Best Sleep apnea otolaryngologists: TOP 73 doctors

Prof. Ralf Buhl is world famous neurosurgeon with over 20 years of experience. Doctor Buhl heads the Neurosurgery Department at Solingen Klinikum. His reputation reaches China and the US where he provides neurosurgical lectures.

Specialty

Dr. Buhl specializes in non-invasive methods treatment of disc herniation, brain and spinal cord tumors. The doctor provides treatment of peripheral nervous system disorders and performs computer-assisted navigation microsurgeries.

Dr. Ralf Buhl has provided over 4,000 successful neurosurgeries. Among his patients are famous politicians, businessmen, musicians, actors. In 2015, a Hollywood star George Clooney had severe back pain and was treated by Professor Buhl.

Scientific activity

Dr. Buhl conducts scientific work and researches in intracranial cavernomas treatment, surgical treatment for brain metastases and other neurosurgery areas.

Рrofessor Buhl has cofound the Fund devoted to the study of brain tumors.

Experience

2017

Private Nisa Hospital

2011 - 2017

Yenibosna Private Ilke Hospital

2007 - 2011

Gaziosmanpaşa Private Bilge Hospital

Education

 2005 Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Ear Nose Throat Diseases 

2005 Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Ear Nose Throat Diseases 

2000 ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, Medical Education 

2000 ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, Medical Education

Dr. Murat Binar is a Specialist in Otolaryngology with 8 years of experience in his field. He graduated from Medical Faculty of Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) in Turkey, in 2008 and further specialised at GATA Department of Otolaryngology, between 2011-2015. After he had completed his compulsory service in government hospitals, he had worked in reputed private hospitals in İstanbul before coming to Dubai. Besides general ENT disorders of adults and children, Dr. Binar is interested in aesthetic nasal surgeries (rhinoplasty), functional nasal surgeries and the management of obstructive sleep apnoea. Considering total of 12-year experience in otorhinolaryngology, he has followed the surgical evolution of rhinoplasty through years, via watching the hands of master's and taking many courses in Turkey, which is one of the leading countries of rhinoplasty world. Apart from surgical and clinical practice, he has been the part of a considerable number of research/clinical studies. He has more than 40 articles published in respected journals, more than 50 presentations in national/international congresses, and more than 150 citations from reputed otorhinolaryngology journals. In addition, he has been constantly invited for reviewer role from prestigious otolaryngology journals. He was also a lecturer to medical students at GATA Department of Otolaryngology between 2016-2018.

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experıence

Educatıon and Traınıng

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Academic and Professional Background

• Education:
  • 1990–1996: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (MD).
  • 1996–2000: Residency in ENT at Ankara Training and Research Hospital.
  • 2002: Advanced training at the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
• Professional Experience:
  • Various roles including researcher, specialist, and chief at prominent hospitals in Turkey.
  • Since 2011: Professor at Lokman Hekim Health Group, focusing on ENT diseases.

Key Achievements and Research Contributions

• Published Work:
  • Over 30 scientific articles in international journals on ENT topics such as hearing loss, laryngeal cancer, and sinus conditions.
  • Topics include rare diseases, surgical innovations, and radiological evaluations.
  • Co-author of ENT-related books and translated chapters in notable surgical references.
• Conference Presentations:
  • Frequent presenter at national and international scientific meetings.
  • Delivered groundbreaking studies on cochlear implants, paranasal tumors, and hearing aid effects on geriatric tinnitus.
• Awards & Recognition:
  • Recognized for excellence in clinical practice and surgical training models, particularly in stapedectomy.

Clinical and Research Interests

• Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat, with a focus on:
  • Hearing disorders (sensorineural, conductive, age-related).
  • Rhinological conditions, including sinusitis and mucosal pathologies.
  • Oncological ENT cases, specifically rare cancers of the larynx and paranasal sinuses.

International Training and Professional Development

• Attended multiple specialized courses at the House Ear Institute (USA) focusing on temporal bone surgery and pathology.
• Participation in advanced workshops and conferences such as the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF).

Publications and Citations

• Authored high-impact studies cited in prominent journals.
• Contributions to understanding ENT disorders through innovative research methods, such as temporal bone dissection and immunohistochemistry.

Prof. Dr. Celil Göçer is a distinguished ENT specialist whose extensive clinical expertise and academic contributions have greatly influenced the field. He is highly regarded for his innovative surgical approaches and dedication to advancing medical knowledge.

