M.D., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, 2000.

Residency/Fellowship: Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (cardiothoracic surgery), 2000-2006; Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minn. (adult cardiothoracic surgery), 2006-2009; (chief resident), 2008-2009.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., clinical instructor, Heart and Lung Transplant and Artificial Heart Program, 2009-2011; Scott & White Clinic, Temple, Texas, surgical director, Lung Transplant Program, 2011-2015; staff cardiothoracic surgeon, 2011-2015; director, Thoracic Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, 2012-2015; Texas A&M University Systems Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2011-2015; Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2015-2019; Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio, staff cardiac surgeon, 2015-2019; lead director, Heart Transplantation, 2016-2019; surgical director, Heart Transplantation, 2018-2019.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Florida, 2019; Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2022-present.