Fields of Study

• Acute kidney injury
• Chronic kidney disease
• Haemodialysis
• Kidney transplant
• Onco-nephrology
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Glomerulonephritis

Career Summary

• He graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine - Department of English Medicine in 2005. In 2010, he received his specialisation in Internal Medicine from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. In 2013, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Colorado for 1 year. In 2015, he completed his Nephrology Fellowship at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He became an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in 2015.  He worked as a Nephrology Specialist at Ümraniye Research and Training Hospital between 2015-2018. Between 2018-2022, he worked in the Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation at Istanbul Memorial Şişli Hospital.

Professional Awards

• 2005 - Medical Speciality Examination (TUS) (Clinical Sciences Turkey First Place)
• 2010 - 27th National Congress of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation 
• Best Paper Award First Prize: "Endothelial Progenitor Cells, Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Haemodialysis Patients"
• 2010 - 27th National Congress of Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation 
• Eczacıbaşı Baxter Special Award: "Relationship between Residual Renal Function and Non-Invasive Atherosclerosis Markers in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients"
• 2013 - 2014 Turkish Society of Nephrology, Study Abroad Scholarship (TSN research fellow)
• 2013 - 2014 International Society of Nephrology, Study Abroad Scholarship (ISN-fellow)
• 2015 American Physiological Society, March 2015 Best Paper Award (APSselect): "Antisense-mediated angiotensinogen inhibition slows polycystic kidney disease in mice with a targeted mutation in Pkd2. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2015; 15;308(4):F349-57." 

Memberships

• Turkish Society of Nephrology
• Istanbul Chamber of Physicians
• International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
• American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
• European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)