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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date & Place of Birth: 1968, Amasya, Turkey

Languages: English

MEDICAL INTERESTS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Hand Surgery

Microsurgery

Trauma Surgery

Shoulder Surgery

Arthroscopy

GRADUATION THESIS

"The Use of Fluorescein Angiography in Limb-Salvaging Operations"

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

İzmir Agah Efendi Primary School

İzmir Alsancak Secondary School

İzmir Atatürk High School (1985)

Ege University Faculty of Medicine (1991)

Kahramanmaraş Çağlayancerit Health Center (1992)

Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

(1997)

EMOT Hospital (1998 - Present)

Balıkesir Military Hospital (2000)

Specialist Dr. Özgün Barış Güntürk

Specialist in Orthopedics, Traumatology, and Hand Surgery

 Title: Specialist Doctor (Subspecialist)
 Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, Hand Surgery Specialist
 Date of Birth: April 5, 1983
 Foreign Language Proficiency: English (YDS April 2015 Score: 82.5)

Education

• High School: İzmir Karşıyaka Anatolian High School, 2001
• University: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 2008
• Residency Training: İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, 2008–2013
• Subspecialty Training: İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Hand Surgery Department, 2014–2016

Professional Biography

Born in 1983, Dr. Özgün Barış Güntürk completed his high school education at İzmir Karşıyaka Anatolian High School. He pursued his medical studies at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, graduating in 2007. Afterward, he began his residency training in Orthopedics and Traumatology at İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital in 2008, alongside his mandatory public service.

After completing his residency and earning his title as an Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist in 2013, Dr. Güntürk fulfilled his mandatory service at Bitlis State Hospital. He then passed the subspecialty examination and completed his Hand Surgery fellowship training at İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital.

Dr. Güntürk worked as a Hand Surgery and Orthopedics Specialist providing microsurgery services for approximately two years at Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital. In late 2018, he transitioned out of public service and moved back to İzmir, where his family resides. Since March 2020, he has been practicing at the Private EMOT (Hand Microsurgery, Orthopedics, and Traumatology) Hospital.

In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Güntürk is a passionate semi-professional musician, enjoying music as a personal hobby. He is married and has one child.

Work Experience

• Research Assistant Doctor: İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, 2008–2013
• Specialist Doctor: Bitlis State Hospital, 2013–2014
• Research Assistant Doctor (Subspecialty): İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Hand Surgery Department, 2014–2016
• Specialist Doctor: Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, 2016–2018
• Specialist Doctor (Private Practice): 2019–2020
• Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist: Private EMOT (Hand Microsurgery, Orthopedics, and Traumatology) Hospital, İzmir, 2020–Present

Education:

Karşıyaka Boys High School (1967 to 1973)

Ege University Faculty of Medicine (1973 to 1979)

Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (1980 to 1984)

Experience:

Kütahya Askeri Hastanesi (1984 to 1985)

Bingöl Devlet Hastanesi (1985 to 1986)

Alsancak Devlet Hastanesi (1986 to 1989)

Buca SSK Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (1989 to 1991)

Würzburg University Hand Surgery, Germany

Indianapolis Hand Center, Indianapolis, USA

EMOT Hastanesi, İzmir (1991 to present)

Members of:

TOTBID (Turkish Orthopaedic Traumatology Association) - President (2013 to 2015)

TEÜCD (Turkish Society of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery) - President (2010 to 2012)

Turkish Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery Association - Founding Member

FESSH (Federation of Hand-Surgery Societies of Europe of the Hand) - Congress President (2013)

ASSH (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) - International Member

Turkish Medical Association

Turkish Reconstructive Microsurgery Association

Publications:

Sonographic assessment of transverse carpal ligament after open surgical release of the carpal tunnel.

The effect of medial side repair in terrible triad injury of the elbow.

Risk factors for occupational hand injuries: relationship between agency and finger.

Finger replantations after ring avulsion amputations.

What kinds of hand injuries are more likely to result in amputation? An analysis of 6549 hand injuries.

Epidemiology of injuries treated at a hand and microsurgery hospital.

Long-term results of major upper extremity replantations.

Ultrasonographic evaluation of iatrogenic peripheral nerve injuries in the upper extremity.

Comparison between two mini incision techniques utilized in carpal tunnel release.

Elbow arthrolysis in severely stiff elbows.

The effect of dorsal cortical comminution on radiographic results of unstable distal radius fractures treated with closed reduction and K-wire fixation.

The importance of the finger extension test in the diagnosis of occult wrist ganglion.

Accidental use of the median nerve as an interposition material in first carpometacarpal joint arthroplasty.

Can we use nerve gliding exercises in women with carpal tunnel syndrome?

Reconstruction of skin and tendon defects from wound complications after Achilles tendon rupture.

Should the amputations of the great toe be replanted?

Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative punctate bleeding to assess the vascularity of scaphoid nonunion.

Reconstruction of soft tissue and bone defects in the lower extremity with free flaps.

Heterotopic replantation.

Eight years of experience in crush and avulsion-type finger amputation.

Rolling belt injuries in children.

Replantations and their functional results: the Turkish experience.