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Prof. Erkan Kaptanoglu specializes in complex neurosurgical cases, with extensive experience in cranial and spinal procedures at leading institutions.

• Over 30 years of neurosurgical experience
• Expert in brain tumors, including gliomas and meningiomas
• Published 65 international scientific articles
• Former Head of Neurosurgery at Marmara University
• Member of EUROSPINE and AO Spine

Prof. Dr. Erhan Arslan specializes in minimally invasive neurosurgery at VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital, with a focus on complex brain and spinal conditions.

• Over 20 years of neurosurgical experience
• Expert in brain tumor surgery, including acoustic neuroma
• Trained at Helsinki University Central Hospital
• Published extensively on neurosurgical techniques
• Member of Turkish Neurosurgery Association

Dr. Halil Can is a Professor of Neurosurgery (2025; Associate Professor 2020). He completed neurosurgical training at Istanbul University–Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2007. His clinical focus includes endoscopic and microsurgical spine surgery for fractures, tumors, and degenerative disease; advanced pain procedures; endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery; and neurovascular, neuro-oncologic, and peripheral nerve surgery.

He has 21 international peer-reviewed papers (SCI/SSCI). Topics include cadaveric morphometry of Kambin’s triangle and the transforaminal triangular working zone, lumbar arterial and anterior approach anatomy, and an in vitro test of a new lumbar fixation device.

His clinical studies include a single-team series of 81 posterior circulation aneurysms, with 13 flow-diversion cases. He also reported five spinal cavernous malformation cases. He conducted Phase I safety and feasibility stem-cell trials in pediatric hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and in chronic complete spinal cord injury.