Yılmaz Yıldız

Born in İzmir in 1985. After completing secondary education in 2003 at the Private İzmir American High School, studied medicine at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine between 2003 and 2009. Completed a doctorate in Medical Biology at the same university in 2010, specialty training in Pediatrics in 2014, and specialty training in Pediatric Metabolic Diseases in 2018. Between 2018 and 2020, worked as a pediatric metabolic diseases specialist at Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital and at Gülhane Training and Research Hospital in Ankara. Since 2020, has worked as a faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Metabolism, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. Obtained the title of Associate Professor in pediatric metabolic diseases in 2022.

Main areas of interest are amino acid metabolism disorders, particularly phenylketonuria, organic acidemias, urea cycle enzyme disorders, fatty acid oxidation disorders, neurotransmitter metabolism disorders, and newborn screening.