HALE YAPICI ESER, M.D., Ph.D. Address: Koç Üniversitesi Hastanesi Davutpaşa Caddesi No:4 34010 Topkapı, İstanbul-Turkey Phone: +90 850 250 8 250 E-mail: heser@kuh.ku.edu.tr Personal Details Date of Birth 05.12.1984 Place of Birth İstanbul, Turkey Marital Status Married, with one child Educational Background 2006-2013 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, MD-PHD Program, Turkey PHD on Neuroscience 2008-2013 Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Turkey Residency in Psychiatry 2012 Harvard University, Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders Division, U.S.A. Visiting Researcher for 5 weeks between July and August 2012 2011 Copenhagen University, Research Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Denmark Exchange Researcher for 3 months between February and April 2011 2002-2008 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey Medical School (GPA: 3.33/4.00) 2002 Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School Professional Experience October 2015- Present July 2013- September 2015 Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey Instructor Çankırı State Hospital, Çankırı, Turkey Psychiatry Specialist (Obligatory Service)
Research Experience Animal Models of Stress and Electroconvulsive Therapy Electrophysiological Recordings and Analysis On Animal Models Voxel Based Morphometry and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Systematic Review and Metanalysis Of Prevalence Data Genome Wide Association Studies and Analysis Of Population Data Research Interests Neurobiology of Stress, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders Neuroimaging Phenomenology of Psychiatric Disorders Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Publications Aslan S, Türkçapar MH, Yapıcı-Eser H, Uğurlu M. Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. Journal of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research, 2012: 1(3), 162-170. Coşar B, Taşkınoğlu K, Lepping P, Burhanoğlu S, Yapıcı-Eser H, Taner ME, Arıkan Z. Treatment options of delusional parasitosis: case series of 14 patients. Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012; 13(3): 239-242. Coşar B, Taner ME, Yapıcı-Eser H, Altınöz AE, Tarhan R. Does Switching to Another Antipsychotic in Patients With Clozapine-Associated Granulocytopenia Solve the Problem?: Case Series of 18 Patients. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2011; 31(2): 169 173/ Aslan S, Yirmibeş- Karaoguz M. Yapıcı-Eser H, Kan Karaer D, Taner E. Comparison of DRD2 rs1800497 (TaqIA) polymorphism between schizophrenic patients and healthy controls: Lack of association in a Turkish sample. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2010; 14(4): 257-261 Oral Presentations & Seminars Post-traumatic stress disorder: Neurobiological Basis and Treatment. 21 st National Social Psychiatry Congress, Çanakkale, Turkey, September 11, 2015
Gaining insight in to the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders through studying neurological comorbidities: Stress, Migraine and Parkinson s Disease. Seminar in Medicine. Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey, June 2015 The Effect Of Additional Diagnosis On Recovery Of Schizophrenia. 49 th National Psychiatry Congress, İzmir, Turkey, September 2013 Poster Presentations Yapıcı-Eser H, Eren Koçak E, Demir B, Dalkara T. Acute stress triggers migraine aura through a2 adrenergic receptors. Society of Biological Psychiatry s 69 th Annual Meeting, New York, USA, May 2014 Yapıcı-Eser H, Baran Z, Tokçaer AB, Kuruoğlu A, Güryıldırım M, Öner Y, Tali T. Determinants and Neuroanatomical Correlates of Major Depression that is Comorbid with Parkinson s Disease. American Psychiatric Association 2014 Annual Meeting, New York, USA, May 2014 Yapıcı-Eser H, Eren Koçak E, Kılıç K, Dalkara T. Both acute and chronic stress decrease the threshold for cortical spreading depression. American Psychiatric Association 2013 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, May 2013 Yapıcı-Eser H, Hansen T, Werge T, Jacobsen KD. How related are obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia? A familial aggregation study from Danish Health Registry System. American Psychiatric Association 2012 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, May 2012 Keskin Hacımustafaoğlu O, Yıldız A, Yapıcı-Eser H, Taner ME, Arıkan Z. Comparison of the sociodemographic properties and the factors that effect the remission times of the alcohol or substance addicts in Golbasi Alcohol and Addiction Unit. National Addiction Congress, Turkey, December 2011 Keskin Hacımustafaoğlu O, Yapıcı-Eser H, Yıldız A, Şahin B, Arıkan Z. The demographic properties, addiction profiles, the impact of addiction on life and expectations of the alcohol or substance addicts in Golbasi Alcohol and Addiction Unit. National Addiction Congress, Turkey, December 2011 Poster Award Yapıcı-Eser H, Hansen T, Werge T. Analysis of the schizophrenia obsessive compulsive disorder relationship from a genetic point. 6th National Anxiety Congress, Turkey, September 2011 - Young Researcher Of Turkey Award
