Medical Staff
Short CV
He was born in 1980. In 2004, he graduated with a medical degree from Istanbul University’s Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. In 2004, he began his residency in neurology at the Department of Neurology at the Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and completed his board certification in neurology in 2009.
From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a research assistant and doctoral student at Ghent University in Belgium. During this period, he conducted neuroimaging studies related to attention. He received his Ph.D. in psychology in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University on a fellowship funded by the university’s research grants. In June 2014, he began working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at Üsküdar University and as a neurologist at NPİSTANBUL Hospital.
His research interests include dementia, sleep disorders, headaches, Parkinson’s disease, attention and memory disorders, epilepsy, and electroencephalography.
Education
2013: Ghent University, Belgium – Ph.D.
2010: European Academy of Neurology Equivalency Exam
2009: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine – Department of Neurology
2004: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
Continued: NPİSTANBUL Hospital – Neurologist
Ghent University, Belgium – Research Fellow
Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English Program) – Resident Physician
Academic Experience
2020 – Present: Üsküdar University – Professor
2016–2020: Üsküdar University – Associate Professor
2014–2016: Üsküdar University – Assistant Professor
Üsküdar University – Neuroscience Program Coordinator
2013 – 2014: Ghent University – Postdoctoral Researcher
2009 – 2013: Ghent University – Ph.D. Student
2004–2009: Istanbul University – Research Assistant
Expertise Areas
Sleep Disorders
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Dementia
Headaches
Attention and Memory Disorders
Epilepsy
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Experience
Certificate in Sleep Medicine
European Board Certification in Neurology
Foreign Language
- English
- Arabic
- Russian
- Dutch

