M.D., Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Turkey, 1988.
M.Sc., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 1991.

Ministry of Health, Turkey, 1988-1993; Hoffman La Roche Inc., Basel, Switzerland, pharmacoepidemiologist, 1993-2000; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., special project/research associate, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, 2000-2010; associate consultant I-Research, and joint appointment, Division of Orthopedic Surgery Research, 2010-2019; associate consultant II-Research, and joint appointment, Division of Orthopedic Surgery Research, 2019-2022.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2020; Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2021-present; Joint appointment, Division of Orthopedic Surgery Research, 2022-present.