Academic Activities

• Member of the Ministry of Health Acupuncture Scientific Board, 2009–2012.
• Instructor and coordinator in Ministry of Health-certified acupuncture and ozone therapy programs at Yeditepe University and Istanbul Medipol University, 2016–present.
• Continuing instructor in acupuncture education programs.
• President of the Istanbul Acupuncture and Complementary Medicine Association.
• Chair of the 39th ICMART World Medical Acupuncture Congress, Istanbul, 2026.
• More than 130 papers and presentations at international congresses and meetings.
• Editor and author of Ağrı Tedavisinde Akupunktur (Acupuncture in Pain Treatment).

Education and Certificates

1993

• Training in intraoperative echocardiography at the Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology.
• Training at the Mayo Clinic Pain Clinic.
• Project work at the Mayo Clinic Anesthesiology Research Laboratory.
• Training at the Acupuncture Outpatient Clinic of Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.

1994

• Training at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Acupuncture in Vienna.
• Austrian Acupuncture and Auriculotherapy Diploma, 20 May 1994.
• Training completed under Prof. Dr. J. Bishcko.

1995

• Turkish Ministry of Health Acupuncture Practice Certificate, 25 October 1995.
• Acupuncture certification courses and certificate of the Istanbul Acupuncture Association.

1997–1998

• Two-month training at the Pain Department of Melsungen Hospital, Germany.
• Three-month training at the Division of Pain Medicine of Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.

2007–2009

• Training in laser-needle pain treatment in Switzerland.
• Training at the International Society of Quantum Medicine.

2008

• Second stage of the International Society of Quantum Medicine training program.
• Authorized instructor certificate for delivering the society’s training programs in Türkiye.

2009

• Participation in the Inter-University Algology Course organized by the Belgian Algology Society.

2013

• Training in epiduroscopy and spinal adhesiolysis at Bologna University Hospital.
• Training related to balloon- and quantum-energy spinal adhesiolysis procedures.
• Percutaneous hydrodiskectomy cadaver courses at hospitals affiliated with Harvard and the University of Massachusetts.

2014

• Participation in the “Appropriate Clinical Use of Blood” training program, a joint European Union and Ministry of Health project.

2015

• Training and applications in spinal cord stimulation at Madrid University Hospital.
• Practical training in cervical and lumbar minimally invasive spinal procedures at Seoul National University.

2016

• Ozone Therapy Practice Certificate Course at Gazi University.
• Organization of an internationally attended epiduroscopic disc-laser treatment workshop at Trakya University Hospital.

2020

• Phytotherapy Practice Certificate Course at Yeditepe University.

2026

• Training in intradiscal laser decompression in Spain.

Congresses, Symposia and Scientific Activities

• Secretariat and organization of the 5th Internationally Participating National Acupuncture Congress, 2005.
• Chair and speaker at the 1st and 2nd Symposia on Quantum Medicine and Treatment, 2008 and 2010.
• President and organizer of the 9th Internationally Participating National Acupuncture Congress, 2016.
• Invited speaker at the 1st International Spinal Pain Congress in South Korea, 2016.
• Invited speaker at the 18th ICMART World Acupuncture Congress, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016.
• Invited speaker at the 1st International Congress on Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Istanbul, 2018.
• Invited speaker at the 3rd UAE International Conference on Acupuncture, Abu Dhabi, 2018.
• President and organizer of the 11th Internationally Participating National Acupuncture Congress, 2021.
• President and organizer of the 13th Internationally Participating National Acupuncture Congress, 2024.
• Four invited-speaker appearances at ICMART World Acupuncture Congresses between 2021 and 2026.
• Chair of the 39th ICMART World Medical Acupuncture Congress, Istanbul, 2026.