Prof. Türker Kılıç, M.D., is the first Turkish medical doctor to have radiosurgery training at Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

Fields of Interest:

Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeries
Gamma Knife Radio Surgery

Education:

1991 M.D. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine; Ankara, Turkey (Medium of Education: English)

1984 Bursa Anatolian High School;

Bursa, Turkey (Medium of Education: English)

Postdoctoral Training:

Neurosurgery Residency (1991-1997)

Marmara University, Department of Neurosurgery Istanbul, Turkey (Director: M.Necmettin Pamir, Professor of Neurosurgery)

Neurooncology Research Fellowship (Dec 1997 – Jan 1999)

Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

(Director: Peter McL. Black MD PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery) Ph.D. in Human Anatomy (1995-2001)

Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy, Istanbul, Turkey (Director: S. Cavdar)

Neurosurgical Education:

Residency: 1991-1997:

Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (Director: M. Necmettin Pamir)

Courses of European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS): 1999 Barcelona, Spain (as invited lecturer)

1997 Southampton, England

1996 Aalborg, Denmark

1995 Klagenfurt, Austria

1994 Çeşme, Turkey

1993 Brugge, Belgium

1994 Antalya, Turkey (WFNS Course)

Training in Special Fields of Neurosurgery:

Basic theoretical and practical training in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery:

. October-December 1995, Karolinska University, Department of Neurosurgery; Director: Christer Lindquist, MD, PhD

. 1997 January + : Responsible physician from the Marmara University Gamma-Knife Unit, Istanbul, Turkey

Director: Prof. Dr. M. Necmettin Pamir

Basic theoretical and practical training in Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography:

. February 1992, Uberlingen, Germany

. 1992 +:Director of Transcranial Doppler Unit and Research Program on Clinical Use of TCD

Elective Medical Internships:

1989 (4 months): Internship program at St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, England 1990 (2 months): Elective internship program at Erasmus University-Rotterdam, Netherlands

MEMBERSHIPS:

2011 Honorary Member, Society of Science Academy

2010-2011 President of Nervous System Surgery Society (SSCD)

2010+ The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) June Meeting Organizer

2009 The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) Istanbul Conferences OrganisationComitee Member 2009+ WFNS, Skull Base Surgery Committee Member

2008+ Levantine Neurosurgery Society Executive Member 2008+ International Meningioma Society

2008+ Nervous Sytem Surgery Society (SSC) Executive Member

2008+ The Turkish Academy Of Sciences (TUBA) - Young Investigator Award Program Comittee Member

2007-2008 Turkish Representative for Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology (ASNO)

2007 Turkish Neurosurgical Society XXI. Scientific Congress Member of Scientific Advisosary Comittee 2006 Turkish Neurosurgical Society XXI. Scientific Congress Member of Scientific Comittee

2005-2006 Turkish Neurosurgical Society, President of Neurooncologic Surgery Teaching and Training Comittee

2005-2008 Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Neurooncologic Surgery Teaching and Training Comittee 2005 Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Neurovascular Surgery Teaching and Training Comittee

2005 Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Anatomic Surgery Teaching and Training Comittee 2005 Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Pineal Area Teaching and Training Comittee

2005-2007 Turkish Neurosurgical Society Member of Teaching and Training Comittee 2005+ Turkish Neurosurgical Society Member of Research and Study Group

2004+ Member of European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)

2003+ International Member of American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 2003+ International Member of Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)

2002 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies: Member of Young Neurosurgeons Committee 2000-2002 Turkish Neurosurgical Society – President of Young Neuorosurgeons Comission 1999+ Turkish Cerebrovascular Disease Society

1997+ Turkish Neurosurgical Society 1995+ International Gamma-Knife Society

1993+ European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

AWARDS AND HONORS

International

2005 First Foreign Abstract and Scholarship Award - New Orleans AANS Meeting

2004 Harvard University Black’s Lab: Visiting Professor “Angiogenesis in Brain Vascular Malformations”, August, 2004

2001 “Young Investigator Award of AANS/CNS Section on Neurooncology”

“Intracranial Inhibition on Platelet-derived Growth Factor-mediated Glioblastoma Cell Growth by an Orally Active Kinase Inhibitor of the 2-Phenylaminopyrimidine Class.” Principal Investigator: Türker Kılıç MD PhD

This research was published in Cancer Research 60, 5143-5150, September 15, 2000

1999 Aesculap Research Prize of European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) for the “Most Valuable Research” in Neurosurgery

Title: Intracranial Inhibition of PDGF Receptor Activation and Glioblastoma Cell Growth by an Orally Active Kinase Inhibitor of the 2-Phenylaminopyrimidine Class. Principle Investigator: Türker Kılıç, MD

Consultants: Prof Peter McL Black, Prof Charles D. Stiles Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute,

Department of Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurosurgical Laboratories Department of Genetics and Microbiology, and Neurosurgical Laboratories

