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Education and Expertise

(1994 – 2000) - GATA Faculty of Medicine Ankara

(2003 – 2007) - GATA Medical Faculty Pediatrics and Diseases

(2008 -2011) - Ankara University Pediatric Endocrinology

(03.03.2014) - Associate Professorship, Pediatric Endocrinology

(17.07.2019) - Professorship, Istinye University Faculty of Medicine

Experience

(2001 – 2003) - Special Forces Command/Ankara

(2007 – 2008) - Etimesgut Military Hospital/Ankara

(2011 – 2013) - GATA Medical Faculty Hospital/Ankara

(2013-2015) - GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital/Istanbul

(05.2015-09.10.2017) - May 2015-09.10.2017 - Süleymaniye Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital/Istanbul

(07.2015 – 01.2016) - Suleymaniye Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Administrative Responsibility/Istanbul

01.2016 - 09.11.2017 - Suleymaniye Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital Pediatric Clinic Education Responsibility / Istanbul

(03.03.2016 - 30.10.2017) - Süleymaniye Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital Management

(2017-2020) - Istinye University Faculty of Medicine Faculty Member

(2020-Present) - Istanbul Aydın University Faculty of Medicine Faculty Member

(20.10.2020-Present) - Head of Department of Child Health and Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Aydın University

Courses and Certificates

2001 - Flight Doctor Course

2010 - Project Management Training Course

2013 - Basic Epidemiology course

2018 - Trainer Training Course

Professional Memberships

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Association

European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)

Istanbul Medical Chamber

Awards

İhsan Turan, Ian Hutchins, Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu, Leman Damla Kotan, Fatih Gürbüz, Mehmet Taştan, Ayça Ulubay, Eda Mengen, Bilgin Yüksel, Susan Wray, Ali Kemal Topaloğlu. CCDC141 Mutation in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. XVI. First Prize in Oral Presentation at the National Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Congress.

Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu, Gönül Öçal, Merih Berberoğlu, ZeynepŞıklar, Ercan Tutar, Suat Fitöz, Gökhan Nergizoğlu, Şenay Savaş Erdeve, Emine Çamtosun. Control of premature microvascular aging and cardiovascular performance in obese adolescents. XVI. was held in Samsun on 6-10 November 2012. Second Prize in Oral Presentation at the National Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Congress.

Z. Siklar, G. Ocal, M. Berberoglu, B. Hacıhamdioğlu, Ş. Savas Erdeve, Y. Egin, N. Akar. Control of hypercoagulability caused by obesity in children with endothelial microparticle level and thrombin generation test, and the relationship between risk and metabolic parameters. First Prize in Oral Presentation at the 55th Turkish National Pediatrics Congress held in Antalya on 12-16 October 2011

Z. Şıklar, V. Topçu, P. Kocaay, M. Berberoğlu, B. Hacıhamdioğlu, S.S. Erdeve, H.R. Ilgin, A. Tükün, G. Öcal. Clinical Characteristics of Our Cases with Mutation in the Androgen Receptor Gene. XVI. was held in Samsun on 6-10 November 2012. First Prize in Oral Presentation at the National Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Congress.

Nihal Özaras graduated from IU Cerrahpaşa English Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and completed her specialty training at Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital (now Bezmialem University). She completed her master's degree in Neuroscience between 2006 and 2009 because she thought it would contribute to her professional practice. She traveled to the USA in 2008 to improve her clinical skills and worked as an observer physician at Harvard University Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston for 3 months. Although she is mostly interested in neurological and pediatric rehabilitation, she is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all musculoskeletal disorders, botulinum toxin applications for spasticity and other local injections.

He graduated from Ankara Başkent High School in 1992 and Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 1999. She completed her specialty training at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and became a psychiatry specialist in 2005.

She has received Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Group Supervision training; Level I and II Family Therapies Training; Cognitive Psychotherapy Training; Family and Relationship Therapies Training and has articles published in local and foreign journals. Her field of interest is family and relationship therapies.

He entered Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1987 and started his compulsory service in Akçaabat district of Trabzon in 1993. In January 1995, he was admitted to the Hepato-Biliary Surgery service of the Universite Libre Bruxelles Erasmus Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. He started his General Surgery residency in October 1996 and became a General Surgery Specialist in Belgium in 2002 with the thesis "Le Re-do Gastroplastie dans le traitement des complications des Procedure Bariatriques pour Obesité Morbide" (Revision Surgery in the Treatment of Complications of Bariatric Procedures for Morbid Obesity).

