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Award-winning stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon from Turkey, working for over 30 years. 

Expert in deep brain stimulation (DBS). Has provided over 850 successful DBS procedures and more than 1,350 neurosurgery procedures. Broke a Guinness World Record for the biggest number of patients after DBS gathered in one place. Was trained in Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Israel, Belgium, and the USA. Cooperates with Bookimed from 2018 and regularly trains and educates the Bookimed’s team for training and education in neurology.

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Dr. X has 10 years of experience in Neurosurgery at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital Neurology Clinic, Yozgat City Hospital, Private Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital, and Emsey Hospital.

Dr. Nejat Akalan is a leading neurosurgeon specializing in brain and nerve surgeries, with over 35 years of experience. His areas of expertise include epilepsy, glioma, skull injuries, movement disorders, spine tumors, herniations, and other nervous disorders. He uses advanced techniques in his surgeries and has published 117 scientific papers and a book.

Dr. Tamer Atasever is a Nuclear Medicine Specialist with 39 years of experience, speaking English and Turkish. He is a professor in Gazi University and has been a director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine in Ankara Order Laboratory. He is a member of the Turkey Association of Nuclear Medicine and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine.

Dr. Tamer Tekin is a distinguished Neurosurgeon who received his medical degree from Gülhane Military Medicine Faculty in 1999. His clinical expertise encompasses a wide range of spinal conditions and treatments, with particular focus on spinal trauma, degenerative spinal diseases, and advanced surgical techniques. Dr. Tekin specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, laser discectomy, and various therapeutic interventions including spinal injections and kyphoplasty.

As a spine specialist, Dr. Tekin has developed significant expertise in complex procedures such as disc replacement and spine reconstruction. His practice extends to the treatment of spine tumors and infections, demonstrating his comprehensive approach to spinal care.

Work Address: Biruni University Hospital, Department Of Neurological Surgery, Istanbul 

Education And Training

Undergraduate: 1997 - 2001 Halkali High School, Istanbul, Turkey 

Graduate:   2001 - 2007 Mersin University, School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey 

Postgraduate: 2009 – 2014 Bakırköy Research And Training Hospital For Psychiatric And Neurological Disease, Department Of Neurological Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey 

Observer: June-December 2017 University of Wisconsin- Department of Neurological Surgery, Madison, USA

June-August 2020 Acıbadem University- Spine Center, İstanbul, Turkey

 Professional Interest: Cranial Surgery, Functional neurosurgery (used to treat movement disorders), Spine Surgery 

Licensure And Certification 

 2007 June: Doctor of Medicine, Turkish Ministry of Health 

 2014 July: Neurosurgeon, Turkish Ministry of Health

Employment

2014– 2021 Neurosurgeon - Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research And Training Hospital

2021- Neurosurgeon- Biruni University Hospital, Department of Neurological Surgery

Training Courses / Workshops / Meetings / Symposiums 

(In Chronological Order)

Has Participated in 18 National and International Courses, Scientific Meetings (Certified) in Neurosurgery And Spinal Surgery. 

• Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease Symposium, 8-11 October 2009 Nevşehir/Turkey
• 24th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 14-18 May 2010  Antalya / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group: Basic Education Program, 3-6 July 2011 Sapanca / Turkey
• 27th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 12-16 Apr 2013  Antalya / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Hands-On Cadaver Course 15-16 November 2013 Istanbul/Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Neurooncology And Neurovascular Surgery Education And Training Group: Unified Symposium. 28-29 December 2013 Istanbul/Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group: Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery Course. 7 Feb 2014 Istanbul / Turkey
• 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014    Antalya / Turkey
• Medtronic Midas Rex Workshop: Cadaver Course 23 May 2014 Istanbul / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group, 26-29 June 2014 Gaziantep/Turkey
• ISMISS Turkey 2015 Congress, 6-8 November 2015, Istanbul/ Turkey
• Endoscopic Lumbar Surgery Comprehensive Cadaveric Course, 16-17 April 2016, Istanbul/Turkey
• 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, 30 April - 4 May 2016 Chicago/Illinois
• Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course, 26-29 January 2017,  Istanbul/ Turkey
• Microvascular Surgery Course, December 2017, Madison/Wisconsin
• 32th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 20-24 April 2018    Antalya / Turkey
• 33th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 11-14 April 2019    Antalya / Turkey
• 2019 Turkish Spine Society Eurospine Advance Diploma Course
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Published Article

