Nisan 2016’da Doçent Doktor ünvanını almıştır. Nisan 2009-Şubat 2019 tarihleri arasında Maltepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi’nde çalışmıştır. Amerika’da National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH-Ulusal Akıl ve Ruh Sağlığı Enstitüsü) ve Harvard Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Massachusetts General Hospital’da Bipolar Bozukluk ve Konsültasyon-Liyezon Psikiyatrisi alanında bilimsel araştırma ve klinik deneyimleri olmuştur.
Eğitim aldığı kurumlar: Maltepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi (psikiyatri uzmanlığı, 2006), Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi (tıp eğitimi, 2000), Haydarpaşa Lisesi (ortaokul-lise, 1992). Uzmanlık sonrası mecburi hizmetini Şırnak Devlet Hastanesi’nde (2006-2008) yapmıştır.

Son yıllarda; Nörobilim (neuroscience) alanında başlattığı çalışmaları sürmektedir. Çeşitli kongrelerde ve eğitimlerde bipolar bozukluk, DEHB, bağımlılık, çamurla terapi gibi psikiyatrik bozukluklarla ilgili sunumları olmuştur.

2012’den beri Psikanalist Ayla Yazıcı eğitimli Psikanalitik yönelimli destekleyici psikoterapi yapmaktadır.

Son 2 yıldır Sanatla Psikoterapi ile ilgilenmekte olup Çamur ile bireysel ve grup psikoterapisi yapmaktadır. Bu konuda; Psikanalist Ayla Yazıcı ve İngiliz Sanat Terapileri Derneği’ne bağlı Francesca La Nave ile çalışmaktadır.

Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği Istanbul Şube ve Bipolar Bozukluklar Derneği üyesidir.
Clinical and Research Experiences:

I. Institution: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Department: The Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in the Emotion and
Development Branch
Mentor(s): Ellen Leibenluft, M.D.
Position: Special Volunteer
Dates Attended: from September to December 2008
Description: I observed standardized diagnostic interviews in youth with bipolar
disorder or severe irritability and learned techniques for assessing these youth
clinically and differentiating them from youth with other clinical problems. I learned
about the use of computerized tasks and functional MRI (fMRI) to study brain
mechanisms of severe irritability and bipolar disorder in youth. Moreover, I reviewed
and discussed some chapters about fMRI and, some articles about fMRI in severe
mood dysregulation and bipolar disorder in children.

II. Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Department: Inpatient Consultation Psychiatry Service
Mentor(s): Theodore A. Stern, M.D.; George B. Murray, M.D.
Position: Observer
Dates Attended: April 4-29, 2005 and August 1-31, 2007
Description: I attended rounds, joined in the evaluation of patients and participated in
didactic presentations on a variety of C-L-related topics.

Postgraduate Thesis
Adult ADHD and its comobidities in alcohol dependent patients, Istanbul, 2006.

Major Interests
-Bipolar disorder, ADHD, Psychiatric comorbidities, Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic psychotherapy and Psychotherapy with Clay, OCD, Personality disorders

Psychotherapy training
-Ayla Yazıcı (Psychoanalyst, IPA member): Psychodynamic oriented psychotherapy supervision every week since November 2012.

-Francesca La Nave (Art therapist, member of British Association of Art Therapy): Psychotherapy with Clay since April 2018.

Other Positions
-Executive director of Turkish Association of Psychiatry in Istanbul (2018-2020)
-Member of executive board of Turkish Association of Bipolar Disorder
Certificates
-Mentalization based art therapy training. July 2018, London
-Foundation in Art Therapy: British Association of Art Therapists Certificate of Attendance. May 15-19, 2017, London
-Ethics Committee Certification
-The certificate of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (200 hrs)
-The certificate of interpretation of Children’s Pictures. Uludağ University Distant Education. October 2017

Trainings given:
1. Instructor at training of psychiatrists in governmental hospitals for alcohol and substance dependence hold by Ministry of Health in Turkey since 2015.
2. Long-term treatment in bipolar disorder. Turkish Psychiatric Association, 2012.