Education and Specialization
2004 - 2010: Ege University Faculty of Medicine
2011 - 2015: Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital - Internal Medicine Department
2016 - 2019: Marmara University Faculty of Medicine - Internal Medicine Department - Rheumatology Division

Experience

2023 - Present: BAU Medical Park Göztepe
2020 - 2023: Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital
2019 - 2020: Düzce Atatürk State Hospital
2016 - 2019: Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
2015 - 2016: Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital
2011 - 2015: Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital
2010 - 2011: Zonguldak Women and Children's Diseases Hospital
Courses and Certifications

Basic/Intermediate and Advanced Joint Ultrasound Course

Research and Publications

Kalyoncu U, Taşcılar EK, Ertenli Aİ, Dalkılıç HE, Bes C, Küçükşahin O, Kaşifoğlu T, Alpay Kanıtez N, Emmungil H, Kimyon G, Yaşar Bilge NŞ, Akar S, Atagündüz MP, Koca SS, Ateş A, Yazısız V, Terzioğlu E, Ersözlü ED, Tufan MA, Çınar M, Mercan R, Şahin A, Erten Ş, Pehlivan Y, Yılmaz S, Keleşoğlu Dinçer AB, Gerçik Ö, Coşkun BN, Yağız B, Kaymaz Tahra S, Aksoy A, Karadağ Ö, Kılıç L, Kiraz S. Methodology of a new inflammatory arthritis registry: TReasure. Turk J Med Sci. 2018;48(4):856-861. doi: 10.3906/sag-1807-200.

Novikov PI, Smitienko IO, Sokolova MV, Alibaz-Oner F, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Direskeneli H, Moiseev SV. Certolizumab pegol in the treatment of Takayasu arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Dec 1;57(12):2101-2105. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key197.

Yalcinkaya Y, Erturk Z, Unal AU, Kaymaz Tahra S, Pehlivan O, Atagunduz P, Direskeneli H, Inanç N. The assessment of malnutrition and severity of gastrointestinal disease by using symptom-based questionnaires in systemic sclerosis: is it related to severe organ involvement or capillary rarefaction at microcirculation? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 May-Jun;38 Suppl 125(3):127-131.

Kaymaz-Tahra S, Alibaz-Oner F, Direskeneli H. Assessment of damage in Takayasu's arteritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Aug;50(4):586-591. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.04.003.

Ortiz-Fernández L, Saruhan-Direskeneli G, Alibaz-Oner F, Kaymaz-Tahra S,et al. Identification of susceptibility loci for Takayasu arteritis through a large multi-ancestral genome-wide association study. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 Jan 7;108(1):84-99. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.11.014.

Karabacak M, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Şahin S, Yıldız M, Adroviç A, Barut K, Direskeneli H, Kasapçopur Ö, Alibaz-Öner F. Childhood-onset versus adult-onset Takayasu arteritis: A study of 141 patients from Turkey. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Feb;51(1):192-197. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.10.013.

Kaymaz Tahra S, Özgüven S, Ünal AU, Alibaz Öner F, Öneş T, Erdil TY, Direskeneli RH. Assessment of Takayasu arteritis in routine practice with PETVAS, an 18F-FDG PET quantitative scoring tool. Turk J Med Sci. 2021 Sep 30. doi: 10.3906/sag-2106-129.

Erdal S, Nalbantoğlu B, Gür MB, Yıldırım M, Kılıçarslan A, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Alibaz-Öner F, Yay M, Mumcu G, Direskeneli H. HADS-depression score is a mediator for illness perception and daily life impairment in Takayasu's arteritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Oct;40(10):4109-4116. doi: 10.1007/s10067-021-05719-2.

Yazici A, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Ozdemir Isik O, Kara M, Alpay-Kanitez N, Gerçik O, Omma A, Kocaer SB, Kalkan K, Yasar Bilgin NS, Aksu K, Keser G, Akar S, Onen F, Emmungil H, Kasifoglu T, Alibaz-Oner F, Direskeneli H, Cefle A. The prevalence of non-vascular pulmonary manifestations in Takayasu's Arteritis patients: A Retrospective multi-centred Turkish cohort study. Scand J Rheumatol. 2021 Oct 13:1-5. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2021.1972535.

Alibaz-Oner F, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Bayındır Ö, Yazici A, Ince B, Kalkan K, Kanıtez NA, Kocaer SB, Yasar Bilge NS, Omma A, Durak E, Ilgın C, Akar S, Kaşifoğlu T, Önen F, Emmungil H, İnanç M, Cefle A, Aksu K, Keser G, Direskeneli H. Biologic treatments in Takayasu's Arteritis: A comparative study of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and tocilizumab. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Dec;51(6):1224-1229. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.09.010.

Gönenli MG, Kaymaz Tahra S, Kara M, Keser G, Yazıcı A, Erden A, Omma A, Gerçik Ö, Akar S, Aksu K, Kenar G, Kocaer SB, Önen F, Ersözlü D, Alibaz-Öner F, Bayramlar OF, Direskeneli H, Alpay-Kanıtez N. Pregnancy in Takayasu's arteritis has a high risk of hypertension-related fetomaternal complications: A retrospective study of a Turkish cohort. Int J Rheum Dis. 2022 Feb;25(2):140-146. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14247.

Sağlam B, Kaymaz-Tahra S, Kenar G, Kocaer S, Omma A, Erden A, Kara M, Yazıcı A, Cefle A, Gerçik Ö, Akar S, Aksu K, Keser G, Yarkan Tuğsal H, Önen F, Kamalı S, Alibaz-Öner F, Direskeneli H, Alpay-Kanıtez N. Metabolic syndrome is associated with increased cardiovascular risk and disease damage in patients with Takayasu arteritis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2022 Jul;25(7):775-780. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14335.

Kitap Yazarlığı

Kaymaz-Tahra S. Primer Vaskülitlerde Hastalık,Aktivite ve Hasar İndeksleri &Olgu Örnekleri ile Pratikler: Dev Hücreli Arterit Olgusu, ss: 91-94, 125. Eylül 2019, ISBN: 978-605-80595-1-1

Kaymaz Tahra S, Alibaz-Öner F. Dev Hücreli Arterit ve Polimiyaljiya Romatika. Klinik Romatoloji 1.Baskı Ankara Türkiye Klinikleri Yayınevi 2021 ss: 395-414. ISBN:978-625-409-385-2

Kaymaz Tahra S, Alibaz-Öner F. Poliarteritis Nodosa.  Klinik Romatoloji 1.Baskı Ankara Türkiye Klinikleri Yayınevi 2021 ss: 415-429. ISBN:978-625-409-385-2

Kaymaz Tahra S, Alibaz-Öner F. Takayasu Arteriti.  Klinik Romatoloji 1.Baskı Ankara Türkiye Klinikleri Yayınevi 2021 ss: 430-449. ISBN:978-625-409-385-2

Kaymaz Tahra S, Alibaz-Öner F. Immünglobulin- A Vasküliti ve Diğer Küçük Çaplı Damar Vaskülitleri. Klinik Romatoloji 1.Baskı Ankara Türkiye Klinikleri Yayınevi 2021 ss: 450-475. ISBN:978-625-409-385-2

Kaymaz Tahra S. Romatoid artrit. Yaşlılarda Sık Gözlenen Dâhili Problemlere Yaklaşım. 1. Baskı. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2021. p.54-8. Online ISBN: 978-625-401-393-5