Dr. Tolga Yildirim was born in Artvin in 1980. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (English) in 2003 with third place. He received his Internal Diseases residency training between 2003-2009 at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases, where he entered the Medical Specialization Examination (TUS) as the fifth in Turkey. He received Nephrology minor specialization training between 2009-2012 at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, which he entered as the first in Turkey in the minor examination. She did her compulsory service as a Nephrology specialist at Ankara D??kap? Y?ld?r?m Beyaz?t Training and Research Hospital between 2012-2014. She returned to Hacettepe University as an assistant professor in 2014. She received the title of associate professor in 2016. He is currently working as an associate professor at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology. He is a member of the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplantation, Turkish Hypertension and Kidney Diseases Association, and Turkish Nephrology Association. He is interested in chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation.