PRESENT TITLE AND AFFILIATION
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Member, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
CITIZENSHIP
United States
OFFICE ADDRESS
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Unit Number: 455
Houston, TX 77030
Room Number: FC8.2026
EDUCATION Degree-Granting Education
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, MD, 1997, Doctor of Medicine Postgraduate Training
Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 7/1999-6/2002
Clinical Fellowship, Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (University of South Florida, College of Medicine), Tampa, FL, 7/2002-6/2005
Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (University of South Florida, College of Medicine), Tampa, FL, 7/2002-6/2005
Clinical Fellowship, Bone Marrow Transplant, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, 8/2005-7/2006
CREDENTIALS Board Certification
The American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, 210698, 8/2002-12/2012
The American Board of Internal Medicine in Hematology, 210698, 10/2006-12/2016
The American Board of Internal Medicine in Medical Oncology, 210698, 11/2007-12/2017 Licensures Active
The Texas Medical Board, TX, M5398, 12/2006-11/2014 Inactive
The Medical Board of California, CA, 80805, 10/2002-6/2012
State of Florida, Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, FL, ME 86325, 2/2007-1/2013
EXPERIENCE/SERVICE Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 11/2006-8/2013
Associate Member, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2/2012-present
Associate Professor, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/2013-present Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Chief Fellow in Hematology and Medical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (University of South Florida, College of Medicine), Tampa, FL, 2004-2005 Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Developmental Therapeutics - Clinical Pharmacology and Immunotherapy, Arlington, VA, 1/2010-2013
Member, SWOG Early Therapeutic Committee, San Francisco, CA, 2013-present Endowed Positions
N/A Consultantships
N/A Military or Other Governmental Service
N/A Institutional Committee Activities
Credentials Committee of Medical Staff, Designated Alternate Member for Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, 7/2008-2012
Study Section Review Committee for Clinical Translational Population=Based Research Projects, Member, 9/2008-present
Clinical Research Committee, Member, 9/2009-2012
The Institutional Review Board (IRB), Member, 9/2012-present
Pediatric Visionary Project Oversight Board, Member, 12/2012-present
HONORS AND AWARDS
Scholarship to attend 10th National Symposium on Basic Aspects of Vaccines, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, 2003
The ASCO Merit Award 2006, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006
Fellow of The American College of Physicians, American College of Physicians, 2008-present
Voted one of The Best Doctors in America, 2011-2012, 2013-2014