Graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1992. Started PG training at Ankara University in 1992. Completed Internal Medicine (IM) residency at Bridgeport Hospital, CT (Yale University Program) in 1994. Worked as a chief resident at BH in 1998. Certified as a diplomate in IM by the American Board of IM in 1998. Completed training in cardiology at Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine in 2004. Board certified by the Turkish Cardiac Society (TCS) in 2013. Awarded a Master Degree on Pulmonary Vascular Diseases by University of Bologna in 2015. Became an Associate Professor of Cardiology in 2015. Has 42 publications in the international peer reviewed journals. Has 26 poster/oral presentations and publications in the area of pulmonary circulation and right ventricular function. Received the Best Poster Award at ACC.17 in the Pulmonary Hypertension pathway. Received the best study award at TCS in the Cardiopulmonary Vascular System pathway in the years 2018 and 2019.