Best Osteoarthritis orthopedists: TOP 127 doctors

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydogan is an experienced orthopedic surgeon who specializes in adult and pediatric spinal deformities, advanced spine surgery, non-fusion scoliosis treatment, and other related procedures. He has published 60 national and international scientific papers and is a member of North America Spine Society, Scoliosis Research Society, and European Spine Society. He speaks English, making consultations with international patients comfortable and has experience working in Turkey, California, USA, and other countries.

Prof. Dr. Gürsel Saka is an orthopedic and traumatology specialist who completed medical education from Karadeniz Technical University and a specialty education from the University of Health Sciences, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital. He has carried out successful surgeries in the fields of spine surgery, trauma surgery, arthroplasty, and pelvis-acetabulum surgery. He is currently serving patients in Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Orthopedics and Traumatology Department.

Dr. Selman Dogan is a highly-rated orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and shoulder replacement, sports traumatology, lower and upper extremity trauma surgery, spinal surgery, and ligament and tendon injuries of the knee. He has a Bachelor's degree from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine and has completed residencies at Istanbul Umraniye Training and Research Hospital and Sanliurfa Mehmet Akif Inan Training and Research Hospital.

Dr. X is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of ankles, feet, knees, and shoulders. He utilizes stem cells to help treat joint damage and has been practicing since 1993. He has completed internships in several countries and was awarded the EFORT Traveling Fellowship in 2000. He has been living and practicing in Spain since 2006.

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• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hand Surgery Branсh

• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Spine Surgery Branсh

• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sports Injuries Branсh

• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pediatric Orthopedics Branсh

Assoc. Prof. Erkam KÖMÜRCÜ, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Traumatology, with experience in teaching and administrative duties. He has a Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology –Training Council (TOTEK) – BOARD certificate from 2010 and a Title of Associate Professor from April 2015. Dr. Kömürcü has extensive experience in orthopedic and trauma, hand and upper extremity injuries, fractures and dislocations of lower limb, radiological evaluation in musculoskeletal tumors, interventional hip dysplasia, benign and malignant musculoskeletal tumors, vertebral fractures, low back pain and fractures in pelvis.

After completing his medical doctorate education at Gazi University School of Medicine, which is located in the capital city of Ankara he carried on to his Orthopaedic and Traumatology fellowship training at the same university. After his fellow training, he completed his mandatory governmental and military duties as an orthopaedic surgeon between 2008 and 2011. He later started his Orthopaedic career in Istanbul Acıbadem Hospitals network. Between 2013 and 2022 he served as an academic member of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar School of Medicine where he was entitled Associate Professor in 2021. He is now private practicing in his own clinic in Istanbul. 

Starting from the year 2014 he has been especially focused on the fields of patient-specific orthopaedic surgery, computer-aided surgical planning, 3D printed custom surgical guides and implants. These fields are very novel even throughout the world. He performed many surgeries as the first examples of their own for Turkey. He mainly uses his special interest and knowledge on patient-specific orthopaedics to surgically treat technically challenging cases of malunion, bone deformity and complex arthroplasty cases including revision arthroplasty. 

Doctor Ron Arbel is an experienced and highly-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and innovative cartilage treatment and regeneration techniques. He is an expert in arthroscopic techniques, stem cells therapy, tendon damage and joint replacements. He has held positions as the head of the orthopedic department at Ichilov Medical Center and senior physician at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and is a member of various medical organizations.

Dr. Marlowitz is a specialist in traumatology and sports traumatology, focusing on the examination and treatment of injuries in the area of the knee joint, articular cartilage and bone fractures, as well as regenerative medicine. He has medical responsibilities for caring for sports teams and holding major sporting events, and is a member of the Austrian Society of Traumatology and Board Member of the International Society for Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation. He is also Head of the Center for Cartilage and Orthobiology Regeneration, Private Clinic Döbling and Head of the Department of Medicine and Quality PremiQaMed Group-Medical Excellence Austria.

This doctor has attended various medical training programs, congresses, and courses from 2002-2019, and is a member of the Turkish Medical Association, Hip Knee Arthroplasty Association, International Congress for Joint Reconstruction, and Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Doctor specializing in orthopedics and traumatology, with extensive experience in attending various national congresses and meetings related to bone diseases, orthopedics and traumatology, including the 21st National Turkish Orthopedics & Traumatology Congress (İzmir), 4th Baltalimanı Orthopedics Days (Istanbul), 9th Osteoporosis Osteoarthritis Joint Surgery Congress (Muğla), Orthopedics and Traumatology Istanbul Meeting (Istanbul), 22nd National Congress of Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology (Antalya), 13th Neuropathic Pain Symposium (Antalya), Bone and Joint 2016 Congress (Antalya), 6th Baltalimanı Orthopedics Days (Istanbul), Bone and Joint 2017 Congress (Antalya), 18th EFORT Congress (Vienna), TOTBID, Trauma, Regional Meeting (Gaziantep), Health Sciences University Orthopedics and Traumatology Days (Istanbul), Bone and Joint 2019 Congress (Bodrum), Erzurum, Regional Orthopedics and Traumatology Meeting (Erzurum), Sivas, Regional Orthopedics and Traumatology Meeting (Sivas), 2nd Turkish World Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress (Kazakhstan), Ankara University VI. Arthroscopy Symposium (Ankara). Membership in The Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology TOTBID, The Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology TOTDER, Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Council TOTEK, Association of Bone Joint Surgery, Association of Pediatric Orthopedics, Association of Arthroplasty and Turkish Society of Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery TUSYAD.

Dr. X has attended training programs in advanced arthroplasty, developmental hip dysplasia, basic and advanced spinal surgery, basic arthroscopy, basic trauma, and core training. He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association, the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction, and the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Dr. X completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul University Çapa Medical Faculty (1985 - 1992). He then completed his career education at Uludağ University Medical Faculty in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department (1993 - 1998) and an externship in the Orthopedic Surgery Department at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago (1997). He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), International Congress for Joint Reconstruction (ICJR), and the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBID).

Highly experienced orthopedic surgeon with training in Human Medicine at Hacetepe, Medicine Faculty, Ankara Turkey and Spine Diseases and Surgeries at Baltalimanı Orthopedics Diseases Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey and University of California, San Francisco, USA. Has performed over 730 orthopedic cases in the last year, including spinal fusion surgeries, vertebral fractures, and vertebral tumors. Member of multiple international organizations. Currently professor at Maltese University Faculty of Medicine.

Education

1987-1988 100th year Mehmetçik Primary School, Denizli

1988-1990 İcadiye Primary School, Istanbul

1990-1991 Mustafa Aykın Primary School, Istanbul

1991-1994 Kadıköy Mehmed Bayazid High School, Istanbul (first place: 4.98/5.00 GPA)

1994-1998 Tarabya Private Yeni Yıldız College English (full scholarship), Istanbul (first place: 5.00/5.00 GPA)

1998-2004 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

2005-2010 Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital 2nd Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic

Profession Experience

January 2004 - May 2005 Private Health Insurance Officer, Başak Insurance Provision Center (KUNART Medical Assistance), Istanbul Headquarters

November 2005- May 2011 Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital 2nd Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Assistant Training

May 2011- May 2012 Ministry of Health Khorasan State Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Specialist Doctor, Hospital Quality Director, Operating Room Specialist, Blood Unit Responsible Specialist

June 2012-November 2012 Medibaşarı Medical Center, Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist

November 2012 - August 2016 Bahçelievler Medical Park Hospital (Old Kemerburgaz University - new Altınbaş University) Assistant Professor - Faculty Member

August 2016-April 2018 Şişli Kolan International Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology

April 2018 - Practice (Founder of Sportoteam Athlete and Spine Health Center)

Articles Published in National Refereed Journals

01 Lenke type 3 adolescent idiopathic with segmental posterior instrumentation

Coronal and sagittal evaluation in scoliosis

Tahir Mutlu Duymuş, Onat Üzümcügil, Merter Yalçınkaya, Yusuf Öztürkmen, Hilmi Karadeniz, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

The Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery, 2011; 22(4): 233–244

Oral Papers Presented at International Congresses

01 Stability results of hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with Endobutton femoral fixation

Yusuf Öztürkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu, AliVolkan Özlük, Yener İnce, İbrahim Azboy, Hilmi Karadeniz

9th Turkish sports traumatology arthroscopy and knee surgery congress 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

02 Evaluation of intraoperative complications during arthroscopic ACL reconstruction

Murat Mert, Ali Volkan Özlük, İlhan Açıkgöz, Hilmi Karadeniz, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Yunus Atıcı, Yener İnce, Erhan Şükür

