Assist. Prof. Ceren Meriç Özgündüz is a clinician-scientist specializing in neuroscience and psychiatry. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience from Koç University Graduate School of Health Sciences in 2023. Following her doctoral training, she joined Acibadem Health Group in 2024, where she combines clinical practice with research and teaching. Her professional interests focus on neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, and translation of neuroscience findings into patient care. She is active in the international professional community and holds membership in the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), and the Psychiatric Association of Turkey (TPD).
Education
- 2023 Koç University Graduate School of Health Sciences / Neuroscience / PhD
- 2015 Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 2010 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2024 Acibadem Health Group
- 2021 – 2024 Medallion Psychiatry Center Levent Branch / Adult Psychiatry / Specialist Doctor
- 2021 Erenkoy Mental and Neurological Diseases EA Hospital / Psychiatry Clinic / Specialist Doctor
- 2020 Basaksehir Pine and Sakura City Hospital / Specialist Doctor
- 2018 Adıyaman University EA Hospital / Psychiatry Clinic / Specialist Doctor
- 2016 Adiyaman Besni State Hospital / Psychiatry Clinic / Specialist Doctor
- 2011 Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Clinic / Assistant Doctor
- 2010 Hakkari Provincial Health Directorate Communicable Diseases Department / General Practitioner
Memberships
- ECNP (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology)
- EPA (European Psychiatric Association)
- TPD (Psychiatric Association of Turkey)
Publications
- The frequency of dissociation and childhood trauma among obsessive-compulsive patients by comparing with healthy controls
Anatolian Psychiatry Journal. 2019; 20(3): 287-295 Ceren Meriç Özgündüz, Jülide Kenar Güler, Atilla Tekin, Ömer Akil Özer, Oğuz Karamustafalıoğlu - The relationship between childhood sexual/physical abuse and sexual dysfunction in patients with social anxiety disorder
Nordic journal of psychiatry, 70(2), 88-92. (2016) Tekin, A., Meriç, C., Sağbilge, E., Kenar, J., Yayla, S., Özer, Ö. A., & Karamustafalioğlu, O. - Mania with psychotic feature induced by the use of pramipexole in Parkinson’s disease: a case report
Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi, 25(3), 212. (2014) Meric, C., Pirdogan, E., Toker, Ö. G., Tekin, A., Bakim, B., & Celik, S.
