Doctor of Medicine in General Surgery, University Istanbul, Turkey, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy in Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surgery, Johan Wolfgang Geothe University, Frankfurt, Germany, 1996.
Honoris Causa (honorary), Marilia University, Famema, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2004.
Associate professor cardiovascular surgery Johann Wolfgang Geothe University, since 2006. Head cardiovascular surgery Mesa Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, since 2008. Intern thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Heart and Circulation Center, Rotenburg, Germany, 1992—1996.
Volunteer physician cardiac surgery department Philip II Hospital, Skopje, Croatia, 1997—2008, Marilia University, Famema, 1997—2008. Member of Brazilian Society Cardiovasc. Surgery, Turkish Society Cardiovasc.
Surgery, German Society Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surgery, International Society Minimally Invasive Surgery, European Society Cardiovasc. Surgey, European Society Cardiology, European Society Thoracic and Cardiovasc.
Surgery, American Society Echocardiography.
Married.
