Education:

Medical School          Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey       1984-1990.

Residency:      Department of Neurology, Bakirkoy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey,                                  1992-1997.

Title of Thesis: “The Localizing role of Neuropsychological Assessment in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy” supervised by Professor Baki Arapci.                                                                                                

Employment:

• General Practitioner, Hamdikoy Primary Healthcare Center, Corum, Turkey.
• State Obligatory Service, Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Siirt State Hospital, Turkey

2000- 2004     Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Faculty of   Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin Turkey.

2003-2004       Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics (John Hardy Lab), National  Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

2005-2012      Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Faculty of   Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin Turkey.

2006 –  2007    Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics (John Hardy Lab), National  Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

2012 –             Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Faculty of   Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin Turkey.

2019-2022      Medipol Üniversitesi PARMER, İstanbul Visiting Professor

Honours and Awards:

2004                Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology with “Prevalence of Essential Tremor: Door-to-Door Neurologic Exams in Mersin Province, Turkey” American Academy of Neurology. 56th Annual Meeting, April 27, 2004, San Francisco, USA

Ongoing Projects:

The MUNEP (Mersin University Neuroepidemiology Project) with Elan D. Louis      (Columbia University, NY). Principal Investigator.

Genetic Characterization of Movement Disorders, with John Hardy and Andy Singleton at Lab of Neurogenetics, NIH, Bethesda, MD. Co-Investigator.

Disease Support Groups

I regularly give talks to patient support groups for Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer disease.

I am also board member and vice President of Turkish Parkinson Disease Association. 

Professional Activities:

2014 – 2020 Vice President, Turkish Parkinson’s Disease Association

Active Member of Turkish Movement Disorders, Neurogenetics and Sleep Disorders Study Groups.

I am reviewer with Neurology (American Academy of Neurology), Movement Disorders, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Annals of Neurology, European Journal of Neurology, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurotoxicology, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders Journals since 2003 and editorial member of Tremor and other hyperkinetic Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation Journals.