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> 10 years healthcare and life sciences consulting experience; Strong clinical and scientific background;
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EXPERIENCE
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RESEARCH, TEACHING & OTHER EXPERIENCES
Present University of Illinois – Chicago – Adjunct Associate Professor Chicago, IL
Bioinformatics and bioengineering.
2002-2005 Roosevelt University – Adjunct Professor Chicago, IL
Teaching courses & advising students in cellular & molecular biology, bioinformatics & mathematical modeling.
1999 International Medical Corps – Staff Physician Golcük, Turkey & Skopje, Macedonia
Red Crescent Organization (Red Cross): Provided patient care and managed relief logistics.
International Medical Corps (IMC): Patient care, supervisory work and logistical support.
1989 - 1996 Columbia University – Graduate Research Assistant New York, NY
X-ray crystallographic structural studies of growth factors (insulin, IGF-1, bFGF, stem cell factor - SCF).1
1987 - 1989 Institut Laue-Langevin – Visiting Researcher Grenoble, France
Neutron diffraction & difference Fourier analysis of membrane proteins (bacteriorhodopsin).2
1985 - 1986 Harvard University – Research Assistant Cambridge, MA
Molecular dynamics and NMR (MRI) studies of solution-form DNA.
1983 IBM Yorktown Heights Research Laboratories – Research Assistant Yorktown Heights, NY
Research in high-level robot programming languages.
EDUCATION
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Clinical appointment as Intern in Surgery; Academic appointment as Clinical Fellow in Surgery
Passed USMLE Step 3.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons New York, NY
MD (Alpha Omega Alpha) and MPhil (Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics)
Graduate studies and research in structural biology (“X-ray crystallographic structural studies of cytokines”)
with Prof. Wayne Hendrickson. Additional course work in advanced mathematics and physics.
Sciarra Prize for Excellence in Neurology.
Passed NBME Part I (> 99.9%) and USMLE Step 2 board exams.
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
AB cum laude in Biochemical Sciences
Senior thesis research in Biochemistry (“Molecular Dynamics of DNA”) with Prof. Martin Karplus.
Senior-level independent research in classical archaeology with Prof. David Gordon Mitten.
Westinghouse Science Talent Search winner (3rd place) for research in computer science.
IBM T.J. Watson and National Merit Scholar.
Varsity Crew (Major “H” varsity letter winner).
1 Jiang X, Gürel O, Mendiaz EA, Stearns GW, Clogston CL, Lu HS, Osslund TD, Syed RS, Langley KE, Hendrickson WA, (2000), "Structure of the active core of
human stem cell factor and analysis of binding to its receptor Kit," EMBO J. 19(13):3192-203.
2 Popot JL, Engelman DM, Gürel O, Zaccaï G, (1989), “Tertiary structure of bacteriorhodopsin. Positions and orientations of helices A and B in the structural
map determined by neutron diffraction.” J Mol Biol. 210(4):829-47.
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