there as an educator and researcher in the Gastroenterohepatology division until retiring in 2008.
In 2011-2013, served as President of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver.
Since 2012, has continued to serve as President of the Turkish Liver Foundation.
A total of 76 full-text publications are listed internationally (“PubMed”); for these publications the “h-index is 31” and the number of citations(“citation”)is 4816 (as of 12 February 2021).
Academic activities and publications mainly focus on viral hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis and its complications, liver transplantation, and autoimmune and drug-induced liver diseases.
Member of the Turkish Liver Foundation (president), the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (founding member, president, member), the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology (vice presidency), EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver), AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases), AGA (American Gastroenterological Association) and the “European Board of Gastroenterology”.
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