She completed her specialization training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English), Istanbul, Turkiye.

In 2003, she observed early childhood neurodevelopmental disorders as a visiting academician at Yale University Child Study Center in the USA.

In 2013, she earned a Professor MD degree. From 2011 to 2018, she served as the Department Head at Marmara University Child Psychiatry Clinic.

She is an academic board member of the Turkish Spastic Children’s Foundation of Turkey and the Turkish Green Crescent Society.

She is currently recognized as a project expert on the Scientific Board of the European Commission.

Her main research areas are early-onset neurodevelopmental disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette's Disorder, and autism.

She currently serves as a scientific advisor for the Neuroscience Students Branch at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine and also runs her own private practice.