He worked in the Hepatobiliary Surgery service of ULB Erasmus Hospital until October 2003, and then in October 2003 he joined Providence Hospital in Neuchatel, Switzerland as Deputy Chief of Surgery Clinic. In March 2004, he was appointed as Chief of Surgery Clinic at Neuchatel Hospital Cadolles Pourtales NHP and played an important role in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Oncologic Surgery, Traumatology, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery and resident training.

He started his career in the private sector by obtaining equivalency in the field of General Surgery at Çukurova University. He is currently serving as a General Surgery Specialist at NPISTANBUL Hospital.

Areas of Interest:

• Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Breast Surgery
• Proctology
• Goiter/Thyroid Surgery
• Colon and Cancer Surgery

Dr. Ali Bakan is a nephrology specialist at Memorial Göztepe Hospital in Istanbul (2025–present). He has practiced nephrology since 1999 and has over 25 years of experience. He worked at Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital from 2020 to 2025 and at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital in 2020. He also served at Kanuni Training and Research Hospital from 2014 to 2020. Earlier roles were at Çarşamba State Hospital, Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital, Private Atasam Hospital, and Çorum Alaca State Hospital.

Accreditations include an Associate Professorship at Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital in 2020. He completed a nephrology subspecialty at Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital in 2014. He earned his specialization in medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University in 1998. He received his MD from Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine in 1990.

Education and Expertise

Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

Istanbul Suleymaniye Gynecology Training and Research Hospital

Dr. Sutan Kaya is an experienced ophthalmologist. He earned his medical degree from Akdeniz University School of Medicine. He completed advanced training at İzmir Bozyaka Teaching and Training Hospital in Turkey. Dr. Kaya specializes in cataract and refractive surgery. He has notable experience in LASIK, presbyopia correction, and advanced corneal procedures.

Dr. Kaya is certified in several areas. These include LASIK application, presbyopia correction with multifocal intraocular lenses, scleral fixation techniques, corneal collagen cross-linking, femtosecond applications for anterior segment surgery, and corneal topography analysis. He is an active member of DOG, AAO, ASCRS, and ESCRS. Dr. Kaya is dedicated to excellence and innovation in ophthalmology.

Education and Expertise

1996-2002 – Ankara University Faculty of Medicine – Medical Education

2003-2009 – Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery – Specialization Training

Experience

2009-2011 – Yüksekova State Hospital, Compulsory Service

2011-2012 – Van/Özalp, 6th Border Regiment, Military Service

2012-2018 – Baskent University Istanbul Health Application and Research Center Hospital

2018-2022 – Istanbul Aydın University Istanbul Health Practice and Research Center Hospital

Courses and Certificates

Selim Anorectal Diseases Course, Turkish Colon and Rectal Surgery Association, Istanbul, 17.12.2016 (National)

Training Program on Istanbul Protocol, Practitioner Training, Van, 06.11.2009-07.11.2009 (International)

Burn Course, Ankara Surgery Association, Başkent University, Ankara, 11.04.2009 (National)

Gazi Hernia Days, Hernia Course, Gazi University, Ankara, 18.10.2008-19.10.2008 (National)

Innovations in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Ankara Breast Diseases Association, Ankara, 22.03.

ACADEMIC CAREER SUMMARY

Degree: Bachelor's
Field: Medicine
University: Atatürk University
Year: 2001

Degree: Master's
Field: Medicine
University: Atatürk University
Year: 2001

Specialization/Doctorate: Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
University: İnönü University
Year: 2012

Associate Professorship: Gastroenterology
University: İnönü University
Year: 2018

Foreign Language: English, 67.5, 2007

H-index (WoS/Google): 8/10

Impact Factor: 8.1577

Key Research Work:
“Does apocynin increase liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy model?” Yılmaz Bilgiç, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Onural ÖZHAN, Azibe YILDIZ, Zeynep AKSUNGUR, Mehmet Erman ERDEMLİ, Nigar VARDI, Yusuf TÜRKÖZ, Sami AKBULUT, Adem KÖSE, Hakan PARLAKPINAR. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 (53), 1-12 Q3.

