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Andreas Filis

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  • 11 years of experience
  • Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus, German Medical Institute (GMI)
    • Education/Academic Experience
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    • 2004 medical doctor, University of Athhens
    • 2009 doctoral thesis in Germany: trigeminocardiac reflex in transsphenoidal surgery
    • 2008-2009 Research Fellow in minimally invasive lab, Rainbow and Babies Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • 2013 board certified in Neurosurgery in Bayern, Germany
    • 2013-2015 Clinical Fellowship in neurosurgical Oncology and spine surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, USA
    • 2015-2016 Clinical Fellowship in skull base surgery, LSUHSC, Louisiana

    Professional Experience

    • 2013-2015 Clinical Fellowship in neurosurgical Oncology and spine surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, USA
    • 2015-2016 Clinical Fellowship in skull base surgery, LSUHSC, Louisiana
    • 2016-2018 attending neurosurgeon, imland Klinik Rendsburg, Germany
    • 2019 associete in American Medical Institute
    • 2021-2023 Head of Neurosurgery, Royal Artemis Hospital, Paphos
    • 2023- Head of Neurosurgery, German Medical Institute, Limassol

    Certification&Courses

    • February 4-7, 2015 - 13th Annual Masters Course in Skull Base Surgery, Tampa FL
    • November 14-15, 2014 - Approaches for Brain Tumor and Vascular Neurosurgery, Hands-On Course, Tampa FL
    • July 19, 2014 - Radiofrequency-Targeted Vertebral Augmentation with the StabiliT System, Tampa, FL
    • March 1, 2014 - Complications in Complex Spine Surgery, Avoidance and Management, Medtronic, Tampa FL
    • February 21-22, 2014 - Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery and Navigation, Tampa FL
    • January 2014 - Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty, Tampa FL
    • January 27, 2012 - Microscopic and endoscopic approaches to the skull base, Hands-On Course, IRCAD, Strasbourg
    • May 27-29, 2010 - 2nd Baltic Sea 2010-International Hands-On Course on Full HD Endoscopic Neurosurgery, Greifswald
    • February 4-5, 2010 - Neurosurgical Management of Pituitary Tumors, Tuebingen
    • January 10, 2010 - Operative Techniques on degenerative lumbar spine, Hands-On Course, Munich
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Assoc Prof Dr D Gucluhan Guclu

  • 5 Excellent 1 review
  • 22 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, TWT Health Clinic
  • Assoc Prof. Dr. D.Güçlühan GÜÇLÜ CV 

    Born in 1973 in Eskişehir. Between 1997-2003, he completed his residency training in the Bakırköy Mazhar Osman Training And Research Hospital For Psychiatry ,Neurology And Neurosurgery In 2003, he started to work as a specialist in Bakırköy Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital as an Associate Professor and served until 2023. 6 book chapters 22 international and 9 national publications

     Association Memberships 

    Turkish Neurosurgical Association 

    The European Association Of Neurosurgical Societies Society for Central Nervous System Surgery Turkish Doctors Union 

    Turkish Neurosurgical Society Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Group 

    Turkish Neurosurgical Society Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Teaching and Training Group

     

    Experience abroad 

    Continuing Medical Education Certificate 4- Day Comprehensive Interventional Pain Management Anatomical Course September 27-September 30, Hilton Head South Carolina USA 2007 Cleveland spine review hands on course, The Cleveland Clinic center for Spine Health (3 month) 2008 The 2nd CSRS Hands-On Cadaver Course Cervical Spine Decompression and Stabilization Techniques, Saint Louis University Schoof of Medicine Practical Anatomy & Surgical Education, Prof.Dr.K. Daniel Riew 2009 

    The Latest Techniques in Less-Invasive Spine Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Practical Anatomy & Surgical education, 2011 Spinal Deformity , training course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine ,director Prof.Dr. L.LENKE.2011 

