Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey (M.D. 1981)
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Residency (1981-1986)
St. Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship (1990)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship (1991)
The Brooklyn Hospital Center General Surgery Residency, New York, (1992-1997)
UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, (1998-2000)
UAMS, Assistant Professor of Surgery (2000- 2012)
UAMS, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (2012- present)
Esophageal surgery
Neoplasms of the Lung
Coronary artery surgery