Has worked as an algologist (pain treatment specialist) at Anadolu Medical Center since 2004.
Specialties and areas of interest
- Interventional pain treatment methods
- Neuropathic pain
- Cancer pain and palliative care
- Neck, back and lower back pain
- Headaches
Education
- Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, 1982
- Specialty training: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, 1990
- Experience: Pain Center, St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Indianapolis, United States, 1991–1992
- Aalborg University, Experimental Pain Research Centre, Denmark, 1999–2003
- WIP (World Institute of Pain) Diploma in Interventional Pain Management, 2003
Professional career
Completed medical studies at Ankara University and specialty training in anaesthesiology at Istanbul University. Medical director of Anadolu Medical Center from 2004 to 2007; has worked since 2007 as the institution's algologist.
Memberships and scientific activity
- President of the Turkish chapter of the IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain), 1999–2005
- Turkey adviser to the EFIC (European Pain Federation), 1999–2000
- Member of the EFIC scientific committee, 2006
- Reviewer for the journals Pain, Experimental Brain Research, The Spine
- Johns Hopkins International leadership course, United States, 2004
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