Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
Department of Sports Medicine
Hacettepe University Medical Faculty
Ankara, TURKEY
Past Academic Career:
- Professor and Head of Department of Sports Medicine (2013 ~), Hacettepe University, Turkey
- Director of Medical Center (1993–2013), Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Professor and Head of Department (2001), Department of Physical Education and Sports, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Associate Professor (1994), Medical Center and Department of Physical Education and Sports, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- Research Assistant (Resident) at Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
- (1987–1992), Gazi University Medical Faculty, Turkey
- Postgraduate Diploma from Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (1989–1990), Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
- Diploma in Medicine (1980–1986), Ankara University Medical Faculty, Turkey
Corresponding Editor and Deputy Editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Editorial Board Member of Joint Disorders and Surgery (formerly Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty), Editorial Board Member of Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica Journal
Active Member of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (www.abjs.org), the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)(www.tuba.gov.tr), Turkish Sports Traumatology and Knee Surgery Society (TUSYAD), Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID), Turkish Spine Surgery Society
Past Founding President of the Research Council (TOAK) of the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID), Past Advisory Board Member to the Turkish Ministry of Health (Orthopedic Scientific Council), Past President of the Education Council (TOTEK) of the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID), Past Treasurer of the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID)
Over 150 papers in International Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals, three patents. At least 33 papers in Sport Science
Research: Orthopedics (Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis), Traumatology, Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioceramics, Regenerative Medicine of the Musculoskeletal System, Motion Analysis in Sports
