Postgraduate education:

• 10/93 – 10/94 Internship, Department of Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
• 10/94 – 2/99 Residency,  Department of Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
• 2/99 – 7/99 Staff Surgeon,  Department of Surgery,  Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
• 7/99 – 11/01 Clinical Fellow Department of Organ Transplantation University of Texas, Houston. Baylor College of Medicine  
• 11/2001 – 04/2004  Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,  Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
• 04/2004 – 05/2009, Director, Liver Transplant Program, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,  Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
• 05/2009- Present Director, Liver Transplant Program, Associate Professor of Surgery, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Awards:

1. International Liver Transplantation Society 8. Annual Congress, Chicago, 2002. International Travel Award

2. Turkish 3rd  Transplant Congress, 2002, Adana. Best Oral Presentation award

3. International Liver Transplantation Society 13. Annual Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 2007. International Travel Award

4. International Liver Transplantation Society Annual Congress, Valencia, 2011. Selected poster presentation Award

5. International Liver Transplantation Society Annual Congress, San Francisco, 2012. Young Investigator Award 

LICENSURE:                                      

1. Turkish medical licensure (6/93)

2. Turkish General Surgery Certificate (2/99)

3. United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step 1 and 2 in September 1993 (Scores 88 and 86), step 3 in April 2000 (score: 78)

• Turkish Surgical Society
• Texas Medical Association
•  Harris County Medical Society