• Yakar, F., Zaimoglu, M., Dogan, I., Bakirarar, B., Eroglu, U., Kircil, C., Ucer, M., & Guner, E. (2018). Is A Unilateral Surgical Approach Effective In Patients With Bilateral Leg Pain With Unilateral Lumbar Disk Herniation? A Prospective Nonrandomized Clinical And Surgical Study. World Neurosurgery.
• Onen, M. R., Moore, K., Cikla, U., Ucer, M., Schmidt, B., Field, A. S., & Baskaya, M. K. (2018). Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration: Neurosurgical Perspective And Literature Review. World Neurosurgery, 112, E763-E771.
• Dogan, I., Ucer, M., & Başkaya, M. K. (2018). Gross Total Resection Of Chordoid Glioma Of The Third Ventricle Via Anterior Interhemispheric Transcallosal Transforaminal Approach At Two Stages. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 79(S 03), S281-S282.
• Dogan, I., Ucer, M., & Başkaya, M. K. (2018). Microsurgical Resection Of Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Via Pterional Craniotomy With Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy And Optic Unroofing. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 79(S 02), S218-S218.
• Sayyahmelli, S., Kina, H., Ucer, M., Salamat, M. S., & Baskaya, M. K. (2018). Frontal Lobe Intracerebral Schwannoma Mimicking Metastatic Lesion In A Patient With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Journal Of Surgical Case Reports.
• ÜCER, Melih, Et Al. Surgical Outcomes Of Decompressive Laminectomy By Transspinous Approach For Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2018, 68.1618.
• Ozaydin, B., Ucer, M., Cikla, U., & Pyle, G. M. (2019). Translabyrinthine Approach To Vestibular Schwannomas. In Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery (Pp. 135-150). Springer, Cham.
• Hanalioglu, S., Sahin, B., Sahin, O. S., Kozan, A., Ucer, M., Cikla, U., ... & Baskaya, M. K. (2019). Effect Of Perioperative Aspirin Use On Hemorrhagic Complications In Elective Craniotomy For Brain Tumors: Results Of A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of Neurosurgery, 1(Aop), 1-10.
• Neurosurgical Analysis Of Logging Accidents: An Observational Study, AE Taçyıldız, C Akıncı, TM Güler, H Demirkol, M Üçer, B Çekmen, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 25, 101167
• Dentate Nucleus: Connectivity-Based Anatomic Parcellation Based On Superior Cerebellar Peduncle Projections, AE Tacyildiz, B Bilgin, A Gungor, M Ucer, A Karadag, N Tanriover, World Neurosurgery 152, E408-E428
• Observational Case Analysis Of Neonates With Large Cephalohematoma, M Üçer, AE Taçyıldız, I Aydın, NA Kayran, S Işık, Cureus 13 (4)
• Effıcıency Of Sılver-Coated Tıtanıum Alloy Screws In The Preventıon Of Implant-Assocıated Infectıons, NA Kayran, M Üçer, AE Ofluoğlu, The Journal Of Turkish Spinal Surgery 32 (2), 84
• Minimally Invasive Approach Toward Percutaneous Direct Pars Repair: An Observational Study, M Üçer, World Neurosurgery 146, E1301-E1306
• The Effect Of Tenosynovectomy On Patient ID Outcome İn Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery, AL AYDIN, M ÜÇER, İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Tıp Dergisi 13 (1), 36-41
• Endoscopic Untethering Of Tight Filum Terminale: An Operative Technique, O Okay, A Dalgic, AE Yildirim, M Ucer, O Uckun, S Baydin, MK Coban,Turk Neurosurg 31 (1), 73-75
• Comparison Of Two Minimally İnvasive Techniques With Endoscopy And Microscopy For Extraforaminal Disc Herniations, AL Aydın, M Sasani, H Sasani, M Üçer, M Hekimoğlu, T Öktenoğlu, World Neurosurgery 144, E612-E621
• “Suspended Duraplasty”: A Technique For Type 1 Chiari Malformation Resistant To İnitial Surgical Therapy M Ucer, A Akbaş, MŞ Ekşi, B Erkan, BT Demirgil, A Güngör, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 21, 100703

