Education and Specialization

• Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine — Medical education
• Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Neurosurgery — Residency training

Professional Experience

• Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara — Neurosurgery
• Osmaniye State Hospital
• Bolu State Hospital
• Private Taksim German Hospital
• Taksim Training and Research Hospital
• Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine — Neurosurgery
• Liv Hospital Ulus

Areas of Interest

• Functional neurosurgery: Parkinson’s disease and deep brain stimulation
• Brain and spinal tumors
• Degenerative disorders of the spine

Courses and Certificates

• Intrathecal Drug Delivery Course V, Barcelona University Hospital, 17–18 June 2016
• Laboratory Animal Use Certificate, Istanbul University Local Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments, 7–18 March 2016
• Microsurgery Course, GATA Training Hospital, 15–19 September 2008
• EANS Training Course in Neurosurgery, Antalya, 22 February 2004–22 February 2007
• EANS Epilepsy, Pain, Neuromodulation and Head Injury Course, Antalya, 18–22 February 2007
• EANS Brain Tumours and Hydrocephalus Course, Bratislava, 27–31 August 2006
• EANS Vascular Neurosurgery Course, Thessaloniki, 21–24 August 2005
• EANS Spine and Peripheral Nerves Course, Budapest, 22–26 February 2004

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• Turkish Medical Association

Selected Publications

• Astaxanthin and transcriptional regulation of NMDA receptors in an experimental brain injury model. Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 2018.
• Serum creatine phosphokinase as an indicator of muscle injury after lumbar disc surgery: full-endoscopic discectomy versus microdiscectomy. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2016.
• Pancaspase inhibitor Q-VD-OPh and riluzole in experimental spinal cord injury. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2017.
• Chronic lower back pain in a young population: an MRI study. Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health, 2018.
• Benefits of repeated lumbar MRI in chronic or recurrent low back pain. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 2018.
• Morphometric analysis of vascular structures in posterior disc surgery by CT angiography. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2018.
• Chiari type I malformation leading to the diagnosis of Crouzon syndrome. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2014.
• Upper thoracic spinal cord tumor presenting as hemifacial hyperhidrosis. Surgical Neurology, 2007.
• Endoscopic removal of a bullet migrated to the third ventricle and causing hydrocephalus. World Neurosurgery, 2017.
• Intracranial cystic meningiomas: a series of six patients. Neurocirugía, 2019.

Book Chapter

• Factors affecting prognosis after subarachnoid hemorrhage. In: Cerebral Vasospasm, Springer, 2008.