    Advanced Course In Cerebral Aneurysms Hands-on Cadaver Workshop with Live Surgery & Life-Like Simulation Course Director Prof.Dr. Ali Krisht, MD Arkansas Neuroscience Institute 2013 International Training Course for Full-endoscopic Operations of the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine, Richard Wolf Academy Prima Vista 2016 "Neuromodulation Applications in Low Back Pain and Cadaver Studies" course 2017 

     

    BASIC FIELD OF HEALTH SCIENCES BRAIN AND BORDER SURGERY 

    Education Information 

    expertise in medicine 

    1998 HOSPITALS/İSTANBUL BAKIRKÖY PROF.DR.MAZHAR OSMAN MENTAL HEALTH AND NERVE 

    26/March/2003

    DISEASES EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 

    HOSPITAL Title of the thesis: Analysis of axial traumatic spondylolisthesia using the finite element method (2003) Supervisor: (Mehmet Murat Hancı)

    Undergraduate DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY 1990 FACULTY OF MEDICINE/MEDICAL PR. 31/July/1996 

    Foreign Language Knowledge English YÖKDİL, 05.03.2017, Score: 85.0

     Administrative Duties 

    Clinical Administrative Officer2018 -2023 İSTANBUL BAKIRKÖY DR.SADİ KONUK EDUCATION RESEARCH HOSPITAL 

    Memberships to Scientific Organizations 

    Turkish Neurosurgery Society Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Education and Training Group, Member, 2022 

    2. Turkish Neurosurgical Society Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Group, Member, 2019 

    3. Turkish Neurosurgery Society, Member, 2004 

     

    International education 

    International Training Course for Full-endoscopic Operations of the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine, 

    education and cadaver , Friday, 10 June 2016 Department of Neurosurgery, (International) 

    Spinal Deformity LIVE!, training course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine , Course, 10.03.2011 - 11.03.2011 (International) 

    The Latest Techniques in Less-Invasive Spine Surgery, Clinic , Saint Louis University School of Medicine Practical Anatomy & Surgical education 3839 Lindell Boulevard St:Louis MO 63108, Course, 04.03.2011 -06.03.2011 (International) 

    THE 2nd CSRS Hands-On Cadaver Course Cervical Spine Decompression and Stabilization Techniques, Clinical and Cadaver course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Practical Anatomy & Surgical Education 3839 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108, Course, 29.01.2009 -31.01.2009 (International)

    Cleveland spine review hands on course, clinic and cadaveric bird, The Cleveland Clinic center for Spine Health , Course, 16.07.2008 -22.07.2008 (International)

    Istanbul University surgeonpasa medical faculty neurosurgery clinic, increasing knowledge and experience, Istanbul University surgeonpasa medical faculty neurosurgery clinic, Study, 12.01.2004 - 12.06.2004 (National) 

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Mahir Igde

  • 4.5 Good 228 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Fields of Interest in Medicine

    • Pituitary Surgery

    • Endoscopic skull base surgery

    • Neuro-oncology

    • Neuro-endoscopy

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery

     

    Education

    • Medical Doctor: İstanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical School (1978 - 1984)

    • Neurosurgery residency: İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School(1986 - 1993)

    • Observership abroad: Hopital Lariboisiere Paris, France (1991)

    • Hopital Necker - Enfants Malades Paris, France (1991 and 1999)

     

    Experience

    • Siirt Sason , General medical practice (1984 - 1986)

    • Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Resident. (1986 - 1993)

    • Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Consultant neurosurgeon. (1993 - 2000)

    • Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor (2000 - 2008)

    • Ministry of Justice, Forensic Medicine Institution, Member neurosurgeon of the first specialisation Born (2005 - 2013)

    • Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School,Department of Neurosurgery, Professor Dr. (2008 - 2017)

    • 7.Istanbul University Pituitary Center Co-founder and executive member (2015- )

    • Acıbadem Fulya Hospital, Neurosurgeon(2015 - 2016)

    • Group Florence Nightingale, İstanbul Hospital, Neurosurgeon (2017 - 2021)

    • Demiroğlu Bilim University, Department of Neurosurgery, Chair(2018 - 2021)