Published Abstracts And Presentations In International Scientific Meetings 

(In Chronological Order)

• Metastatic prostate carcinoma to the intramural extramedullary spinal compa rtment: a case report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Erhan Emel, WFNS Seoul, Korea, 8-12 September 2013
• Radiation-Induced Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Meningioma: Case Report, Hasan Burak Gündüz, Anas Abdallah, Fatih Cesur, Erhan Emel, Betül Güler, Akın Öztürk, Melih Üçer, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Mid-term Surgical Treatment Outcomes Of Intracranial Epidermoid: Experience of 15 Patients, Anas Abdallah, Erhan Emel, Akın Öztürk, Mustafa Levent Uysal, Melih Üçer, Murad Asiltürk,10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Congenital Thecal Sac Defect Terminated In The Skin At L2-3: Case Report, Anas Abdallah, Akın Gökçedağ, Erhan Emel, Melih Üçer, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Intradural Extramedullary Paraganglioma At S1 Level : Case Report, Anas Abdallah1, Erhan Emel, Özden Erhan Sofuoğlu, Melih Üçer, Akın Öztürk, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• A Case of Intracranial Hypotension Complicated with Hydrocephalus, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014

Published Abstracts And Presentations In National Scientific Meetings 

(In Chronological Order)

• Eosinophilic granuloma, case report; Baran Bozkurt, Melih Üçer, Levent Uysal, Oral Presentation. 26th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 12-16 April 2012 Antalya / Turkey.
• Guyon’s Canal Syndrome Due to Tortuous Ulnar Artery: A Case Report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız,  28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Cerebellar hemorrhage after resection of frontal meningioma.Case report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Intracranial Migration of Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Catheter, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Migration of Abdominal Catheter of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt into the Scrotum, Melih Üçer, Sarper Polat, Ilhan Aydın, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Armoured brain: a case of bilateral calcified chronic subdural haematoma complicating infantile hydrocephalus, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Long term results of the patients with lumbar stenosis who were opereted on by transspinos method, Oral presentation, Melih Üçer, Erhan Emel, Müslüm Güneş, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Posterior comminican artery aneurysm relation with the tentorium, Oral presentation, İlhan Aydin, Oğuz Baran, Melih Uçer, Barış Küçükyürük, Necmettin Tanrıöver, 29th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 17-21 April 2015    Antalya / Turkey
• Anterior commissure and classification: neuroanatomical studies, Oral presentation, Serhat Şevki Baydın, Abuzer Gungor, Necmettin Tanrıover,  Melih Ucer, Oğuz Baran, Erhan Emel, Albert Rhoton Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 8-12 April 2016  Antalya / Turkey

   Computer  Skills

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Adobe Photoshop
• SPSS statistical software

PEER‐REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Bal E, Bozkurt I “Santral Sinir Sistemi Tümörlerinde Epidemiyoloji ve Klinik Epidemiology and Clinic in Central
Nervous System – a review” Türkiye Klinikleri J Med Oncol-Special Topics 2013;6(1):1-5
2. Bozkurt I, Ozveren MF, Ayberk G “Tricks in shortening spinal column reconstruction through posterior approach –
Letter to editor” Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2014 Apr 6. PMID: 24705509
3. Dumanli Ozcan AT, Aksoy M, Erkılıç E, Özcan E, Bozkurt I, Bal E “Anesthesia Management During Biopsy With
Stereotactic Neurosurgery Intervention” Turk Med J. 2016; 8(2): 65-68
4. Senturk S, Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Gurcan O, Eroglu H, Turkoglu OF, Bodur E, Bavbek M “Effects of tadalafil—TypeV phosphodiesterase enzyme inhibitor—On rats with spinal trauma” British Journal of Neurosurgery, Online on
November 7, 2014. doi:10.3109/02688697.2014.976174.
5. Gurcay AG, Gurcan O, Kazanci O, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Bodur E, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M “Comparative biochemical
and motor function analysis of Alpha Lipoic Acid and N-Acetyl Cysteine treatment on rats with experimental spinal
cord injury” Turkish Neurosurgery 2016;26(1):119-26. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14594-15.0.
6. Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Algin O, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M. “A simple, safe and effective surface
marking and targeting method combined with intraoperative ultrasonography for small subcortical intracranial
lesions.” J Neurosurg Sci. 2015 Jul 14. PMID: 26173480
7. Gurcan O, Gurcay AG, Kazanci A, Senturk S , Bozkurt I “Extended Lumbar Laminectomy: A Safe And Swift
Technique / Uzatılmış Lomber Laminektomi: Güvenli Ve Hızlı Bir Teknik” The Journal of Turkish Spinal
Surgery, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, 2016, pp: 117-120.
8. Gurcay AG, Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Bozkurt I, Onder E, Altınel F, Bavbek M. “Evaluation of Topical Application of
Polysaccharide Hemostat and Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose on Epidural Fibrosis in Rats”, Journal of
Neurological Sciences (Turkish) 2016, Volume 33, Number 2, 278-85.
9. Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Turkoglu OF, Beskonakli E. “Diagnosis, treatment, and
management strategy of meningioma during pregnancy,” Asian J Neurosurg, ahead of print, DOI:10.4103/1793-
5482.181115
10. Gurcay AG, Gurcan O, Kazanci A, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Ferat M, Turkoglu OF, Beskonakli E, Orhun Yavuz H S.
“Xanthogranuloma of the sellar region.” Neurol India 2016;64:1075-9, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.190238
11. Turkoglu OF, Bozkurt I. “The Use of Hemostatic Matrix with Thrombin in an Adjacent Segment Disease patient
using ASA,” Turkiye Klinikleri Gold J 2017;2(1):5-7 Article Language: TR
12. Gurcan O, Kazanci A, Gurcay AG, Kucukyildiz HC, Bozkurt I, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M. “Occipital Aneurysmal Bone
Cysts in an Adult Patient: A Rare Case and Review of Literature.” Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. doi:
10.5505/ias.2016.27146 2016;24(4):123-126
13. Bal E, Bozkurt I, Akıncı C, Yılmaz N. “Metopic Suture Synostosis (Trigonocephaly): A Case Report.” Med J Islamic
World Acad Sci. 2016; 24(2): 69-72. DOI: 10.5505/ias.2016.15921
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14. Atasoy F, Sen B, Nar F, Bozkurt I. “Improvement of Radial basis Function Interpolation Performance on Cranial
Implant Design” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 8(8), 2017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080811
15. Ozturk Y, Bozkurt I, Yaman ME, Guvenc Y, Tolunay T, Bayram P, Hayirli N, Billur D, Erbay FK, Senturk S, Bozkurt G.
“Histopathologic Analysis of Tamoxifen on Epidural Fibrosis.” World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:e941-e948. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.004.
16. Senturk S, Yaman ME, Aydin HE, Guney G, Bozkurt I, Paksoy K, Abdioglu AA. Effects of Resveratrol on
Inflammation and Apoptosis After Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Turk Neurosurg. 2018;28(6):889-896. doi:
10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21829-17.3. PMID: 29368318.
