Salih Murat Imer
41
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Salih Murat Imer
- Specialization: Neurosurgeon
- 41 years of experience
- Speaks:English, Spanish, Turkish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
- Founding professor and leader of the Neurosurgery Department at Okan University; published 68 articles and contributed 9 book chapters.
Prof. Dr. Salih Murat İmer is a neurosurgeon with over 30 years of experience. He founded and led the Neurosurgery Department at Okan University Hospital. He has written 68 scientific articles and contributed to 9 book chapters. Dr. İmer has also presented at 33 international congresses, showing his influence in neurosurgery worldwide.
Dr. İmer holds advanced certifications in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, Leksell Gamma Knife radiosurgery, and endoscopic spine surgery. He received specialized training in several European countries. He has worked with leading experts such as Prof. Matti Vapalahti and Prof. Juha Hernesniemi. Through these collaborations, he has helped improve neurosurgical practice and education around the world.
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Doctor's services
- Discectomy
- CyberKnife
- High intensity focused ultrasound ablation (HIFU)
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery
- Transnasal resection of tumor
- Multiple subpial transections
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Stereotaxic radiosurgery
- Medication treatment for Parkinson's disease
- Tomotherapy
- Removal of meningioma
- Surgical treatment of epilepsy
- Stereotaxic surgeries
- Laminectomy
- Craniotomy
- Removal of spinal cord tumor
- Gamma Knife
- Brain tumor removal
- Medication treatment for multiple sclerosis
- Minimally invasive fusion surgery
- Herniated disc surgery
- Trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy (adenomectomy)
- Radiation therapy for brain tumor
- Radiosurgery of a brain tumor
- Surgical treatment of radiculopathy
- Excision of skull base tumor
- Hydrocephalus surgeries, shunt surgeries
- CyberKnife for brain tumor
- Tongue cancer surgery
- Pituitary tumor surgery
- ApiFix system implantation
- Surgery for syringomyelia
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Foraminotomy
- Brain Tumor Embolization
- Gamma Knife for brain tumor
- Removal of herniated disc with preoperative diagnostic
- Brain tumor surgery
- Surgical removal of the brain cyst
- Fetal surgery for spina bifida
- Neurorrhaphy
- Brain Aneurysm Repair
- Spine Tumor Embolization
- Surgery for Klumpke's palsy
- Endoscopic discectomy
- Vertebral Artery Angioplasty and Stenting
- Robotic spine surgery
- Anterior cervical discectomy
- MRI of one area
- CT (computer tomography)
- Brain MRI
- Online Consultation with Neurosurgeon
- Ultrasound
- Brain biopsy
- Brain MRI with contrast (FLAIR sequence)
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Qualifications
Education & Training
Medical Education:
- Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (1977 - 1983)
- M.D. Degree earned in 1983
Neurosurgical Training:
- Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul (1985 - 1991)
- Certification from the Turkish Ministry of Health, Turkish Board in Neurosurgery (1991)
Previous Appointments
- Physician: Obligatory Service, March 1983 - March 1985
- Consultant Neurosurgeon: Medical Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne, February 1993 - September 1993
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery: Medical Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne, September 1993 - January 1996
- Consultant Neurosurgeon: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, January 1996 - January 2000
- Associate Professor: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, January 2000 - January 2006
- Professor of Neurosurgery: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, January 2006 - April 2011
- Retired from University: April 2011
- Professor of Neurosurgery & Founder: Neurosurgery Department, Okan University Hospital, Istanbul, December 2016 - March 2018
- Current Appointment: Private Office, Kadıköy, Ataşehir & Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospitals
Certificates & Specializations
- Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Course, Oulu, Finland, 1990
- EANS European Courses (5-year cycle): Amsterdam (1988), Rostock (1989), Çeşme (1994), Klagenfurt (1995), Aalborg (1996)
- Primary Examination for European Board, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1995
- Advanced Training in Functional Disorders with Leksell Gamma Knife, Marseille, France, 2004
- Advanced Training in Vestibular Schwannomas and Skull Base Surgery with Leksell Gamma Knife, Marseille, France, 2004
- DISC Nucleoplasty in Cervical and Lumbar Disc Diseases, Freiburg, Germany, 2004
- Neuropathfinder Train-the-Trainer, Vienna, Austria, 2009
- Neuropathfinder Train-the-Trainer, Athens, Greece, 2011
- Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery Certificate, Herne, Germany, 2011
International Experience
- University Central Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio, Finland, under the care of Prof. Matti Vapalahti and Prof. Juha Hernesniemi, April-May 1990
- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Marseille, France, August-October 2004
Publications & Presentations
- 9 Book Chapters (National & International Publications)
- 68 Articles
- 82 Reports (Presented orally or as posters)
- 33 International Congresses (Speaker or Moderator)
- 99 National Congresses & Symposia (Speaker or Moderator)
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