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Education

University of Wisconsin Clinic of Neurosurgery (2017, Madison/USA)
Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital (2014, Istanbul/Turkey)
Mersin University Faculty of Medicine (2007, Mersin/Turkey)

Experience

Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital (2014-2021, Istanbul/Turkey)
Istanbul Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital (2008-2014, Istanbul/Turkey)
Çorlu State Hospital (2007-2008, Çorlu/Turkey)

• In 2014, I completed my specialty training in the Department of Neurosurgery at Istanbul Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital and started to work as a specialist in Neurosurgery at Istanbul Health Sciences University Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital,
• In 2017, I was a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin Department of Neurosurgery/ Madison USA.
• In 2021, I received the title of associate professor.
• In December 2021, I left Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, where I worked for 7.5 years, and started working at Biruni University Hospital.
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Scientific Memeberships

Turkish Neurosurgical Society
Turkish Spine Society
EUROSPINE
Turkish Medical Association

Education

Undergraduate: Medicine, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 2004-2010
Ph: Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine, 2011-2016

Hakkari Yüksekova State Hospital (2016 - 2017, State Service Yüas Deputy Chief Physician)
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Biruni University Faculty of Medicine (2017 - present)
Head of Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Biruni University Faculty of Medicine (2018 - present)

Experience

General Practitioner, Muş Merkez Azize Hersat Health Center (DHY), 2010-2010
General Practitioner, Muş Varto State Hospital Emergency Department (DHY), 2010-2010
General Practitioner, Muş State Hospital Emergency Department (DHY), 2010-2011
Assistant Physician, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, 2011-2016
Specialist Physician (Op. Dr.), Hakkari Yüksekova State Hospital (DHY), 2016-2017
Dr. Assoc. Member, Biruni University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, 2017 (currently)

Dr. Cengiz Sen is an Orthopedics and Traumatology specialist. He has expertise in revision arthroplasty, degenerative joint disease, congenital limb deformities, and pediatric orthopedic disorders. Dr. Sen is skilled in limb lengthening, pseudoarthrosis surgery, and managing periprosthetic infections. He is also a pioneer in using stem cell therapy for orthopedic conditions.

Dr. Sen has published many articles, especially on total knee replacement and infected nonunion. He is a professor at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. He has received the AOTT Oral Presentation Award for his academic and clinical achievements.

The doctor is a top-category plastic and abdominal surgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of obesity, hernia, purulent diseases, and diabetic foot. The doctor has been serving as the Head of the Surgery Department at the Adonis Clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, since 2016. Previously, the doctor worked as a surgeon at Kyiv Hospital No. 18 from 2002 to 2016.

With a medical education from Bogomolets National Medical University, the doctor has completed various advanced courses and participated in numerous international seminars and master classes, enhancing expertise in laparoscopic, bariatric, and metabolic surgery.

Areas of Interests

• Pulmonary Infections
• COPD, Asthma
• Interventional Bronchoscopy - Endobronchial ultrasonographic bronchoscopy (EBUS)
• Interstitial Pulmonary Diseases (Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, rheumatologic disease pulmonary involvement, sarcoidosis and differential diagnosis of other interstitial pulmonary diseases)
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pleura diseases

Education:

• GÜLHANE MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY MILITARY MEDICAL FACULTY

• Gulhane Military Medical Faculty, Chest Diseases Department, Specialization Training

Experience:

• 6. Customer Representative Infantry Battalion Command Infirmary Chief Physician, Sirnak