17. Tezel G, Timur SS, Bozkurt I, Turkoglu OF, Eroglu I, Nemutlu E, Oner L, Eroglu H. “A Snapshot on the Current Status
of Alzheimer's Disease, Treatment Perspectives, in-Vitro and in-Vivo Research Studies and Future Opportunities,”
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2019 Oct 1;67(10):1030-1041. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c19-00511.
18. Bozkurt I, Chaurasia B. “Attitudes of Neurosurgeons Toward Social Media: A Multi-Institutional Study.” World
Neurosurg. 2020 Dec 21:S1878-8750(20)32634-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.067.
19. Bozkurt I. “Meralgia Paresthetica Caused By Thoracolumbar Brace in Conservatively Treated Thoracolumbar
Fractures.” J Turk Spinal Surg 2021; 32: 80-83. DOI: 10.4274/jtss.galenos.2021.54264
20. Ismail Bozkurt, Atilla Kazanci, Oktay Gurcan, Ahmet G. Gurcay, Ata T. Arikok & Murad Bavbek (2021) “Spinal
epidural fibrosis following hemostatic agent employment,” British Journal of Neurosurgery, DOI:
10.1080/02688697.2021.1950627
21. İsmail BOZKURT, Ebru KARAKOÇ (2021).Spine Surgery During The Covid-19 Pandemic: One Trauma Center
Experience In Central Anatolia. Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi. Doi: 10.20515/otd.957550
22. Ozturk Y, Bozkurt I, Guvenc Y, et al. Modafinil attenuates the neuroinflammatory response after experimental
traumatic brain injury [published online ahead of print, 2021 Sep 21]. J Neurosurg Sci. 2021;10.23736/S0390-
5616.21.05382-0. doi:10.23736/S0390-5616.21.05382-0
23. Bozkurt I, Umana HE, Deora H, Wellington J, Karakoc E, Chaurasia B. “Factors Affecting Neurosurgeons’ Decisions
to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatments after Traumatic Brain Injury.” World Neurosurgery Available online 18
December 2021 In Press, Journal Pre-proof. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.056
24. Bozkurt I, Ozturk Y, Guney G, Arslan B, Gulbahar O, Guvenc Y, Senturk S, Yaman ME. “Effects of pirfenidone on
experimental head injury in rats.” Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2022;15(1):20-28. ISSN:1936-2625/IJCEP0138062
25. Bozkurt I, Yasar B, Uslu MB, Bozdogan N. “A Primary Sacral Melanoma of Unknown Origin: A Case Report.”
Oncologie 2022; 24(1), 163–171. DOI: 10.32604/oncologie.2022.019263
26. Paksoy K, Şentürk S, Akyoldas G, Bozkurt İ, Yaman ME, Sezgin Y. “Radyological Comparison of Lumbar Nerve Root
Thickness in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation.” Genel Tıp Derg. 2022; 32(3): 335-338. doi:
10.54005/geneltip.1034311
27. Alvarez Aquino A, Ramirez M, Bozkurt I, et al. “Treatment of Intracranial Tumors With Stereotactic Radiosurgery:
Short-Term Results From Cuba.” Cureus. 2022 Oct;14(10): e29955. doi:10.7759/cureus.29955
28. Lavadi RS, Bozkurt I, Harikar MM, Umana GE, Chaurasia B. “The Role of Social Media on the Research Productivity
of Neurosurgeons During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” World Neurosurg. 2022 Sep 16:S1878-8750(22)01328-6. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2022.09.051.
29. Ferini G, Palmisciano P, Scalia G, Haider AS, Bin-Alamer O, Sagoo NS, Bozkurt I, Deora H, Priola SM, Aoun SG,
Umana GE. “The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of spine metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: a
systematic review and meta-analysis.” Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Nov;53(5):E12. doi: 10.3171/2022.8.FOCUS2255.
PMID: 36321286.
30. Hernandez C L, Díaz S M, Nurmukhametov R, Goncharov E, Ramirez MJE, Bozkurt I, Ramirez Pena IJ. “A Case
Report of a Sacral Giant Cell Tumor Treated With Block Resection and Lumbo-Pelvic Fixation.” Cureus. 2022
Nov;14(11): e31224. doi:10.7759/cureus.31224
4
31. Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Yaman ME, Guvenc Y, Ozturk Y, Guney G, Cingirt M, Gulbahar O. “Effect of sumatriptan
following simulated traumatic brain injury in rats.” Cesk Slov Neurol N 2022; 85(5): 389-396. doi:
10.48095/cccsnn2022389
32. Türkmen C, Özcan A, Karahan Z, Bozkurt İ. “Reciprocal activation changes of lower extremity muscles caused by
the abdominal hollowing maneuver in patients with unilateral lumbar disc herniation: an EMG study.” J Health Sci
Med / JHSM. 2023; 6(1): 59-65. doi: 10.32322/jhsm.1193371
33. Pahwa B, Chaurasia B, Garg K, Bozkurt I, Deora H. “Factors Affecting the Choice of Neurosurgery Subspecialty: A
Geographical and Gender-wise Analysis.” World Neurosurgery, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.012 
 