Assoc Prof Sema KOC has the most prestigious international-national accreditation and has been working Otolaryngolog and Head-Neck Surgeon with more than 18 years of surgical experience. Dr Koc graduated from Gazi University Medical Faculty-Ankara, one of the wellestablished medical schools of Turkey. Apart from performing nine thousands of ear nose throat and head-neck surgery operations, she was accepted to Wurzburg University, Department of Ear Nose Throat and Head-Neck Surgery in Germany, and had the chance to improve his surgical skills, experience and international communication abilities. She has extensive and successful studies in the fields of nosejob, close rhinoplasty, open rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty, ear reconstruction, hearing loss, ear surgery, ear drum surgery, stapedectomy (otosclerosis surgeon), sinus surgery, surgical treatment of snoring and sleep apnea, surgery for head and neck cancers, She has been invited to more than 30 congresses as a speaker and faculty. Besides he has over than 50 International Scientific Publication. Dr Koc is a rare Turkish member of the prestigous ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), European Head & Neck Society, The European Head and Neck Cancer Community, AHNS - American Head and Neck Society, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and regularly lends his expertise and opinions on television, radio and in the print media.

Popular Treatments

Rhinoplasty

- Open Rhinoplasty,

- Closed Rhinoplasty

- Cosmetic Nose Surgery

- Nasal Tip Surgery

- Alarplasty

- Septoplasty

FESS - Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Snoring-Sleep Apnea Surgery - Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty

- Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty

-Lateral Pharyngoplasty

-Expansion Pharyngoplasty

-Tongue-Base Suspension

-Robotic Tongue-Base Resection

Ear Surgery - Otoplasty

- Otoplasty

-Tympanoplasty Surgery

-Mastoidectomy Surgery

-Facial Nevre Decompression Surgery

-Cochlear İmplantation

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery-Larynx Cancer

-Tongue Cancer

-Thyroid Cancer

-Lip Cancer

-Oral Cavity Cancer

-Radical and Functional Neck Dissection

-Skin Cancer

Vertigo -VNG (videonystagmography) test  

-VHIT -Vestibular Rehabilitation

Name: Mehmet Palali

Place and year of birth:

Manisa, 11.01.1984

Education:

Istanbul university Cerrahpasa Medicine Faculty 2001-2007 

Specialization: Ankara Numene Science and Research Hospital – ENT clinic – 2008-2013

Experiences:

Yozgat State Hospital: 2013-2016

Canakkale Biga Devlet Hospital : 2016-2017

Medlife Bagcilar Hospital -2017-2018

Erdem Hospital- 2018- present

Professional Interests

Rhinoplasty 

Revision rhinoplasty

Otoplasty

Clinic Attended as a Researcher 

 1) Investigation of SCGB3A1 (UGRP2) gene arrays in patients with nasal polyposis. 

Palalı M, Murat Özcan K, Ozdaş S, Köseoğlu S, Ozdaş T, Erbek SS, Yıldırım E, Ensari S, Dere H. 

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Dec;271(12):3209-14. 

2) Prognostic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy starting time for sudden sensorineural hearing loss. 

Yıldırım E, Murat Özcan K, Palalı M, Cetin MA, Ensari S, Dere H. 

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Jan;272(1):23-8. 

3) Endoskopik Dakriyosistorinostomide Başarısızlık Nedenleri 

Mehmet Ali ÇETİN, Kürşat Murat ÖZCAN, Aykut İKİNCİOĞULLARI, Sabri KÖSEOĞLU, Mehmet PALALI, Serdar ENSARİ, Hüseyin DERE 

Ortadoğu Tıp Dergisi 5 (1): 29-32 2013 

4) Cervical lymphadenopathy: progressive transformation of germinal centers 

İkincioğulları A, Köseoğlu S, Çetin MA, Palalı M, Ensari S, Kayaçetin S, Kulaçoğlu S, Dere H. 

Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2013 Sep-Oct;23(5):307-11. 

