Areas of Expertise

• Pediatric genitourinary reconstructive surgery
• Hypospadias
• Circumcision
• Pediatric oncologic surgery
• Congenital anomalies of the upper and lower urinary tract
• Neonatal surgery
• Pediatric abdominal surgery

Education and Specialization

• Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine — Medical education
• Ondokuz Mayıs University — Pediatric surgery training

Experience

• Zeynep Kamil Children’s Hospital
• Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
• UT Southwestern Medical Center, Pediatric Urology, Dallas, USA
• Ege University Medical Center, Pediatric Urology
• Yeditepe University
• Hospital for Sick Children, Pediatric Urology, Toronto, Canada
• Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Urology, Warsaw, Poland
• Liv Hospital Ulus
• İstinye University Faculty of Medicine

Research Areas

• Fetal wound healing
• Relationship between the EPHB2 gene and androgens
• Relationship of the INSL3 gene with testicular descent and torsion
• Effect of vas deferens injury on infertility in testicular torsion
• Role of cell-adhesion molecules in esophageal atresia

Selected Publications

• A new algorithm for primary hypospadias repair based upon TIP urethroplasty, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2003
• Prenatal diagnosis of a prolapsed ureterocele with magnetic resonance imaging, Urology, 2003
• Loss of Insl3: a potential predisposing factor for testicular torsion, Journal of Urology, 2010

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Pediatric Surgery Association
• Pediatric Urology Association
• Spina Bifida Association
• European Society for Paediatric Urology
• Kosovo Pediatric Surgery Association