Graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1986. Completed specialisation in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, and specialised in Spine Surgery at Osaka University Faculty of Medicine.
He was a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society. In 2008 he became an active member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS), and since 2006 he has been the corresponding and deputy editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR). In 2017 he became an active member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), and served as Advisor to the President of TÜBİTAK between 2018 and 2021.
He is currently Chairman of the Department of Sports Medicine at Hacettepe University Medical Faculty. His current research interests are motion analysis, multi-omics, novel biosensors for osteoarthritis diagnosis, and new therapeutic delivery using micro-needles.
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