Antalya · Gynecologic Oncology · Advanced Surgery

VITA

Chronology

2025 – present

Gynecologic oncology surgeon, Memorial Antalya Hospital and Medstar Yıldız Hospital, Antalya • Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey

2025

Elected Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

2024 – 2026

Clinical Research Fellow (2024–2025), followed by ongoing research collaboration (2025–2026), Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Arizona, USA — research on fluorescence-guided surgery, robotic oncologic approaches and IORT in gynecologic cancers

2016 – 2024

Professor, Head of Department and Program Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Süleyman Demirel University — founded and directed one of Turkey’s first official gynecologic oncology fellowship programs (2016)

2016 & 2018

ESAGON — European School of Abdomino-pelvic Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology: advanced ovarian cancer surgery program and cadaver dissection workshops

2015 – 2016

Visiting Surgeon, Ovarian Cancer Center, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy — assisted ovarian cancer operations with the IEO surgical team

2014

Visiting Surgeon, Cytoreductive Surgery & HIPEC, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.

2010 – 2016

Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Süleyman Demirel University

2011

Subspecialty board certification in Gynecologic Oncology, Turkey

2008 & 2010

Fellowship training in advanced laparoscopic surgery, Charité University Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany

2007 – 2010

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Süleyman Demirel University / Yüzüncü Yıl University

1998 – 2003

Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ankara Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Hospital, Turkey

1992 – 1998

MD, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey