Medical School
Istanbul University Medical Faculty 1996
Post-Graduate Training
Ankara University Pulmonary Diseases Department 2004
Professional Experience
1997-1999 Bahçe State Hospital – Osmaniye
1999-2004 Ankara University Medical Faculty/Chest Surgery Department
2006-2009 New York Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital/2006-2009
Lung Transplantation Program
2009-2015 İnönü University Medical Faculty/Chest Surgery Department
2015-2021 İnönü University Medical Faculty/Chest Surgery Department (Assoc. Prof – Head of Department) 1995 - 1996 Roche HYB 50.000 Pediatric Screening Campaign Project Coordinator
Medical Interests
- Minimal invasive surgery awake lung and mediastinal surgeries
- Lung cancer Bronchiectasis Mediastinal tumors and diseases
- Airway (trachea) tumors
- Airway Stenosis
- Thoracic Wall Tumors
- Thoracic Wall deformities (Pigeon's chest, shoemaker's chest)
- Excessive sweating of hands and armpits
Special Experience
- Videothoracoscopic lung surgeries (VATS, closed lung surgeries)
- Videothoracoscopic mediastinal surgeries (thymus gland diseases, tumors)
- Nuss Method (closed) used for thoracic wall dysmorphology.
- Trachea surgery (tumors, stenoses)
- Bronchoscopic volume decreasing surgery in COPD.
- Video-thoracoscopic (closed) pleura surgeries
Awards and Thanks
Columbia University/ABD Department of Surgery Start-up Grant 2007-2008
Turkish Thoracic Surgery Association 8th National Thoracic Report Second degree April 2015
Surgery Congress PS-56.
