Best Spondylolisthesis doctors in Turkey: TOP 7 doctors

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Necati Kaplan is a neurosurgeon specializing in brain, spine, and peripheral nerve surgery. He treats tumors, vascular disorders, hydrocephalus, trauma, degenerative spine disease, pediatric neurosurgical conditions, and Chiari malformation. He also works with experimental stem cell and exosome therapies.

He graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2000. He completed training in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Techniques in Mainz/Tuttlingen in 2016. He also trained in Advanced Neuroendoscopy (2004), the Keyhole concept (2003), Microsurgery at GATA (2005), Pediatric Neurosurgery (2015), and minimally invasive lumbar surgery (2015).

He has served as a Board Member of the Association of Nervous System Surgery since 2018. He is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Association (since 2008) and the Association of Stem Cell and Cellular Therapies (since 2019). He co-authored series on vertebroplasty (111 patients/140 segments), 200 anterior cervical surgeries, 271 lumbar microdiscectomies, 673 mild head trauma cases, and stem cell therapies.

Dr. Nurperi Gazioglu is a neurosurgeon. She trained at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. She earned her MD in 1984 after study from 1978 to 1984. She completed neurosurgery training from 1986 to 1993. Her 1993 dissertation examined “Fetal Hypophysis Transplantation Under the Renal Capsule in Rats.”

She completed advanced courses in endoscopic pituitary surgery (2005, 2007, 2008) and endoscopic lumbar disc surgery (2007). She also trained in molecular genetics for clinicians (2003) and CME with the World Federation of Neurology (2002). She studied epilepsy surgery focused on insular–hippocampal anatomy (1999) and thoracolumbar trauma (1998). She attended the EANS European Neurosurgery Course (1988). Her clinical training includes observerships at APHP Necker–Enfants Malades and Hôpital Lariboisière in 1991. She completed an internship there in 1999.

Dr. Mucuoglu specializes in advanced spinal surgery, having trained under Dr. Mehmet Zileli at Dokuz Eylül University.

• Member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
• Published research on minimally invasive spinal techniques
• Participated in advanced spinal surgery courses
• Works at Atlas University Hospital

Dr. Halil Can is a Professor of Neurosurgery (2025; Associate Professor 2020). He completed neurosurgical training at Istanbul University–Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2007. His clinical focus includes endoscopic and microsurgical spine surgery for fractures, tumors, and degenerative disease; advanced pain procedures; endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery; and neurovascular, neuro-oncologic, and peripheral nerve surgery.

He has 21 international peer-reviewed papers (SCI/SSCI). Topics include cadaveric morphometry of Kambin’s triangle and the transforaminal triangular working zone, lumbar arterial and anterior approach anatomy, and an in vitro test of a new lumbar fixation device.

His clinical studies include a single-team series of 81 posterior circulation aneurysms, with 13 flow-diversion cases. He also reported five spinal cavernous malformation cases. He conducted Phase I safety and feasibility stem-cell trials in pediatric hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and in chronic complete spinal cord injury.

Professor Alper Karaoglan specializes in neurosurgery with extensive experience at Memorial Bodrum Hospital and Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine.

• Over 32 years of experience of neurosurgical experience
• Awarded for research on subarachnoid hemorrhage and vasospasm
• Member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• Currently serves as a professor at Memorial Bodrum Hospital

Specializes in spine surgeries including stabilization for lumbar and cervical disc herniation, lumbar sliding, and spinal fractures at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul.

• Expert in pediatric neurosurgery and complex spine conditions
• Performs advanced procedures like vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
• Associate professor with extensive training in neurosurgery

Specializes in Spinal Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) – advanced techniques for Spondylolisthesis at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul.

• Expertise in Spinal Oncological Surgery for complex cases
• Trained at Cumhuriyet University in Brain and Nerve Surgery
• Published research on spinal cord injury treatments
• Performs both adult and pediatric neurosurgical procedures