About me
A short bio is coming soon...
Interests
- Inflammatory cerebrovascular disease
- Cerebral vasculitis and Susac syndrome
- Stroke systems of care
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Health disparities in stroke
- Stroke in the young
Education
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Vascular Neurology Fellowship, 2025–2026
Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH
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Neurology Residency, 2022–2025
SUNY Upstate Medical University — Chief Resident, 2024–25
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Internship, Internal Medicine, 2021–2022
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY
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Doctor of Medicine, 2017–2020
Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
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Medical education, 2014–2017
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
Research
A research statement is coming soon.
Publications
Selected
- 2026 Cerebrovascular risk with CGRP monoclonal antibodies versus onabotulinumtoxinA in migraine: a real-world study in All of Us Cephalalgia 2026;46(7)
- 2025 The immune stroke spectrum: navigating inflammatory cerebrovascular disorders Practical Neurology, Dec 2025
- 2026 Trends in adherence to prehospital stroke care metrics in the US, 2017–2024 International Stroke Conference, oral presentation
- 2026 Differentiating small-vessel CNS vasculitides: MRI features of PACNS versus Susac syndrome Stroke 2026;57(S1):DP365
- 2026 Disparities in stroke mortality by educational attainment in the United States Stroke 2026;57(S1):DP182
- 2025 Medical complications in acute ischemic stroke patients with versus without cancer Stroke 2025;56(S1):WP291
Other peer-reviewed articles
- 2025SMART syndrome decades after cranial irradiation for pineal germinoma: a case report Ann Clin Rev Case Rep
- 2024A current overview of Takotsubo syndrome Kocatepe Med J
- 2024Opioid overdose–induced diffusion restriction in the bilateral basal ganglia Cureus
- 2024A diagnostic approach to a patient with ascending sensory loss Romanian J Neurol
- 2023Idiopathic intracranial hypertension secondary to CIDP Cureus
- 2023Vaginal herpes zoster during diroximel fumarate treatment for relapsing-remitting MS Cureus
- 2023MRI-negative varicella zoster virus plexopathy in a young patient Cureus
- 2021Cerebellar volume, disability and cognitive change in multiple sclerosis Neurology Asia
- 2021Neuroacanthocytosis presenting with late-onset ADHD J Brain Res
- 2020Guillain–Barré syndrome in Kocaeli, Turkey, 2015–2019: 52 patients Romanian J Neurol
- 2020Novel HINT1 mutation with axonal neuropathy and neuromyotonia J Pediatr Neurol
- 2020Multiple magnet ingestion in the pediatric population: a review Kocaeli Med J
Also two ACP Journal Club appraisals in Annals of Internal Medicine (2025) on extended-window thrombolysis and on adding IV alteplase to thrombectomy, plus ten conference abstracts at the International Stroke Conference and the American Academy of Neurology.
Full list on Google Scholar ↗Clinical practice
A description of my clinical practice is coming soon.
If you are a patient or family member: appointments and referrals are arranged through the Department of Neurological Sciences at UNMC, not through this site. This page is not a channel for medical advice — for a suspected stroke, call 911.
Education & training
- 2025–2026 Vascular Neurology Fellowship Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH
- 2022–2025 Neurology Residency SUNY Upstate Medical University — Chief Resident, 2024–25
- 2021–2022 Internship, Internal Medicine SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY
- 2017–2020 Doctor of Medicine Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
- 2014–2017 Medical education Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
Awards & honors
- 2026HEADS-UP Early Stage Investigator Award
- 2024Tarakad Ramachandran Chief Resident Award
- 2023Dysautonomia Foundation Travel Award
- 2023Gold Humanism Honor Society, resident membership
- 2022Exceptional Teacher Recognition
Trials
Junior investigator, COMBAT-ALS — a phase 2b/3 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) with open-label extension in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Contact
I welcome enquiries about collaboration, trainee mentorship, and speaking invitations. Clinical questions and referrals should go through the department rather than to me directly.
Mailing address
Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center
988435 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-8435