Prof. Dr. Gülşah Bademci is a physician specialized in the field of brain, nerve, spine, and spinal cord surgery. She graduated as the fourth-ranked student from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. She obtained her title as a brain and nerve surgeon from the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery in 2001. In 2008, she became an associate professor at the Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine, and in 2021, she became a professor at the Yüksek İhtisas University Faculty of Medicine. She has contributed to numerous international publications, serving as a research and clinical fellow at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences with Prof. Dr. M. Gazi Yaşargil, and as a research fellow at Yale University School of Medicine. She holds ECFMG America Board Step 1 and EANS European Board certificates. She speaks advanced-level English and has awards in tennis and swimming. She also pursues professional-level caricature art and medical illustration. In her 30-year career, she has performed numerous surgeries as a brain and nerve surgery specialist, particularly in spinal canal stenosis surgery, lumbar and cervical disc herniations, brain tumors, hydrocephalus surgery, and nerve compressions.

Specialization: Neurospinal Cord and Nerve Surgery

Foreign Language : English

Date of Birth: 03.02.1974

Education :

Gazi University Faculty of Medicine (1991-1997)
Fırat University Neurosurgery Specialization (1999-2004)

Experience:

Private Adatip Hospital (2004-2013)
Private Cihan Hospital (2013-2015)
Private Adatip Hospital (2015-...)

Memberships:

Sakarya Medical Chamber
Turkish Neurosurgery Association

Trustworthy, attentive, successful neurosurgeon with over 34 years of experience, high rate of success and exceptional surgical skills, providing quality neurological service for patients, successfully treating over thousands of patients suffering from many severe, complex conditions of the brain, spine and the nerves. 

Experienced in performing treatment modalities like micro neurosurgery, endoscopic skull base surgery, endoscopic third ventriculostomy, minimally invasive spine surgery and percutaneous spine surgery. Keen on performing clinical research and attending national and international medical conferences to stay abreast of new technologies in the field. Compassionate and detail-oriented with excellent communication skills. Expertise in healthcare, education and program management. Adept at developing and implementing forward-thinking strategies to enhance patient outcomes and collective knowledge in the field. Desiring to bring skills and success. Focused on working closely with other medical professionals and following up with patients. Well-versed at emergency procedures and fast and accurate sanitation.

Work History

2020-01 – Current - Asst. Prof. Neurosurgeon

Istanbul Medipol University, Health Care Practice and Research Center Pendik Hospital

• He successfully treated and followed patients with cerebral hemorrhage, brain and spinal cord tumors, and patients with hydrocephalus.

• He performed transnasal pituitary surgeries with success.

• Also, many cervical lumbar and thoracic disc patients were successfully treated, and disc prosthesis were applied to some of them.

• He re-operated a degenerative spine patient who had been operated on before at another center and the patient regained his health.

• He also successfully treated patients with premature neonatal intracerebral hemorrhage.

2019-08 – 2020-01 - Neurosurgeon

Freelancer, Istanbul, Turkey

• Operated on patients' brains, spines and peripheral nerves to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent and treat diseases and improve patients' motor functions. Performed successful operations for complex, advanced and complicated disease of the brain and spine some of which were operated unsuccessfully at other medical centers by different neurosurgeons.

• Offered advanced knowledge, leadership abilities and technical assistance with complex surgical cases.

• Maintained admitting privileges at local hospitals and provided quality follow-up care.

• Educated patients on recovery methods and times.

• Designed treatment plans for patients.

• Thoroughly assessed patients to identify medical condition and level of surgical risk.

