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Education:

2015

Dokuz Eylül University, Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine and Hematology 

2010

Dokuz Eylül University, Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine 

2005

Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty,

Experience:

2024 – 

Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital

2017 – 2024

Bağcılar Medipol University Hospital

2017 – 2017

Fırat University

2015 - 2017

Fırat University

2014 - 2015

Mayo Clinic

Publications:

18 Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

26 Abstracts and Books Presented at International Scientific Conferences

7 Articles Published in National Peer-Reviewed Journals

51 Abstracts Presented at National Scientific Conferences

Education:

Medical Faculty, Trakya University,  

Edirne, Turkey (1994-2000)

Professional Experience:

General Practitioner and Emergency Physician

Bartın (2000-2004)

Specialization:  

Department of Neurosurgery, S.B. Göztepe Training and Research Hospital,  

Istanbul (2004-2010)

Participation in the Accreditation Process by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) during  

Specialization (2004-2010)

Completion of Compulsory Service as Specialist Physician

Tokat State Hospital, Tokat (2010-2012)

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat (2012-2014)

Contribution to the Establishment of the Department of Neurosurgery at Medipol University  

(2012-2014)

Lecturer

Medipol University, Istanbul (2012-2014)

Specialist Physician

Memorial Istanbul Hospitals, Istanbul (2014-2018)

Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences

Eurasia University, Istanbul (2014-2021)

Associate Professor in the field of Neurosurgery (2021- )

Specialist Physician

Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul (2018-2021)

Specialist Physician

Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul (2021-2023)

2023 –

Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul

Skills and Achievements:

Obtained Associate Professorship in the field of Neurosurgery (2021)

Experience in Academic Teaching and Management (2012-2021)

Proficiency in Turkish (Native) and English (Advanced)

Dr. Merdan Fayda is a radiation oncologist with 19 years of experience in radio-oncology. He has studied at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Istanbul and studied radiosurgery at the University of North Carolina (USA). He conducts 4D-radiotherapy, IMRT, MRI, CT, and PET-CT. He has participated in 16 international conferences, and is a member of 3 organizations.

2013

Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital

Ear Nose Throat

1998 - 2013

Istanbul Surgery Hospital

Ear Nose Throat

1996 - 1997

Şişli Etfal Hospital

ENT Assistant Chief

1992 - 1996

Indiana Methodist Hospital

Ear Nose Throat

1992 - 1996

Institut Gustave Roussy, France

Observer Physician

1992 - 1995

Clinic of Professeur Frederic Chabolle at Suresnes Hopital Foch

Assistant Physician

1989 - 1992

Şişli Etfal Hospital

ENT Chief Assistant

1985 - 1989

Şişli Etfal and Marmara University Hospital

ENT Specialization

Education: 

Degree                       Program                                             University                   Year

Bachelor                     Medical Sciences                               İstanbul University     1995

Master Degree           Medical Sciences                               İstanbul University     1997

Doctorate and expertise in medicine

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology     İstanbul University     2004

Assistant professor     

İstanbul Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology İstanbul Bilim University        2009

Associate professor

İstanbul Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology İstanbul Bilim University        2011

Clinical Neurophysiology Subspecialty          

İstanbul Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology İstanbul Bilim University        2011

PhD Thesis:

INVESTIGATION OF ANTI-GANGLIOSIDE AND ANTI-GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODIES IN JUDICIAL MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY AND INVESTIGATION OF SUBCLINIC ANTERIOR HORN INVOLVEMENT BY ESTIMATE MOTOR UNIT COUNT METHOD-2002

Experience

Research Assistant 

Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University        1998-2004

Specialist

Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital, Department of Neurology       2004-2009

Assistant Professor

Istanbul Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology 2009-2011

Assoc. Prof.     

Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital Department of Neurology 

İstanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital 

Memberships to Scientific Organizations:

Turkish Medical Association

Turkish Neurology Association

Turkish Association for Combating Epilepsy

Turkish Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG Association

Association of Child Neurology and Neuroimmunology

Awards:

Clinical Neurophysiology Congress (Antalya-2013): First prize for the poster paper titled "Continuous Video-EEG Monitoring Findings and Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Characteristics of Patients Monitored in the Neurology Intensive Care Unit Due to Alertness Defect"

National Epilepsy Congress (Muğla-2012): "Does Semiology Tell Us the Origin of Seizures Consisting Mainly of Alteration of Consciousness?" Kenan Tükel publishing award for his publication

National Epilepsy Congress (Izmir- 2008): First prize in the field of epilepsy congress publications with the publication titled "Reduced axon number in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy demonstrated by motor unit number estimation analysis"

National Epilepsy Congress (Ankara- 2004): First prize in the field of epilepsy congress publication with the publication titled "No association of anti-gm1 and anti-gad antibodies with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy"

Turkish Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG Association, 19th National Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG Congress (Trabzon-2002): Congress publication award for the publication titled "Epileptic seizures in Behçet's disease".

Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council scientific publications incentive award-2002: (With the publication titled "Epileptic Seizures In Behçet's Disease")

Turkish Neurology Association, 38th National Neurology Congress - 2002: Second prize for the oral presentation titled "Investigation of subclinical anterior horn involvement in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy with the estimated motor unit number method".

Turkish Epilepsy Association and Sanofi Pharma Scientific Research Project Support Award - 2001: "Investigation of anti-ganglioside antibodies in juvenile myoclonic epilepsies" thesis project.

