He was born in 1982 in İskenderun. He completed his primary and secondary education in different schools in various parts of Anatolia because his parents were teachers. He got into at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2000. As of July 2007, he successfully completed his university education and received the title of "Medical Doctor". In the same year, he was appointed to the Şirvan district of Siirt as a general practitioner. In July 2008, he started to work as a research assistant in the Department of Public Health at Mustafa Kemal University. During the short time he worked here, he decided that Surgical Medicine was more suitable for him and quit his job. 

In January 2009, he started his specialization in General Surgery at Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital. He became specialist in May 2014. After working at Kırıkkale Yüksek İhtisas Hospital for a short time, he was appointed to Yıldırım Beyazıt University Yenimahalle Training and Research Hospital. During his work here, he was mainly interested in Laparoscopic (Closed) surgical techniques. Recently, he focused his studies on Obesity and Metabolic surgery. Surgeon Güven GÖRKEM continues to provide service in his own clinic as of January 2019.