• Gulhane Military Medical Faculty, Chest Diseases Department, Ankara

• Şehit Yunus Emre Public Hospital

• Isparta City Hospital

Articles and Reports Published in International Journals 
•    Omalizumab as a steroid-sparing agent in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Kaya H, Gümüş S, Uçar E, Aydoğan M, et al. Chest. 2012;142(2):513-6. 
•    Response  Chest. 2013 Jun;24(4):371-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2249.
•    One-way Endobronchial Valve Replacement for a Bronchopleural Fistula Due to Tuberculosis. Aydogan M, et al. CHEST Journal, 144(4_MeetingAbstracts), 43A-43A. Chest Congress. 2013. 
•    A Case of Thalidomide Induced Organizing Pneumonia. Gündogan A, Aydogan M, et al.CHEST Journal, 144.  Chest Congress. 2013. 
•    HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests. Ors F, Gumus S, Aydogan M, et al. Multidiscip Respir Med. 2013 Feb 5;8(1):8. 
•    Assessment of the role of serum ischemia-modified albumin in obstructive sleep apnea in comparison with interleukin-6. Dogan D, Ocal N, Aydogan M, et al. Postgrad Med. 2016 Aug;128(6):603-8.  
•    Coexistence of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis and celiac disease (Lane-Hamilton Syndrome): A case of complete remission with a gluten-free diet. Aydogan M, et al. Gulhane Med J. 2015; 57(1): 63-65. 
•    A case of dermatomyositis with respiratory muscle weakness and interstitial pneumonia: Gulhane Medical Journal, 2015; 57(2):190-192. doi: 10.5455/gulhane.31486
•    The relationship between sleep quality and nitric oxide in healthy volunteers. Bolu A, Aydogan M, et al. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2013;23(Suppl.1):S180.5th. International Congress on Psychopharmacology. 2013.
•    Sociodemographic characteristics of patients who admitted to smoking cessation of university hospital. Erdem M, Gümüş M, Aydoğan M, et al. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2013;23(Suppl.1):S152.  5th International Congress on Psychopharmacology. October 30- Novenber 3, 2013. Cornelia Diamond Hotel, Antalya-Turkey
•    Factors affecting the quality of sleep in healthy population. Ozkısa T, Bolu A, Aydogan M, et al. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2013;23(Suppl.1):S180-S1.  5th International Congress on Psychopharmacology. 
•    The ratio of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV positivity in patients indicated for fiberoptic bronchoscopy before the procedure. Gumus S, Aydogan M, et al. European Respiratory Journal, 2012 40(Suppl 56), P3580. European Repiratory Journal. 2012.  
•    Intrathoracic Mass Lesion with the view of cardiomegaly. Aydogan M, et al. 64th Intertanional Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular surgery in conjuntion with 11th Intertanional Congress of update in cardiology and cardivasculer surgery. 2015
•    A very rare case of pulmonary metastases of parachordoma. Gundogan A, Aydogan M, et al. ECBIP 2013 ABSTRACTS 2nd European Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. 
•    Diagnostic yield of narrow band imaging guided endobronchial biopsy in sarcoidosis: A preliminary report. Tozkoparan E, Gündoğan A, Uçar E, Bilgiç H, Aydoğan M, et al. 17. World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. P3327, S:94. June15-18,2012. Cleveland, Ohio, USA
•    40 National Paper 

Guide, Book and Chapter Author
•    Tuberculosis Guide for Patients Using Anti-TNF, Ankara-2016
•    Tuberculosis . Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections. Respiratory System Infections in Adults and Children. Basic Reference Book.  (Nobel Tıp Kitap Evleri Tic. Ltd. Şti.)
•    History of Tuberculosis. Special Cases in Tuberculosis. (G.M. Matbaacılık ve Tic. A.Ş.)
•    No "Active Pulmonary tuberculosis" is observed. Special Cases in Tuberculosis. (G.M. Matbaacılık ve Tic. A.Ş.) 
•    Tuberculosis in Immunocompromised Patients. Special Cases in Tuberculosis. (G.M. Matbaacılık ve Tic. A.Ş.) 
•    Sputum Extraction. Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Chest pain Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    COPD Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.)
•    Shortness of breath. Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Cough Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Pneumonia   Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Asthma Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Hemoptysis. Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Pulmonary thromboembolism, Pneumothorax, Sarcoidosis. Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Pneumothorax Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 
•    Sarcoidosis Base Family Practice (Ayrıntı Basım Yayın ve Matbaacılık Hiz. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.) 

The doctor is an Interventional Cardiologist with over 15 years of experience, specializing in Coronary Artery Disease, Blocked Arteries, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Atherosclerosis, Angina, Bradycardia, and Tachycardia. The doctor is a Fellow of the Malaysian National Heart Association and a member of the Malaysian Medical Council.

Graduating with an MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, the doctor further obtained an MRCP from the British Royal College of Physicians and an MD from the University of Malaya. Additionally, the doctor has contributed to the field with an education paper published in 2007.

Specialist in cell therapy

The doctor is a top-category urologist, ultrasound specialist, andrologist, and sexologist with extensive experience in treating genitourinary diseases and erectile dysfunction. The doctor conducts cell therapy and works within the Adonis clinic network.

Since 2001, the doctor has served as a urologist at the Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. From 2007 to 2009, they led the Department of Sexopathology and Andrology at the Medical Center for Family Health and Androgynecology and were Deputy Director at the Interdepartmental Scientific Center for Cryobiology and Cryomedicine.

The doctor completed medical training at the Kiev Medical Institute and specialized in urology, ultrasound diagnostics, and sexopathology, with further training in trauma and laparoscopy.

During his career, Dr. Covaro has a continuous participation in international meetings and contributed to several articles published in scientific magazines. Dr. Covaro is a member of several professional organizations, including the Spanish Society of Orthopedics, AOspine, GEER and Eurospine.

