I was born in Istanbul, Turkey. I completed my neurosurgery trainee in Istanbul, Turkey. After residency, I spent two years with Dr. Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. as a research fellow at the University of Florida, Gainesville. After that, I spent three years as a research fellow at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ. Meanwhile, we published a book titled " Color Atlas of Brainstem Surgery, " awarded three international prizes. Recently, I have been a research associate/faculty in the neurosurgery and neuroscience departments at UVA. Besides the publications, I have been giving 3D lectures to neurosurgery residents, medical students in different universities. I have over 100 publications in peer-review journals. My particular interest is microsurgical and endoscopic anatomy, surgical techniques, skull base, molecular anatomy.