• Founded a spinal surgery group with orthopedic surgeons and treated very advanced and severe vertebra deformities, spine abnormalities, scoliosis.

2018-12 - 2019-08 - Neurosurgeon

Alkafeel Super Speciality Hospital, Karbala, Iraq

• Conducted up to 5 operations per month to correct deformities in neurological and spinal systems, repair traumas, and treat diseases of different areas. Performed successful operations (success rate 100 percent : 90-95) for severe, complex and advanced diseases of the brain, spine and nerves in adults and children. (Cerebral intrinsic and extrinsic tumor surgery, posterior fossa surgery, spontaneous and traumatic intracranial hematomas, Interhemispheric 3th ventricle and lateral ventricle surgery, pontocerebellar angle tumor surgery, spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery, microdiscectomy cervical, thoracic, lumbar, pediatric cranial and spine anomaly surgery). Followed the patients postoperatively.

• Educated patients on recovery methods and times.

• Thoroughly assessed patients to identify medical condition and level of surgical risk.

• Performed emergency surgeries.

• Examined 900 patients in total in the outpatient clinic and gave medical treatments to them when necessary.

2015-10 - 2018-11 - Neurosurgeon

Medistate Kavacık Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

• Operated on patients' brains, spines and peripheral nerves to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent and treat different advanced, complex severe diseases and improve patients' motor functions.

• Conducted up to operations per month to correct deformities in neurological and spinal systems, repair traumas, restore partial or full functionality and prevent and treat diseases of different areas. 

• Performed successful operations (success rate percent : 95) for severe, complex and advanced diseases of the brain , spine and nerves in adults and children.(Brain tumor, arachnoid cyst, intracerebral hematoma, spinal stenosis, hydrocephalus, myelomeningocele).Followed the patients postoperatively. 

• Educated patients on recovery methods and times Thoroughly assessed patients to identify medical condition and level of surgical risk.

• Performed emergency surgeries (intracerebral hematoma, intracerebral abscess).

• Examined 850 patients in total in the outpatient clinic and gave medical treatment to them when necessary.

1994-03 - 2015-09 - Neurosurgeon

Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

• Supervised trainees, medical students, residents and fellows to help each achieve proficiency in field.

• Conducted up to 20 operations per month to correct deformities in neurological and spinal systems, repair traumas, restore partial or full functionality and prevent and treat diseases of different areas. Performed successful operations (success rate: %90) for severe, complex and advanced diseases of the brain, spine and nerves in adults and children. (Skull base surgery, extended trans base approach, orbit zygomatic approach, presigmoid approach, orbital approaches, transcranial and lateral orbitotomy, Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery, CSF leakage surgery, endoscopic, microscopic and transsphenoidal, transcranial. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and surgery of multiloculated hydrocephalus and pediatric neurosurgery. Cerebral intrinsic and extrinsic tumor surgery, posterior fossa surgery. Brain aneurysm, AVM and cavernoma surgery.

• Spontaneous and traumatic intracranial hematomas. Hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia surgery (microsurgical decompression) Interhemispheric 3th ventricle and lateral ventricle surgery. Pineal area surgery. Pontocerebellar angle tumor surgery.

• Foreman magnum tumors surgery. Surgery of hydrocephaly, Syringomyelia and craniovertebral animalia).Followed the patients postoperatively.

• Educated patients on recovery methods and times Thoroughly assessed patients to identify medical condition and level of surgical risk.

• Performed emergency surgeries (Epidural, subdural and intracerebral hematoma, vertebra fracture).

• Examined 500-700 patients per day in the outpatient clinic and gave medical treatment to them when necessary. Examined patients in the emergency service.

• Designed treatment plans for patients.

• Offered advanced knowledge, leadership abilities and technical assistance with complex surgical cases.

• Led and oversaw 15 medical personnel in operating room setting to perform surgeries.

• Led and oversaw medical personnel in operating room setting to perform surgeries.

Education

1982-09 - 1988-08

M.D.: Medicine And (Pre-Medicine)

Ankara University Medical School - Ankara

General Medicine Training for 6 years. Graduated with a high GPA.

