Education

• Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 2000 - 2004

• Combined Baccalaureate and Medical Doctor Degree, including one year internship Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey 1987 – 1994

• Medical Assistant, Department of Surgery University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Columbia May, 1993

Specialty Certification

• Texas State Board of Medical Examiners #L9272

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005 Certificate #55217

Past Professional Responsibilities

• MedLabs Research of Houston, Houston, TX Principal/Sub-investigator July, 2004 – Jan. 2009

• Outpatient, In-patient and Geriatric Day Hospital Program, Houston, TX DAPA Family Recovery Programs, Attending Psychiatrist 2004 - 2008

• Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Houston, TX Mood Disorders Clinic, Clinical Psychopharmacology, PGY IV July, 2004 – Sep., 2004

• University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Clinical Psychopharmacology, PGY IV Aug., 2003 – Apr., 2004

• Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Houston, TX Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Clinical Center Apr., 1999 – July, 2000

• Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX International Visiting Physician in the ER, Clinical training in emergency medicine Dec., 1996

• American Bristol Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital) Staff M.D., emergency service, inpatient wards 1995 – 1999

• Zonguldak State Hospital, Turkey Staff M.D., Emergency Service 1994 – 1995

Professional Awards

• 2003 – 2004 Eli Lilly Teaching Fellow

• 2002 Eli Lilly Travel Award

• 2002 Assistant Chief Resident, UTMB, Dept. of Psychiatry

Research

• MediPsych Inc. in affiliation with Senior PsychCare and Senior Psychological Care Board Certified Consulting Psychiatrist July, 2008 – Present

• Continuum Healthcare, BayTown, TX Attending Psychiatrist for Adult Day Hospital Program October, 2008 – Present