Academic Background

Education and Specialization

Ondokuzmayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Education

Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Specialization

Fırat University Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology Specialization

Fırat University Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professorship

Fırat University Faculty of Medicine, Professorship

Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Professorship

Experience

Health center general practitioner and emergency room physician

State hospital physical therapy and rehabilitation specialist

University hospital, Dr. Lecturer

Fırat University and Erciyes University, Prof. Dr.

Proseptorship Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Head of Rheumatology Department

Courses and Certificates

PTR Board Certificate, Turkish PTR Association, Istanbul

Clinical Densitometry Certificate, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health and International Osteoporosis Foundation

Ethics Committee Membership Qualification and Education Certificate, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health

EULAR (Union of European Rheumatology Societies) Advanced Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Certificate

Advanced Rheumatology Course Certificate- NYU, Department of Rheumatology, New York, USA

Editor in Chief- 2014-2016, Erciyes Medical Journal

Section Editor, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Turkish Journal of Medical

Sciences-2016

Associate Editor, Archives of Rheumatology-2014-2016

Associate Editor, Turkih Journal of PMR-2013

Member of Editorial Board, World Journal of Rheumatology

Member of Editorial Board, World Journal of Orthopedics

Member of Editorial Board, ISRN Rheumatology-2016

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Back Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (2002-2012)

Member of Steering Committee, Fırat Medical Journal (2004-2007)

Referee, BMC Urology

Referee, Stress

Referee, Spinal Cord

Referee, Cell Boichemistry and Function

Referee, International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Referee, BMC Musculoskelatal Disorders

Reference, Saudi Medical Journal

Referee, Clinica Chimica Acta

Referee, Psychopharmacology

Referee, Redox Report

Referee, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Referee, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Referee, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Referee, Clinical Journal of Pain

Reference, Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Reference, Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Referee, Turkish Journal of Rheumatology (Archives of Rheumatology)

Referee, Journal of Rheumatology

Referee, Indian Journal of Medical Science

Referee, Future Rheumatology

Referee, BMC Pediatric Rheumatology

Referee, Clinical Medicine:Case Reports

Referee, Cases J

Referee, Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Referee, Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

Referee, Journal of Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation

Reference, Southern Medical Journal (USA)

Referee, Rheumatology (Oxford) (UK)

Referee, Arthritis Research & Therapy (UK)

Referee, Arthritis Care & Research (USA)

Referee, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Referee, Clinical Rheumatology

Referee, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Referee, Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapeutics

Referee, Expert Opinion in Biological Therapeutics

Referee, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Referee, European Journal of Neurology

Referee, Medical Principals and Practice

Referee, Journal of National Medical Association (USA)

Referee, BMC Musculoskelatal Disorders

Referee, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Referee, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Referee, Quality of Life Research

Referee, Disease Markers

Referee, Clinics

Referee, Clinical Endocrinology

Referee, Expert Opinion On Emerging Drugs

Referee, Maturitas

Referee, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Referee, Rheumatology International

Referee, Collegium Anthropologicum

Referee, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Reference, Neuroscience Letters

Vocational Memberships

Full Member, Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS).

Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS), Advisory Board Member.

International Member, American College of Rheumatology (ACR) (www.rheumatology.org).

Turkish Medical Association.

Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association.

Turkish Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association.

Awards

Methotexate use in rheumatic diseases Koçak Pharma Award, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 7th National Rheumatic Diseases Congress 2016

Best Research, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 7th National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2016

Best Research, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 5th National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2014

Best Research, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 5th National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2013

Best Research, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 5th National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2012

Best Poster, Third Place, Turkish Rheumatism Research and Control Association, 3rd National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2008

EULAR scholarship for 15th Sonography Course, EULAR, 2008

Best Poster, Turkish Rheumatism Search Association for Research and Combat, 2nd National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2006

Best Research, Turkish Association for Research and Combat of Rheumatism 2nd National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2006

Best Research, 1st National Rheumatic Diseases Congress, 2004

Best abstracts category registration award, EULAR, 2002