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    Education

    • 1993 – 1999 Medical School Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University Gaziantep/TURKEY Graduated in the 1st rank. Degree: 81/100 (First performance within the graduates of that year)
    • 2001 – 2006 Residency Department of Psychiatry, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University Istanbul/TURKEY
    • 2004 The 4th Maudsley Forum. A course for European Psychiatrists 6th-10th September 2004. Institute of Psychiatry, University of London London / UK (full scholarship from the same institution)
    • 2004 − 2006 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program. Lecturer: Yavuz Erten
    • 2008 McGill University Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry Montreal / CANADA Cultural Psychiatry (May 6-29, 2008) Psychiatric Epidemiology (May 5-30, 2008) Community-Based Participatory Research (June 2, 2008)
    • 2012 – 2013 Trauma Studies Certificate Program collaboration with International Trauma Studies (New York) Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul/TURKEY (full scholarship from the same institution)
    • 2014 – Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) Social Anthropology Division of Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul University Istanbul/TURKEY Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yüksel Kırımlı

    Board Certifications

    • 1999 Graduated from the medical school in the 1st rank. Degree: 81/100 (First performance within the graduates of that year)
    • 2005 Attended to the 4th Maudsley Forum and supported by a full scholarship from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
    • 2006 – 2007 Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University supported by a research grant from The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
    • 2012 – 2013 Trauma Studies Certificate Program collaboration with International Trauma Studies (New York) and supported by a full scholarship from the Istanbul Bilgi University
    • 2014 Turkish-German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Health (TAP-DER) IX Turkish-German Psychiatry Congress on 7-8 November 2014 in Berlin, Germany (supported by a full scholarship from the same institution)

    Experience

    • 2006 – 2007 Visiting Scholar McGill University, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry Montreal/CANADA
      Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer (supported by a research grant from The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK))
      2013 – 2016 Attending adult psychiatrist and clinical supervisor Department of Psychiatry, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Istanbul/TURKEY
    • 2016 – Associate Professor and Director of the Residency Program Department of Psychiatry, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences Istanbul/TURKEY
      2007 – 2009 Adult Psychiatrist Mus State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Mus/TURKEY (compulsory health service)
      2009 – 2011 Adult Psychiatrist Bolu İzzet Baysal Mental Health Hospital Bolu/TURKEY
    • 2011 – 2013 Adult Psychiatrist Tokat State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Tokat/TURKEY
      1999 – 2000 Family Practitioner Yuksel Ciner Public Health Center Gaziantep/TURKEY
    • 2000 – 2001 Emergency Physician Emek Public Health Center Gaziantep/TURKEY
    • 2013 – 2014 Consultant Psychiatrist TOHAV (Foundation for Society and Legal Studies) (An NGO offering
      psychosocial support to refugees and asylum seekers) Psychosocial support program to refugees and asylum seekers (working as a volunteer).

    Affiliations

    • Turkish Medical Association
    • The Psychiatric Association of Turkey
    • Turkish Geriatric Psychiatry Association
    • Turkish Sleep Research Society
    • The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
    • Turkish Social Psychiatry Association

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