9th Turkish sports traumatology arthroscopy and knee surgery congress 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

03 Posterior thoracic selective fusion in Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Yunus Atıcı, Onat Üzümcügil, Özgür Çetinkaya, Merter Yalçınkaya, Gaddafi Duymuş, Hilmi Karadeniz, Murat Mert, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

9th International Turkish Spine Congress, April 27–30, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Oral Papers Presented at National Congresses

01. Total knee arthroplasty in gonarthroses with advanced varus and valgus deformities

Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu, Yusuf Öztürkmen, İbrahim Azboy, Hilmi Karadeniz

XX. National Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress 2007, Ankara

02. Treatment of acromiocalvicular dislocations with open reduction and K-wire fixation

Murat Mert, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, İlhan Açıkgöz, Hilmi Karadeniz, Yunus Atıcı, Gürdal Nursan

5th Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Congress, March 2008, Adana

03. Treatment of proximal humerus fractures with percutaneous nailing

Murat Mert, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Ali Volkan Özlük, Yunus Atıcı, Hilmi Karadeniz, Yener İnce

5th Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Congress, March 2008, Adana

04. Calcium phosphate bone cement applications to subchondral bone defects occurring in the surgical treatment of tibial plateau fractures

Yusuf Öztürkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu, Erhan Şükür, Hilmi Karadeniz, Gaddafi Duymuş, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

XXI. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, 3–8 November, 2009, Çeşme, İzmir.

05. Comparison of the clinical results of the Bosworth technique and the bracing method after open reduction in the surgical treatment of type III acromioclavicular dislocations

Onat Üzümcügil, Murat Mert, Erhan Dalyaman, Merter Yalçınkaya, Hilmi Karadeniz, İ.Erhan Mumcuoğlu, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

XXI. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, 3–8 November, 2009, Çeşme, İzmir.

06. The relationship between aseptic pseudoarthrosis developing after posterior thoracolumbar instrumentation in scoliosis and the number of vertebrae participating in fusion

Hilmi Karadeniz, Onat Üzümcügil, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Tahir Mutlu Duymuş, Yunus Atıcı, Yener İnce

Orthopedics and Traumatology Istanbul Meeting 2011, 4-7 May 2011, Istanbul

07. The effect of brace use on clinical results after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Onat Üzümcügil, Engin Çarkçı, Hilmi Karadeniz, Merter Yalçınkaya, Yusuf Öztürkmen

11th Turkish Sports Injuries, Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery Congress, 2-6 October 2012, Ankara

Posters Presented at International Congresses

01 Surgical treatment and results of acetabulum fracture dislocations

Murat Mert, Ali Volkan Özlük, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Yunus Atıcı, Hilmi Karadeniz, Yener İnce, Gaddafi Duymuş, Gürdal Nursan

9th Turkish sports traumatology arthroscopy and knee surgery congress 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

02 Coronal and sagittal balance in Lenke type 3 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with posterior fusion

Gaddafi Duymuş, Merter Yalçınkaya, Onat Üzümcügil, Yunus Atıcı, Özgür Çetinkaya, Hilmi Karadeniz, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

9th International Turkish Spine Congress, April 27–30, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Posters Presented at National Congresses

01 Plate application in the treatment of combined fractures of collum femoris and greater trochanter

Murat Mert, Ali Volkan Özlük, Hilmi Karadeniz, İlhan Açıkgöz, Yunus Atıcı, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

XXI. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, 3–8 November, 2009, Çeşme, İzmir.

02 Treatment of periprosthetic supracondular femur fractures occurring after total knee prostheses

Yusuf Öztürkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu, Mustafa Caniklioğlu, Erhan Şükür, Gürdal Nursan, Hilmi Karadeniz

XXI. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, 3–8 November, 2009, Çeşme, İzmir.

03 Evaluation of feet undergoing triple arthrodesis

Yusuf Öztürkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoğlu, Erhan Şükür, Ali Volkan Özlük, Hilmi Karadeniz, Mustafa Caniklioğlu

XXI. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, 3–8 November, 2009, Çeşme, İzmir.

International Courses

01. XIII. Ilizarov Course “basic”, 2009, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Adana

02. Scientific Study Planning and Presentation Techniques Course, 13-15 March, 2009

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