Bioidentical Hormone Therapy in Menopause: What Does "Bioidentical" Really Mean?

Mertihan Kurdoğlu graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine (English). He completed his specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2001 and 2005. In 2006, he worked as a specialist at Çankırı State Hospital. Between 2007 and 2014, he worked at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Between 2014 and 2016, he worked in the Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During this period, he was assigned by Gazi University to the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, USA, where he received training in robotic surgery under the supervision of Associate Professor Gökhan Sami Kılıç. He is currently working in the field of urogynecology at Gazi University Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. He has published more than 150 scientific papers in national and international journals, receiving nearly 2,700 citations, and has contributed 10 book chapters to national and international textbooks. He has previously served as a member of the editorial board of the Van Medical Journal, as editor of the Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and as editor-in-chief of the Eastern Journal of Medicine. Currently, he serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Sciences, alongside Prof. Dr. Arash Khaki.