Currently, Dr. Covaro attends his patients at the Institut Universitari Dexeus and the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, in Barcelona. To make an appointment with Dr. Augusto Covaro, contact ICATME, Institut Universitari Dexeus

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkam Kömürcü is an experienced orthopedic surgeon. He specializes in orthopedics and traumatology. He has been board-certified by the Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTEK) since 2010. He earned the title of Associate Professor in 2015.

Dr. Kömürcü has strong expertise in hand and upper extremity injuries, spine surgery, sports injuries, pediatric orthopedics, and musculoskeletal tumors. He completed clinical fellowships, including one at the UCLA Spine Center. He has published over 35 international peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His work has made a significant impact on orthopedic literature.

He is an active member of several professional societies, such as the Turkish Spine Society and the Turkish Society of Sports Injuries. Dr. Kömürcü has also held important academic and administrative positions. He has trained many medical students and residents.

The doctor is a professor with a specialization in cell therapy. With a focus on innovative medical treatments, the doctor has contributed significantly to the field through research and clinical applications. The doctor is recognized for expertise in developing advanced therapeutic techniques and has been involved in numerous groundbreaking studies that have advanced the understanding and application of cell therapy in clinical settings.

Education

• 1994- Hacettepe University Institute of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences Clinical Electrophysiology Doctoral Student- Abandoned at the thesis stage
• 1990-1994 Subspecialization in Pediatric Neurology at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Neurology
• 1983-1987 Specialization in Pediatrics at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.
• 1974-1980 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara

Experience

• 2017- Retired Faculty Member, Ankara
• 2013-2017 Private Istanbul Medipol Hospital, Istanbul, Pediatric Neurology Specialist
• 2005-2013 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology Professor
• 2003-2005 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology Associate Professor
• 1998: Associate Professor
• 1996-1998 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology Assistant Professor
• 1992: University of Zurich, Department of Neurology, Switzerland, epilepsy surgery, 2 months observer study with Prof. Dr. H.G. Wieser
• 1989-1990: Muhittin Ülker Emergency Aid and Traumatology Hospital, Ankara, Pediatrics Specialist
• 1988-1989: State Hospital, Alaşehir, Manisa, Pediatrics Specialist
• 1980-1982: Social Insurance Institution Hospitals, Sivas, Gölcük and Ankara, General Practitioner

Medical Interests

• Epilepsy, Resistant Epilepsy
• Electrophysiology (EEG)
• Epilepsy Surgery
• Cerebral Palsy
• Headache

The doctor specializes in cardiology, endocrinology, diagnostics, and cell therapy, with a notable focus on aesthetic medicine and cosmetology, particularly in stem cell treatment. The doctor's work has significantly advanced cellular technologies and preventive therapy.

Holding the position of Chief Physician at the Institute of Cell Therapy, the doctor is also recognized as a Candidate of Medical Sciences, a Senior Researcher, and a doctor of the highest category. The doctor is a leading cardiologist in the country, with a medical degree from Kyiv Medical Institute.

The doctor is an accomplished Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation specialist and Chief Physician with a focus on neurological, orthopedic, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. The doctor has expertise in advanced treatment techniques such as robotic rehabilitation, pain management, and integrative therapies.

Graduating from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, the doctor completed a specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Since 2014, the doctor has served as a Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Specialist and Chief Physician at Romatem Bursa.

Areas of expertise include neurological rehabilitation, musculoskeletal disorders, pediatric and orthopedic rehabilitation, as well as innovative therapies like hydrotherapy and manual therapy.

Key International Publication
Kim JW, Li MH, Jang JH, Na HK, Song NY, Lee C, Johnson JA, Surh YJ.
“15-Deoxy-Δ¹²,¹⁴-prostaglandin J₂ rescues PC12 cells from H₂O₂-induced apoptosis through Nrf2-mediated upregulation of heme oxygenase-1: potential roles of Akt and ERK1/2.”
Biochemical Pharmacology. 2008 Dec 1;76(11):1577–1589.

International Conference Presentations

The International Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research–Asia, Nov 6–8, 2003, Seoul, Korea

The 3rd International Congress of the Asian Society of Toxicology, Feb 1–6, 2003, Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand

Domestic Conference Presentations

The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Annual Meeting, Oct 10–11, 2003, Seoul, Korea

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Korean Societies of Toxicology, May 30, 2003, Seoul, Korea

The 20th Annual Meeting of the Korean Societies of Toxicology, Oct 30, 2003, Seoul, Korea

The 58th Annual Fall Meeting of the Korean Pediatric Society, Oct 23–24, 2009, Sheraton Walkerhill, Seoul, Korea

The Annual Fall Meeting of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine, Oct 10–12, 2014, Seoul, Korea