- Appointed to Associate Professor in 1988 and Professorship in 1995.
- President of the Istanbul Branch of Turkish Gastroenterology Association between 1999 - 2007.
- Author of more than 200 papers published in international and Turkish journals and gastroenterology textbooks, mostly in the fields of endoscopy, GI peptides, acid-peptic diseases, inflammatory bowel disorders and gastrointestinal motility.
- Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and European Board of Gastroenterology.
