Background
Özkara, Çigdem was born on December 27, 1959 in Ankara, Turkey. Daughter of Ihsan and Özden (Atamer) Dede.
Özkara, Çigdem was born on December 27, 1959 in Ankara, Turkey. Daughter of Ihsan and Özden (Atamer) Dede.
Doctor of Medicine, Uhigág University, Bursa, Turkey, 1984.
Resident neurological and psychiatric disorders, Bakirköy Eastern State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 1987-1991; research fellow in epilepsy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1991-1992; neurologist, Bakirköy Eastern State Hospital, 1992-1995; researcher Institute Neurological Sciences, U. Istanbul, since 1995; associate professor neurology, 1996.
Member American Academy Neurology, Turkish league Against Epilepsy (secretary general since 1992), American Epilepsy Society.
Married Hamdi Özkara, April 6, 1985. Children: Didem, Aslinur.