Prof.Dr. Mete Karatay

Education and Specialization

• Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, 1995–2001
• Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery Residency, 2002–2007
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neurosurgical Spine Center — Observership, 2012

Professional Experience

• Bilecik İnhisar Central Health Center — Physician, 2001–2002
• Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery — Specialist, 2008–2009 and 2010–2015
• Van Military Hospital, Neurosurgery — Medical Officer, 2009–2010
• Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital — Assistant Professor, 2015–2016
• Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital — Associate Professor, 2016–2021
• Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital — Professor, 2021–2023
• Liv Hospital Vadistanbul — Professor, 2024–present

Areas of Interest

• Adult and pediatric brain and cerebellar tumor surgery
• Pediatric neurosurgery: hydrocephalus, tethered cord, diastematomyelia, encephalocele, meningocele, meningomyelocele, dermal sinus tract excision and craniosynostosis
• Spine surgery: lumbar and cervical disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, fracture stabilization, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and kyphosis surgery
• Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia
• Vagus nerve stimulation, spinal cord stimulation and surgery for chronic pain
• Surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm
• Baclofen pump implantation for severe spasticity
• Surgery for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and cavernomas

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Medical Association, since 2001
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society, since 2008
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education Group, since 2013

Selected Publications

• Intracranial foreign body. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2007.
• Bilateral internal carotid artery hypoplasia and multiple posterior circulation aneurysms. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2009.
• A new approach to cerebral vasospasm: angiographic effects of tadalafil. Acta Neurochirurgica, 2010.
• Effect of bevacizumab on spinal epidural fibrosis after laminectomy. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2012.
• Role of tenoxicam in the prevention of postlaminectomy peridural fibrosis. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2013.
• Spinal intradural abscess caused by Prevotella oralis in a three-year-old child. Spinal Cord, 2015.
• Alternative reconstruction of meningomyelocele defects using a V-Y rotation and advancement flap. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2015.
• Timing of surgery for spinal fractures associated with systemic trauma. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2016.
• Decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2016.
• Combined preoperative embolization and surgery for a giant lumbar aneurysmal bone cyst. Turkish Neurosurgery, 2020.

Selected Book Chapters

• Neurosurgery Department, Prescription Handbook, 2014
• Intradural-Extramedullary Spinal Tumors, 2014
• Lumbar Drainage Placement, 2014
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula, 2014
• Radiology in Far-Lateral Disc Herniation, 2015