1989 Medical International Student Association Third Award of ‘Student Investigator’

Research Topic: Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia Edinburgh, England

National

2011 Turkish Nervous System Society VII. Scientific Congress Award of Best 10 oral presentation“Diffusion tensor Imaging in the cervical spinal canal cases”, Toktaş ZO, Tanrıkulu B, Arslanhan A , Kılıç T, Konya D

2011 Turkish Nervous System Society VII. Scientific Congress, Award of Best 10 oral presentation “Investigation of the tumorigenicity in GBM followed by inhibition of PIN1”

2011 Turkish Neurosurgery Society, Prof. Dr. Mahir Tevruz 2011 Scientific Research Award 2011 Turkish Neurosurgery Society Prof. Dr. Hamit Ziya Gökalp Young Neurosurgeons Incentive

Award“Expression of Angiogenic Factors in Craniopharyngiomas: Implications for Tumor

Recurrence” Sun İ, Akgün E, Biçer A, Özkan A, Uyar Bozkurt S, Kurtkaya, Yalçınkaya Koç D, Pamir MN, Kılıç T

2010 Marmara University, Deanry of Medical School “2010 International Publication and Incentive Award”

2010 Turkish Nervous System Society VI. Scientific Congress, “Avard of Best Presentation” “Analysis of Prevention of Craniopharyngioma Recurrence with Imatinib Containing Biodegredable Poly (Lactic-Glicolic Acid) Copolymer (PLGA) Microspheres”,

2009 Society of Nervous System Surgery, V. Scientific Congress, “Best Lectures Of The Year” Grant,“Temporal Expression Analysis of Angiogenic Genes in Brain Development” Özkan A, Başak AN, Kılıç T

2009 Turkish Neurosurgical Society XX. Scientific Congress “Best Lectures Of The Year” Grant“Temporal Expression Analysis of Angiogenic Genes in Brain Development” Özkan A, Başak AN, Kılıç T

2007 TÜBA (Turkish Academy Of Sciences) Associate Member

2006 Turkish Neurosurgical Society XX. th Scientific Congress “Best Lectures Of The Year” Grant “PDGF biology of AVMs ve Cavernomas: New Target for Inhibition of AVM Angiogenesis”, Kılıç T, Yıldırım Ö, Şeker A, Pamir MN,

2005 Turkish Neurosurgical Society XX. th Scientific Congress “Best lectures of the year” grant “Cerebrovascular development model on rats: Analysis of retinal angiogenesis Ozduman K, Kılıç T, Yıldırım Ö, Pamir MN

2003

Marmara University Scientific Research Projects Commitee for Inducement and

Encouragement of Scientific Resarch (Awarded for scientific publications in 2003)

2004

Marmara University Scientific Research Projects Commitee for Inducement and Encouragement of Scientific Resarch (Awarded for scientific publications in 2004)

2002-2005 Turkish Academy of Sciences: “Outstanding Young Scientist Grant”

2002 Turkish Neurosurgical Society: “Dr Yıldız Yalçınlar Research Prize” “ValueofTranscranial Doppler Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis and Follow-up of Carotid-Cavernous Fistulae” Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien) (2001) 143: 1257-1265

2002 Turkish Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Award in the field of Medicine

2002 Marmara University Foundation Award, Commitee for Inducement and Encouragement of Scientific Resarch: ( Awarded for scientific publications in 2002 )

2001 Marmara University Foundation Award, Commitee for Inducement and Encouragement of Scientific Resarch

2000 Marmara University Foundation Award, Commitee for Inducement and Encouragement of Scientific Resarch: ( Awarded for scientific publications in 2000)

2001 Turkish Neurosurgical Society: “Best Scientific Investigator Award” Expression of Structural Proteins and Angiogenic Growth Factors in Cerebral Vascular

Malformations. Kılıç T, Pamir MN, Küllü S, Eren F, Özek M.M., Black P. McL Neurosurgery Vol. 46, No.5, May 2000

2001 Turkish Neurosurgical Society: “Honorary Record”

2001 Marmara University Foundation Award, Commitee for Inducement and Encouragement of Scientific Resarch: ( Awarded for scientific publications in 2001 )

2000 Turkish Neurosurgical Society: “Honorary Record”

2000 Turkish Brain Research Society: “Brain Research Award” “Expression of Structural Proteins and Angiogenic Growth Factors in Cerebral Vascular Malformations”

2000 Turkish Brain Research Society: “Grant for Scientific Research and Travel” “Intracranial Inhibition of PDGF Receptor Activation and Glioblastoma Cell Growth by an Orally Active Kinase Inhibitor of the 2-Phenylaminopyrimidine Class.”

2000 Marmara University Student Organization: “Most Scientifically Stimulating Assistant Professor”

1990 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine. “Certificate of Excellence”

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