1988-11 - 1994-05

Specialist Neurosurgery: Neuroscience

University of Health Sciences - Ankara

6 years of neurosurgery training.

• My thesis was on brain abscess and their clinical and laboratory evaluations

1995-05 - 1995-07

Neuroscience

The Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry.

Ankara

I attended the course for microsurgery at University of Hacettepe Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry.

1998-04 - 2019-05

Observer Doctor: Neuroscience

Department of Neurosurgery, MSU - Ann Arbour, 

Michigan USA

2012-05 - 2012-05

Neuro endoscopy: Neuroscience

Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium

International endoscopic neurosurgery workshop, 

Ghent, Belgium

I attended the workshop for endoscopic skull base operations the and Neuro endoscopic third ventriculostomy at University of Ghent Hospital

Skills

Micro neurosurgery - Excellent

Neuro endoscopy - Excellent

Cranial base endoscopy - Excellent

Minimal invasive surgery - Excellent

Percutaneous spinal surgery - Excellent

Neuronavigation – Excellent

Certifications

1995-04 Microsurgery

2012-05 Endoscopy

Languages

Turkish - Native

English - Advanced

Arabic - Novice

Affiliations

Turkish Neurosurgical Society

Turkish Medical Association

Accomplishments

• Trained team of staff nurses in medical office procedures to ensure consistent quality of care.

• Published 17 articles in national and international reviews and presented papers in medical congresses.

Interests and operations I perform

Vascular diseases of brain

Endoscopic hypophysis surgery

Tumors of brain, spine and medulla spinalis surgery

Endoscopic brain ventricle surgery

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy 

Traumas of brain and spine

Cervical, thoracic and lumbar disc hernias and narrow 

canal disease surgery

Spine instrumentation and fusion surgery

Baclofen pump and neurostimulators insertions

Hydrocephalus surgery

Congenital diseases of the brain and spine (pediatric 

neurosurgery)

Peripheral nerve surgery

Prof. Dr. Ilhan Elmacı was born in Niğde, a city located in the heart of Anatolia. He completed his high school education in Adana and graduated from Ankara University Medical School. His career began in 1987 at the Bakırköy Neurological Sciences Hospital, under the mentorship of Dr. Zeki Oral, where he completed his Neurosurgery residency by 1993. During this time, he also undertook groundbreaking micro neurosurgery training at Zurich University under the guidance of Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil.

From 1993 to 2003, Prof. Elmacı served as a teaching assistant and later assistant professor at Professor Necmettin Pamir’s Clinic, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine. He also enhanced his expertise in neurooncology and vascular neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University, working with Professors Donlin M. Long and Daniele Rigamonti. In 2003, he was appointed Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.

Between 2004 and 2010, Prof. Elmacı served as Chief of Clinic at Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, where he led the clinic to become the first in Turkey accredited by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS). During this period, he completed his endoscopic skull base surgery training at the University of Pittsburgh.

In 2010, Prof. Elmacı joined Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine as a Professor of Neurosurgery and went on to establish the Neurosurgery Department at Medipol University Faculty of Medicine in 2012. He headed the Neurosurgery Department at Memorial Health Group Istanbul Hospitals from 2014 to 2018, and then worked with his team at Maslak Hospital, Acıbadem Health Group, until September 2021.

Since October 2021, he has been working with his team at his private clinic in Fulya and Ulus Hospital of Liv Health Group. Prof. Elmacı is the founding chairman of the Skull Base Society in Turkey and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Skull Base Society (ESBS). With more than 110 published scientific papers in international journals and over 250 congress presentations, he continues to shape the field of neurosurgery.

Since November 2023, he has been working with his team at Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, focusing on cutting-edge areas of research and treatment, including brain and spinal tumors, pituitary adenomas, brain vascular diseases, back and neck pain, hydrocephalus, cerebellar herniation, syringomyelia, and trigeminal neuralgia. He also specializes in microsurgery, endoscopic surgery, and advanced techniques like neuromonitorization and neuronavigation to improve patient outcomes. His work is guided by ethical principles, always aiming to preserve patients' quality of life.