Prof. Dr. Erkul received his medical degree from
Gulhane Military Medical Faculty in Ankara and he graduated as Lieutenant, a
Military Medical Doctor. He completed his residency training at Gulhane
Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital in Istanbul. Before
promoting to an assistant professor in same hospital, He worked as an attending
physician at Elazıg Military Hospital. After he joined the faculty in the
Department of Otolaryngology at Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa
Training Hospital, Istanbul, he received the associate professor degree in 2013
and the Professor degree in 2020. Currently,he is a Professor of the
Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Division of Head and Neck
Oncologic Surgery at Anadolu Medical Center since 2022.
Between 2015-2016, He did his Clinical & Research
fellowship on Head and Neck Cancer and Surgery at Medical University of South
Carolina, Head & Neck Tumor Center at Charleston, USA for one year. He also
worked as an Observer Physician on Head and Neck Cancer and Surgery at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and
Neck Division, Pittsburgh, USA for two months in 2014. He also received
training as an Observer Physician on Ear Surgery at House Ear Clinic, Visiting
Physicians Program Los Angeles, California in 2007.