Education and Specialization

• Ankara University Faculty of Medicine — Medical degree, 1998–2004
• Dr. Sami Ulus Women’s Health and Children’s Training and Research Hospital — Pediatrics residency, 2005–2010
• Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine — Pediatric Endocrinology fellowship, 2010–2013

Professional Experience

• Diyarbakır Children’s Hospital — Pediatrics Specialist, 2010
• Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine — Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow, 2010–2014
• İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital — Pediatric Endocrinology Specialist, 2014–2015
• İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine — Assistant Professor, 2015–2016
• İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine — Associate Professor, 2016–2021
• Liv Hospital Ulus and Liv Hospital Vadistanbul — Pediatric Endocrinology, since 2021

Areas of Interest

• Childhood obesity and insulin resistance
• Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, hypoglycemia
• Growth retardation, short stature and growth hormone deficiency
• Early or delayed puberty, menstrual irregularities and polycystic ovary syndrome
• Turner syndrome
• Thyroid diseases, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto’s disease and thyroid nodules
• Disorders of sex development and undescended testes
• Adrenal gland diseases
• Bone and calcium metabolism disorders, including rickets, vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis

Professional Memberships

• Aegean Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Association, since 2010
• Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Association, since 2010
• Growing Child Association, since 2014
• European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, since 2016

Courses and Certificates

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program Practitioner Course, Ankara, 2006
• Advanced Pediatric Life Support Practitioner Course, Ankara, 2008
• Experimental Animal Models in Pulmonary Diseases Course, Ankara, 2008
• Certified Insulin Pump Trainer, İzmir, 2013
• Experimental Animal Use Course Certificate, Dokuz Eylül University
• Basic Good Clinical Practice Course

Selected Publications

• Evaluation of urine collection methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children. Medical Principles and Practice, 2010.
• Clinical profile and etiologies of children with central diabetes insipidus: a single-center experience from Turkey. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012.
• Bilateral pheochromocytoma as the first manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2012.
• Hyperprolactinemia in children: clinical features and long-term results. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012.
• Permanent neonatal diabetes caused by a novel mutation in the INS gene. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2013.
• Low omentin-1 levels and their relationship with clinical and metabolic parameters in obese children. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, 2013.
• Subclinical hypothyroidism in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014.
• Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism and low serum oxytocin level in adolescents with hyperphagia and obesity. International Journal of Obesity, 2021.