5) Papiller Onkositik Kistadenom: Olgu Sunumu Mehmet Palalı, Aykut İkincioğulları, Sabri Köseoğlu, Doğan Atan, Erol Yıldırım, Hüseyin Dere 

34. Türk Ulusal Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi Kongresi P-377 

6) Temporal Kemik Karsinomu İle Birlikte İnverted Papillom Zemininde Gelişen İntranazal Karsinom: Olgu Sunumu 

35. Türk Ulusal Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi Kongresi PS3-073 

Hüseyin Dere, Mehmet Ali Çetin, Emre Apaydın, Erol Yıldırım, Mehmet Palalı, Aykut İkincioğulları 

7) Burun Tıkanıklığının Nadir Bir Nedeni: Alt Konka Bülloza 

Hakan Dağıstan, Mehmet Palalı 

37. Türk Ulusal Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi Kongresi EP-124

Certifications:

Hobbies

Play classical guitar

Draw cartoon

Prof. Dr. Ali Vefa YÜCETÜRK was born in Aydın in 1963. He graduated from Hakimiyetimilliye Primary School in 1974, Izmir Private Turkish High School in 1980, and graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1986.

After completing his compulsory service at Adıyaman's Çelikhan District Health Center in 1986-89, he specialized in Ear Nose and Throat Diseases at Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine between 1989-92 and worked in the same clinic as a specialist until 1994. KKK in 1993. He did his military service at Izmir Military Hospital.

He started working as an ENT faculty member at Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine in 1994, and became an associate professor in 1999 and a professor in 2005.

In 1996, he carried out studies and research on larynx and parotid surgery at the ENT Clinic of the University of Ferrara, Italy, with Prof. Dr. Carlo Calearo and Prof. Dr. Antonio Pastore.

He is a member of the Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association and the Laryngology Association.

He supervised four theses on laryngeal cancer, inner ear hearing loss and snoring-sleep apnea.

He participated in more than 40 congresses, courses and meetings at home and abroad as a speaker and participant.

He has 18 scientific articles published in international and 31 national journals, 11 international and 35 papers presented in national meetings, and 5 copyrighted book chapters. In particular, his studies on snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, voice diseases, laryngeal cancer and ear microsurgery have been at the forefront.

Op.Dr. İbrahim Altoparlak was born in 1977 in Erzurum.

He started his medical education at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and completed it in 2001. In 2001, he started his specialization training at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, and completed his specialization in 2006. Between 2006 and 2009, he improved himself in Head and Neck Tumor Surgery and Aesthetic Nose Operations in Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ear Nose and Throat Training Clinic. He has awarded papers at scientific meetings and articles published in scientific journals. Between 2010 and 2018, he worked as a physician at Istanbul Private Doğan Hospital and Private Service Hospital. He has been working in his own practice as of October 2018. In addition, since 2021, 

Dr.Altoparlak continues his operations with the Aesthepan clinic. Dr.Altoparlak performs at least 2 or 3 aesthetic operations a day, and he has hundreds of successful surgeries.

Op. Dr. Ertugrul Kibar

Specialization : Ear Nose Throat

Foreign Language : English

Education :

Medicine:

2011 Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine

Expertise:

2016 Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine – ENT AD.

Thesis:

Evaluation of upper esophageal sphincter pressure in patients with vocal cord pathology

Certificate of competency:

He has The Turkish Board Of Otorihnolaryngologj- Head and Neck Surgery Qualification Certificate.

Experience:

Medical interests and specialties:

Nose aesthetics (Ultrasonic Rhinoplasty)

Endoscopic (closed method) Hearing and Eardrum Surgery

Pediatric ENT Diseases

Snoring Treatment and Surgery

Head and Neck Tumors

Vertigo (Dizziness), Tinnitus (Tinnitus)

Voice and Swallowing Problems

Experience:

2012-2016 Selcuk University ENT Clinic

2016-2019 Konya Training and Research Hospital ENT Clinic

2019-2020 Yalova State Hospital ENT Clinic

2020- 2022 Special Specialists Yalova Hospital

2022- …… Private Sakarya Adatip Hospital

Memberships:

1- Turkish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Association

2- European Association of Young ENT Physicians

 3- Turkish Medical Association

Article, Presentation, Publication, Congress, Course, Award:

Works:

1- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children with vocal fold nodules

O Erdur, A Herguner, K Ozturk, E Kibar, C Elsurer, MK Bozkurt, International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 85, 5-7

2- Aberrant internal carotid artery: a rare cause of dysphagia

K Ozturk, O Erdur, E Kibar, F SofuogluJournal of Craniofacial Surgery 27 (3), 818

3- Evaluation of upper esophageal sphincter in benign vocal lesions

E Kibar, O Erdur, K Ozturk European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 275 (12), 3033-3037

4- Permanent quadriplegia following replacement of voice prosthesis

K Ozturk, O Erdur, E Kibar Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 27 (8), e741-e743