Declared Project Title, Year:
K.3.6. “Investigation of the Effects of Vinpocetine in Sepsis Created by Cecal Ligation and Puncture in Rats” (Principal Investigator), 2023

International Experience:
Advanced Endoscopy Training, Anam Hospital, South Korea (3 months, 2016)
Advanced ERCP Course, Olympus Training Center, Hamburg (2017)

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

• Institution: İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center
  City: Malatya
  Position: Assistant Chief Physician
  Period: 2021 - 2024

Place and Date of Birth

• Malazgirt, 1955

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine 1972-1979
• Hacettepe University, Department of Ophthalmology 1980-1983
• Balıkesir 200-Bed Military Hospital 1983-1984
• Istanbul Şişli Etfal Hospital 1984-1987
• Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology 1988-2022

Number of Scientific Publications

• International publications:32
• National publications:64
• International papers:30
• National papers:91
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Case Experience

• 40 years of active practice as an ophthalmologist

Membership

• Turkish Medical Association
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association
• IOIS
• EURETINA

Certificates

• Deutsch Als Fremdsprache Language Certificate 1979
• Interuniversity Board Foreign Language Achievement Certificate 1986
• StAntony's School of English Language Certificate 1988
• ÖSYM Foreign Language Achievement Certificate 1992
• Interuniversity Board Associate Professor Achievement Certificate 1993
• The New York Academy of Science Active Member Certificate 1994
• Akdeniz University Total Quality Management in Hospital Management Certificate 1997
• Turkish Ophthalmology Proficiency Certificate 2003 and 2011

He was born in Giresun-Espiye in 1961. He received his primary and secondary education in Espiye and Trabzon. He started his medical education at Hacettepe University, Trabzon Faculty of Medicine in 1978 and graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine in 1985. He did his 2-year compulsory state service as an Emergency Physician in the Emergency Service of Çanakkale State Hospital. In 1987, he started his specialization training at Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He completed my specialization training in 1993 and started to work as a specialist in the same department. Continuing his professional and academic life at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, he became a professor and chaired the chair.

During and after his specialization training, he was found in various hospitals in many different countries for vocational training and development purposes. In addition to various fields of Cardiovascular Surgery, he has worked for many years in the fields of cardiovascular traumatology, multi- and interdisciplinary cardiovascular surgery, video-thoracoscopic endoscopic surgery and thoracic surgery.

In addition to his academic and surgical professional studies, he has a master's degree in the field of "Health Institutions Management" and has also held managerial positions such as Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Department at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Deputy Chief Physician, Istanbul University, Revolving Fund Management.

He is amateurishly interested in social sciences in medicine and in this sentence "Medical Humanities" and "Medical illustration".

He has more than 200 articles published in national and international journals, over 200 international scientific citations, various book chapters on different topics, over 150 scientific studies and speeches presented at various national and international meetings.

Place and Date of Birth

• Sivas, 1976

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• Graduated from Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine in 2001 on the 3rd place of the semester.
• Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology 2002-2007
• Erciyes University (Research Assistant) Kayseri 2002-2007
• Van Education and Research Hospital 2007-2008
• Kayseri Education and Research Hospital 2008-2010
• Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine (Assistant Professor) Hatay 2010-2014
• Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine (Assoc. Prof. Dr.) Hatay 2014-2016
• Private Antalya Yaşam Hospital 2017-2019
• Private Manavgat Akdeniz Hospital 2019-2020
• Private Ofm Antalya Hospital 2020-2023

Number of Scientific Publications

• Over 50

Membership

• Turkish Medical Association
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association

Case Experience

• Since 2004

Certificates

• 1. XXIV National Ophthalmology Course, Refractive Surgery course, 2-4 April 2004, Ankara.
• 2. TOD 39th National Ophthalmology Congress, Phaco Complications (Early Period), September 2005, Antalya.
• 3. TOD 39th National Ophthalmology Congress, Basic Principles in Phaco Surgery, September 2005, Antalya.
• 4. ISRS/AAO Meeting International Refractive Surgery: Art and Science, May 2006, Istanbul.
• 5. TOD 43rd National Ophthalmology Congress, Simulation course (Vitreoretinal Surgery), November 2009, Antalya.
• 6. Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology, Retina-Vitreous Diseases and Surgery Unit, Retina-Vitreous Education, September 2013, Ankara.
• 7. TOD Ophthalmology Course, TOD Ankara Branch. Eye Infections course, 29-31 March 2013, Ankara.
• 8. Ankara Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology, Retina Training 2014