    Memberships 

    • EAACI.; European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology membership, since 2010 

    • TURKISH NATIONAL ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, Member, 2009 

    • Turkish National Pediatric Association, Member, 2006 

    • Turkish Medical Association, Member, 1996 

    • Respiratory Academy Association, Board Member, 2017

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Ling Zhi Pei

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  • 29 years of experience
  • China, Beijing, Beijing GoBroad Boren Hospital
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    LING ZHI PEI

     About:

    Chief physician, professor and doctoral supervisor of functional neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery. He took the lead in the country to carry out Deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment for Parkinson's disease, carried out the first stereotactic electroencephalogram (SEEG) epilepsy localization, successfully realized the clinical application of brain pacemaker remote program control technology, and completed the world's first remote surgical treatment with a brain pacemaker based on 5G communication. Successfully completed the first MRgFUS treatment on the brain in China, realizing the clinical application of MRgFUS treatment in treating tremors. Ling Zhi Pei is the deputy director of the Brain Function Research Committee of the Chinese Association of Research Hospitals and the deputy director of the Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Branch of the Beijing Medical Association. Won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award.

     Areas of focus:

    Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, dystonia, essential tremor, functional neurosurgery, stereotactic techniques, surgical treatment of dystonia and epilepsy, neuromodulation treatment of Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, surgical treatment Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, dystonia, epilepsy and elderly diseases.

     

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Fikret Baskan

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  • 16 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Biruni University Hospital
  • Education

    Undergraduate Karadeniz Technical University 2001

    PhD: Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital Neurosurgery 2009

     

    Experience

    Konya Doğanhisar Başköy health center 2001-2002

    Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital 2004-2010

    Agri State Hospital (Compulsory service) 2010-2011

    Arnavutkoy State Hospital 2011-2012

    Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk EAH 2012-2014

    Istanbul Kanuni Training and Research Hospital 2015-2020

    Başakşehir çam Sakura City Hospital 2020-2024

     

    In 2009, I completed my specialty training in Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery at Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital and worked as a specialist doctor at Istanbul Bakırköy Sadi Konuk EAH, Kanuni EAH and Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital affiliated to the University of Health Sciences. I have been working in the field of pediatric neurosurgery for 9 years. In 2024, I started to work as a Faculty Member at Biruni University Department of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery.

    Scientific Membership

    Turkish Neurosurgical Society Membership
    Pediatric Neurosurgery Group Membership
    Turkish Medical Association

    Medical Intrests

    • Pediatric Neurosurgery
    • Neurooncological Surgery
    • Spina Bifida and Congenital Anomalies
    • Hydrocephalus
    • Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery

     

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Seung-Jae Hyun

  • 4.8 Excellent 5 reviews
  • 24 years of experience
  • Republic of Korea, Seoul, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)
Radiosurgery of a brain tumor
$20,000 - $22,000
Gamma Knife for brain tumor
$20,000 - $22,000
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Gerd Manthei

  • 4.3 Good 16 reviews
  • Germany, Hamburg, Asklepios St. Georg Hospital
  • Neurosurgeon

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Hasan Mirzai

  • 4 Good 2 reviews
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Kolan Hospital Group
  • Dr. Hasan Mirzai is a professor doctor with expertise in brain and nerve surgery, neurosurgery, spinal surgery, brain tumor surgery, and pediatric brain surgery. He has extensive experience in multiple hospitals and is a member of the World Spine Society, Turkish Medical Association, and Turkish Neurosurgery Association.