Karakaş HM, Onay A, Yapıcı-Eser H, Aslan S, Ulutürk A, Tali T. Diffusion tensor imaging detection of left hemisphere white matter tract abnormalities in schizophrenia and its value in differential diagnosis. 45th National Psychiatry Congress, Turkey, Oral Presentation, October 2009 Projects Awaiting Publication Determinants and Neuroanatomical Correlates of Major Depression that is Comorbid with Parkinson s Disease, Psychiatry Residency Thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aslı Kuruoğlu The Association of Psychological Stress with Migraine and Its Potential Mechanisms, PHD Thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Turgay Dalkara and Ass. Prof. Dr. Emine Eren Koçak Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Voxel Based Morphometry analysis of white and gray matter changes in Schizophrenia. Collaborator: Aslı Onay, MD. Koç University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey Completed Research Projects Systematic Review Of Turkish Literature On The Incidence And Prevelance Of Alcohol And Substance Use. European Union Twinning Project, 2009-2011 Testing The Antidepressant Efficacy Of The Animal Model Of Electroconvulsive Therapy. MD-PHD Student Project: February June 2006 Relationship of Beliefs about substance use and Craving with Substance Use Behaviour and Addiction Profile, Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Zehra Arıkan and Res. Ass. Melike Küçükkarapınar, Gazi University Department of Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey Toxoplasmosis, inflammatory markers and psychotic disorders. Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Selçuk Aslan, Prof. Dr. Meral Yirmibeş-Karaoğuz, Gazi University Department of Psychiatry and Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey Ongoing Projects Metaanalysis of the Prevelance of Comorbid Anxiety Disorders in Bipolar Disorder Patients, Collaborator: Ass. Prof. Dost Ongur, Harvard McLean Hospital, Boston, USA Association of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Genes with Schizophrenia, Collaborator: Prof. Thomas Werge and Thomas Hansen. Danish Biobank, Copenhagen University Research Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Denmark
Psychotherapy Education Group Psychotherapy Supervision during Psychiatry Residency Training Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Theoretical Education and Supervision during Psychiatry Residency (Educators: Ass. Prof. Aslıhan Sayın, Prof. Dr. Selçuk Aslan, Ass. Prof. Dr. Burhanettin Kaya) Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Theoretical Education Certification (June 2014, Association of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies, Main Educator: Prof. Dr. Hakan Türkçapar) Book Chapter Translations DSM V Guidebook, Turkish Version, in press Hale Yapıcı Eser, Selçuk Aslan Chapter Titles: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Feeding and Eating Disorders Elimination Disorders The American Psychiatric Publishing Board Review Guide for Psychiatry, Turkish Edition, 2014 Hale Yapıcı Eser, Behçet Coşar Chapter Title: Personality Disorders Current Diagnosis and Treatment Psychiatry, Turkish Version, Published on 2013 Hale Yapıcı Eser Chapter Titles: Clinical Decision Making in Psychiatry Psychiatric Genetics Substance Related Disorders Somatoform Disorders Developmental Disorders of Attachment, Feeding, Elimination and Sleep Intellectual Disability Certificates Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Theoretical Education Certification (June 2014, Association of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies, Main Educator: Prof. Dr. Hakan Türkçapar) 4 TH EPA Summer School on Comorbidity between Mental and Physical Disorders, Strasbourg, France, May 2014, Trainee Certificate
The Use of Experimental Animals Certificate, Hacettepe University, Experimental Animals Regional Ethical Board, Date: 16.03.2010 Geriatric Psychiatry Course, Ankara, Turkey, June 2012, Certificate of Attendance Sleep and Sleep Disorders Course, Ankara, Turkey, March 2012, Certificate of Attendance Applied Basic Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Course, Ankara, Turkey, February 2012, Certificate of Attendance Forensic Psychiatry Course, Ankara, Turkey, January 2010, Certificate of Attendance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Course, Depression Academia, Belek, Turkey, November 2009, Certificate of Attendance Behavioural Technics Course, 8 th National Neuroscience Congress, Bolu, Turkey, April 2009, Certificate of Attendance Emergency Treatment Approaches in Psychiatry Course, Girne, Cyprus, April 2009, Certificate of Attendance Neuroscience Workshop on the Effects of Perinatal and Adult Ethanol Intake on Brain and Behavior in Animal Models Course, METU Ankara, Turkey, October 2008, Certificate of Participation Summer Internship in University of Siena, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Italy, 12-28 July 2005, Certificate of Attendance Memberships Psychiatric Association of Turkey -Since 2009 General Secretary of Ankara between 2012 and 2014 Delegate of Ankara between 2009 and 2011 American Psychiatric Association -Since 2013 Society of Biological Psychiatry Since 2013 Languages Turkish (native) English (ÜDS score in 2012: 97.5, YDS score in 2014: 95)
Honors & Awards Scholarship for 4 th EPA Summer School on Comorbidity between Mental and Physical Disorders, May 2014, Strasbourg, France Poster Award, National Addiction Congress, December 2011, Turkey Young Researcher of Turkey Award, National Anxiety Congress, September 2011, Cyprus Psychiatric Association of Turkey Scholarship to Support Foreign Education During Residency Training (Denmark), April 2010, Turkey Prof. Dr. Kalbiye Yalaz Presentation of the Year Award (Ankara Pediatric Neurology Monthly Article Presentation Meetings), May 2008, Turkey Hobbies Traveling Skiing Sailing Archery Updated October 2015