Eğitim

• Lisans

Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 2009

• Tıpta Uzmanlık

Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Plastik, Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi AD, 2022

Çalıştığı Kurumlar

• Pratisyen Hekim

Yozgat Devlet Hastanesi Acil Servis, Yozgat Kadın Doğum ve Çocuk Hastanesi Acil Servis, Yozgat,

2016-2016

• Araştırma Görevlisi Doktor

Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Plastik,Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi Aabilim Dalı, Erzurum,

2017-2019

Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Plastik,Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Mersin,

2019-2022

• Uzman Doktor

Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Evliya Çelebi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kütahya, 2022-2024

Yayınlar

1. Hakan Cinal 1, Ensar Zafer Barin 1, Murat Kara 1, Kerem Yilmaz 1, Harun Karaduman 1, İhtişam Zafer Cengiz 1, Oguz Boyraz 1, Osman Enver Aydin 2, Onder Tan 3 "Reconstruction of postburn contractures due to tandir oven." Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery 54.2 (2020): 120-129. PMID: 32091303 DOI: 10.1080/2000656X.2020.1729777

Projeler

1. Ratlarda Abdominal Deri Ada Flebi Modelinde Corm-3’ün Flep Yaşayabilirliği Üzerine Etkisi, BAP, Proje No: 2021-2-TP3-4543, 24169 TL, Araştırmacı, Ulusal

Bildiriler

1. Oğuz Boyraz, Yavuz Demir, Ratlarda Abdominal Deri Ada Flebi Modelinde Corm-3’ün Flep Yaşayabilirliği Üzerine Etkisi, TPRECD 44. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2022
2. Oğuz BOYRAZ, Semanur ÇAKIR , Ümit TÜRSEN, Şakir ÜNAL , PDO Yapısındaki İpler İle Kendi Kendine İşlem Yapıldıktan Sonra Görülen Yabancı Cisim Reaksiyonu Ve Tedavi Süreci, Olgu Sunumu, TPRECD 44. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2022
3. Oğuz BOYRAZ, Şakir ÜNAL, Baver ACABAN, Recep Okan ÜSTÜN, Yavuz DEMİR, Alt Dudak Malignitelerinin Rekonstrüksiyonunda Modifiye Webster-Bernard Tekniği İle Tecrübelerimiz Ve Sonuçları, TPRECD 43. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2021
4. Oğuz BOYRAZ, Şakir ÜNAL, Baver ACABAN, Recep Okan ÜSTÜN, Yavuz DEMİR, Alt Dudak Malignitelerinin Rekonstrüksiyonunda Modifiye Webster-Bernard Tekniği İle Tecrübelerimiz Ve Sonuçları, TPRECD 43. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2021
5. Recep Okan ÜSTÜN, Oğuz BOYRAZ, Atakan Meriç KAHRAMAN, Ege SAK, Erdi KAYA, Yavuz DEMİR, Tek Yumurta İkizlerinde Aynı Bölgede Asimetrik Yağlanma ile Karşımıza Çıkan Vücut Asimetrisi Olgu Sunumu, TPRECD 43. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2021
6. Göktekin TENEKECİ, Oğuz BOYRAZ, Recep Okan ÜSTÜN, Toprak GEÇGEL, Zeynel TULGAR, Kliniğimizde Posterosüperior Pediküllü Meme Küçültme Operasyonu Yapilan Hastalar ve BREAST-Q Değerlendirme Anketi, TPRECD 43. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2021
7. Zeynel TULGAR, Atakan Meriç KAHRAMAN, Oğuz BOYRAZ, Recep Okan ÜSTÜN, Alper SARI, Nadir Görülen Bir Yumuşak Doku Benign Tümörü: Perivasküler Myoid Tümör, TPRECD 43. Ulusal Kurultayı, Antalya, 2021

He was born in Niğde which is the city middle part of Anatolia. He studied high school in Adana. He graduated from Ankara University Medical School of Medicine. He started his career at Bakırköy Neurological Sciences Hospital in Zeki Oral MD.’s Clinic in 1987 and finished his Neurosurgery residency in 1993. During this period, he completed his micro neurosurgery education, which was a breakthrough for him, at Zurich University “Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil’s Clinic”.

Between 1993-2003, he worked as a teaching assistant and then as an assistant professor at the Professor Necmettin Pamir’s Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University. At the same time, he obtained clinical and surgical gains in the field of neurooncology and vascular neurosurgery at Professor Donlin M. Long and Daniele Rigamonti's Clinic at Johns Hopkins University, USA. In 2003, he received the title of Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.

Between 2004-2010, he worked as Chief of Clinic in Göztepe Training and Research Hospital of Ministry of Health. During this period, he led his clinic to become the only accredited clinic by EANS (The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) in Turkey, with its educational and care services. During this period, he completed his endoscopic skull base training starting at the University of Pittsburgh.

In 2010, he started to work for Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine and became a Professor of Neurosurgery. He established the Neurosurgery Department in Medipol University Faculty of Medicine on 2012. He served as a Head of Neurosurgery Department in Memorial Health Group Istanbul Hospitals between 2014-2018. He served Neurosurgery Department of Maslak Hospital of Acıbadem Health Group with his team between 2018- September 2021.

Since 01.10.2021, He have started to work with his team at my private clinic located in Fulya and Ulus Hospital of Liv Health Group.

He served as the founding chairman of ”Skull Base Society” in Turkey. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the European Skull Base Society (ESBS).

There are more than 110 scientific papers which he hs published in international refereed journals (SCI/SCIEx) and in national refereed journals and 18 scientific articles. He Has more than 250 scientific congress presentations, published books and chapters in books.

The doctor studied at Ege University from 1997 to 2004, followed by a specialization in interventional radiology at Tepecik Training and Research Hospital from 2005 to 2010. He has since worked in a variety of hospitals as a diagnostic and interventional radiology specialist, and is a member of the Turkish Radiology Society, the Turkish Society of Interventional Radiology, the Turkish Medical Association and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society.