Zuhal ÇALIŞKAN graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Gazi University in 1999. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Erciyes University and her subspecialty training in Gastroenterology at Başkent University. She worked at Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital between 2012 and 2024. Prof. Zuhal ÇALIŞKAN currently serves in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Üsküdar University.