M.D., Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey, 1985.
Ph.D., Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey, 2008.

Residency/Fellowship: Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey (psychiatry), 1989-1995.

Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 1998-2001; Associate Professor, 2001-2006; Professor, 2006-2020; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., research professional, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 2018-2020.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2020; Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2020-present.