5- Analysis of cases with otosclerosis

B Çolpan, K Öztürk, Ç Elsurer, E Kibar, Ö Erdur Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 4 (3), 105-10

6- Hydatid Cyst of the Parotid Gland: A Rare Location

O Erdur, B Colpan, F Sofuoglu, E Kibar Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 29 (1), e98-e99

7- Paediatric mandibular fractures: A retrospective study of 15 patients

E Demir, O Erdur, E Kibar, C Elsurer, MK Bozkurt, K ​​Ozturk, B Colpan

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 54 (10), e113-e114

8- Giant concha bullosa causing severe nasal congestion

Ö Erdur, Ç Elsurer, E Kibar, MK Bozkurt ENT Applications 35 (ENT Applications)

9- Endoscopic excision of recurrent nasal septal pyogenic granuloma

Contemporary Elsurer, Omer Erdur, Hakan Dagestan, Mete Kaan Bozkurt, Ertugrul Kibar

ENT Applications 81 (2016;4(2):81-84)

10- Cervical vertebra osteophytes causing dysphagia: two case reports.

Z Fazliogullari, A Nayman, E Kibar, H Karabagli, K Ozturk, AK Karabulut

Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy

11- Giant pleomorphic adenoma of parapharyngeal space extending to the skull base

E Kibar, B Colpan, F Sofiev

Dr. Turgay Toğçuoğlu, with 20 years of experience, has performed many successful surgeries in the field of otolaryngology. He has performed many surgeries on Rhinoplasty

Any other educational courses and certificate (those conducted internationally as well):

1. Otorhinolaryngology Allergy Course 2004

2. Occupational English Test OET certificate 2016

3. Ege university Cadaver DBsection Course 2017

Memberships & Associations (Please list all your local, regional and international memberships

2022.05 – Current

EAR NOSE AND THROAT SPECİALİST; Asyaeastetic, ıstanbul/turkey

2019.09 – 2022.05

ear nose and throat specialist, özel abat tıp merkezi 

ıstanbul/turkey

2017.09 –2019.09 

ear nose and throat specialist; Necmi Kadıoğlu devlet hastanesi, ISTANBUL/TURKEY

EAR

– Serous otitis and ear tube

– Ear calcification, otosclerosis and spadetomy and teflon piston application

– Chronic middle ear infections and various tympanoplasty surgeries

-Perforated eardrum and surgery

-Cochlear implant

NOSE

-Bone curvature or septoplasty surgery

-RHINOPLASTY SURGERY

-Nose aesthetics

-Sinusitis and surgeries

-Nasal polyps and surgery

-Concha

-Endoscopic operation of tear duct obstruction

Professor Antonino Spinelli is the Director of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Humanitas Research Hospital.

The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is one of the most important centres for colorectal disease, especially for procedures of sphincter preservation for rectal tumours, but also for chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease, ulcerative rectal colitis…) and the surgical treatment of diverticular pathologies. 

Professor Spinelli carries out a constant research on minimally invasive surgeries, including the single-port surgery, mini-laparoscopy, low-impact surgery and trans-anal techniques (TATME, TAMIS, TTSS). Furthermore, the advanced postoperative recovering is another area of his interest.

He graduated as MD in 2001 at University of Milano. During his education, he won several scholarships: he trained ad University of Berlin Charitè for two years at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery. Also, he obtained his PhD on Surgical Phsyiopathology with a dissertation on enhanced recovery for laparoscopic colorectal surgery in 2011. 

Current Teaching Activity: he is Full Professor of Surgery at Humanitas University. 

Also, Professor Spinelli is general Secretary of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) and Board Member of the Guidelines Committee (GulCom) of the European Crohn Disease and Colitis Organization (ECCO). He is Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (FASCRS), Honorary Fellow of the Czech Society of Surgery (CSS) and Honorary Member of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD). 

He is a member of the International Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) and several other national and international scientific societies. 

In addition, Professor Spinelli serves as Associate Editor for Colorectal Disease (Journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons of England, of the European Society of Coloproctology and of the Spanish Society of Coloproctology – Asociación Española de Coloproctología), Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (official journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons), Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon (official journal of the Japan Society of Coloproctology).

He is Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Crohn’s Colitis (official journal of the European Crohn’s Colitis Organization), Advisory Board of Coloproctology (official journal of the German Society for Coloproctology – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Koloproktologie) and Editorial Board Member of Updates in Surgery (official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery – Società Italiana di Chirurgia).