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Yorg Herdmann

  • 4.2 Good 11 reviews
  • Germany, Dusseldorf, Düsseldorf Clinics Association
  • Neurosurgeon

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Jacob Zauberman

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • accreditation:
  • Israel, Ramat Gan, Sheba Medical Center
  • Dr. Jacob Zauberman is a highly experienced neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors, epilepsy, endoscopic surgeries, and hydrocephalus treatment. He graduated from the Medical Faculty at the Technion in Israel and studied at BYU and Seattle Children's Hospital in the US. He is a member of the Israeli Association of Neurosurgeons, the American Neurosurgical Association, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

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Nahshon Knoller

  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • Israel, Ramat Gan, Sheba Medical Center
  • Dr. Nahshon Knoller is a leading Israeli neurosurgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of spine and brain disorders, neurological traumas, spinal canal stenosis, and spine and spinal cord tumors. He is involved in research and clinical trials for the development of new medicines and better options for monitoring during interventions.
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Yigal Shoshan

  • 4.5 Good 12 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Israel, Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center
  • Prof. Yigal Shoshan is an experienced neurosurgeon with over 20 years of practice based in Israel. He is the Head of the Neurosurgery Department at Hadassah Medical Center, has trained in the USA, and is a clinical researcher with publications in the field. He is a lecturer in Neurosurgery at Hebrew University Medical School, and a member of several medical and surgical societies.

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Zvi Israel

  • 4.5 Good 12 reviews
  • 31 years of experience
  • Israel, Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center
  • Professor Zvi Israel is a renowned neurosurgeon and one of the best doctors in Israel according to Forbes. He is an expert in functional neurosurgery and has extensive experience in the treatment of chronic depression, tinnitus, epilepsy, and motor dysfunction. He is the director of the Functional and Restorative Surgery Unit at Hadassah Medical Center and has authored over 70 articles in neurosurgery. Professor Israel is a member of the Israeli Neurosurgical Society and the Israeli Society for Palliative Medicine.

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Ilya Pekarsky

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • accreditation:
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Dr. Ilya Pekarsky is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon in Israel, specializing in minimally invasive surgeries for spinal disorders in adults and children. He provides around 60 surgeries per month, and his patients include Olympic figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and professional basketball player Kšyštof Lavrinovič. He is a member of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, Israeli Spine Society, and Spine Society of Europe.

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Izhar Fluman

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Professor Izhar Fluman is one of the best spinal surgeons in Israel, known for his success in treating scoliosis. The doctor heads the spine surgery center at the Assuta clinic.

    Education

    • Studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
    • Specialization in Orthopedic Surgery at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem;
    • 2-year internship at the Children's Hospital at Harvard University in the field of spine surgery, USA.

    Scientific activity

    Professor Izhar Fluman has written about 130 scientific papers and presented at over 100 national and international symposia on spinal diseases.

    Dr. is a staff editor of the scientific journals Spine and Journal of Spinal Disorder.

    Membership in associations

    • Israel Medical Association;
    • Israel Orthopedic Association;
    • Israel Spinal Association;
    • International Spinal Society;
    • European Spine Association;
    • North American Association for Spinal Surgery.
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Eli Ashkenazi

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Dr. Eli Ashkenazi is a spinal neurosurgeon based in Israel with over 20 years of experience, specializing in lumbar and cervical spine diseases management. He is the founder and head of the Israel Spine Center at Assuta Hospital and has authored over 50 papers on spine conditions treatment. He holds a degree in general medicine from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, specialty in neurosurgery from Hadassah University Hospital-Ein Kerem, and has completed training in spinal surgery from Montefiore Medical Center. He is a member of numerous neurological, neurosurgical, and spine societies.

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Guy Raphaeli

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Neurologist

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Uriel Wald

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Neurosurgeon

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Mordechai Gutman

  • 4.5 Good 11 reviews
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Assuta Medical Center
  • Oncosurgeon

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Samuel Moskovichi

  • 4.5 Good 12 reviews
  • 20 years of experience
  • Israel, Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center
  • Dr. Samuel Moscovici is a top neurosurgeon in Jerusalem, Israel. He is known for treating Epidermoid Cyst, Schwannoma, and Neurosarcoidosis. He also performs advanced procedures like Endovascular Embolization and Stent Placement.

    Dr. Moscovici has published 67 peer-reviewed articles in the past 15 years. His research shows his strong commitment to medical progress. He is highly rated in six specialized conditions, which highlights his skill and dedication to patient care.

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