Dr Önul is FROM THE BEST DOCTORS in the field of Endoscopic skull base surgery and pituitary surgery Brain tumor surgery (Neuro Oncological surgery)


I was born in Artvin in 1977. He became a doctor from KTU Faculty of Medicine in 2001, and Bakırköy Prof. Dr. I became a Neurosurgery Specialist by getting the title of specialist from Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital. Again, in the same hospital, I was entitled to the title of associate professor in 2016. I continue to work at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, where I voluntarily joined with the task of establishing the Neurosurgery Clinic with my teammates. I am married and have 2 children. I love painting. I am very interested in children's literature. I have 10 printed children's tales

Education and Expertise

Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine - 2010

İstanbul Metin Sabancı Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital – Orthopedics and Traumatology – 2016

Work experiences

Private Family Hospital

Private Atakoy Hospital

Sancaktepe Health Center

Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital

Diyarbakir Selahaddin Eyyubi State Hospital

Subjects He Is Competent And Interested In:

Knee Calcification

Knee pain

Meniscus Tear

Knee Ligament Injuries

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Neck pain

Orthopedic Diseases

Shoulder Instability

Shoulder Dislocation

Shoulder pain

Meniscus

Recurrent Shoulder Dislocations

Hip and Knee Prosthesis

Place and Date of Birth

• 1972

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• Hacettepe University, School of Medicine (Undergraduate Education)
• Bahçeşehir University, School of Medicine (Education Commission Membership)

Memberships

• TOD (Turkish Society of Ophthalmology)
  
  International Articles

ULUOCAK N., PARLAKTAS BS., DENİZ FE, ERDEMİR F., KOSEOGLU RD., GEDAR OM. ORBITAL METASTASIS OF PROSTATE CANCER: A CASE REPORT. KAOHSIUNG J MED SCI. 2007;23:199–202.

Gedar (Totuk) OM, ARI DE, AYKAN Ü. Anesthetıc Management in Glaucoma Surgery. ARC Journal of Anesthesiology Volume 1, Issue 3, 2016, PP 9-18

ISSN No. 2455-9792 (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2455-9792.0103002

www.arcjournals.org.

International Reports

TOYGAR B, GORGUN E, GEDAR M, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E.REFRACTIVE LENS EXCHANGE WITH THE DIFFRACTIVE TECNIS MULTIFOCAL IOL: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON. FREE PAPER. ABSTRACT BOOK P.151-152.

TOYGAR B, GORGUN E, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E, GEDAR M. TORIC PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION: LONG-TERM RESULTS. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON. FREE PAPER. ABSTRACT BOOK P.152.

GEDAR M, TOYGAR B, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E. COMPARISON OF FLAP THICKNESS ACCURACY USING HANSATOME® XP MICROKERATOME AND INTRALASE FEMTOSECOND FS2 AND FS30 LASERS FOR LASIK. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON

 DRY EYE, TREATMENTS. SEEOS 5TH CONGRESS. CRCRS – 4TH OPHTHALMOLOGİC SCHOOL – 16-18 MAY 2008. INVITED SPEAKER.

 TRANSCANALICULAR ENDOSCOPIC DCR. SEEOS & BSOS CONGRESS- 19-22 MAY 2011. INVITED SPEAKER.

 EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW DIFFRACTIVE REFRACTIVE MULTIFOCAL IOL. TOYGAR B, YABASKIZILOGLU O, TOYGAR O, HACIMUSTAFAOGLU AM, GEDAR OM. ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSİUM & CONGRESS MAY 6-10, 2016.


 

Dr. Hulda Rifat Ozakpinar is a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. She graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. She completed her specialization in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery in 1998. Dr. Ozakpinar has held important positions at Ankara University and Showa University School of Medicine in Japan. She worked there as a Research Fellow and Microsurgery Lecturer. She also served as a Specialist Doctor and Associate Professor at the Ministry of Health, Republic of Türkiye.

Dr. Ozakpinar has led clinical research, especially on lower lip cancer reconstruction. She has received scholarships from the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) and TÜBİTAK. She currently works at Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital.

Specializations

• Rhinoplasty Aesthetics
• Facial Applications in Surgery
• Breast Aesthetics
• Body Shaping Aesthetics
• Liposuction
• Botox-Filler-Mesotherapy Procedures