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I was born in Ankara in 1965. Having completed my primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara, I graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine in 1988. Same year, I started my Chest Diseases and TBC Specialty Training at Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Completed my specialty training in 1993, I received my associate degree in 2003. Currently, I am responsible for the Palliative Treatment and Chemotherapy Unit of the Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital and serve as a founding training officer.
Internationally and nationally, I have many articles published in journals and numerous papers presented at congresses. I was the editor of three books and a journal in its Respiration Special Issue. I wrote numerous sections for several books. I served as a researcher in various international multicenter studies. I am a member of the editorial board and a referee in four different national peer-reviewed journals.
I took the floor as a chair or presenter at national congresses, symposiums and panels. I served as the Chairperson of the RESPIRATORY 2012 congress and served in various congress organizations. I worked as a commission member in the field of Chest Diseases in 2011 in Directorate General of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey (MoH). Currently, I'm working on an Asbestos Control Project run under the supervision of the MoH). Relating to the field, I am a member of the international IASLC, ERS, ACCP associations and national TRS, TAKD, TTD associations as well as the Turkey Mesothelioma Working Group. Between 2000 and 2002, I was a member of the Board of Directors and Financial Secretary of the Ankara Branch of the Turkish Thoracic Society. Between 2004 and 2006, I was a member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Respiratory Society (TRS). I was a member of the Board of Directors and General Secretary of the same society from 2006 to 2008, a member of the board of directors from 2008 to 2011 and Chairman of the Lung Cancer Working Group. I have been the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Respiratory Society since October 2019. I am a mother of a daughter.