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Dr. Tugce Gurbuzturk is a Dentist and Orthodontist. She is the founder of Hospitaprime in Istanbul. She focuses on advanced orthodontic treatments, such as orthognathic surgery and Invisalign. Dr. Gurbuzturk is known for achieving high success rates in complex dental cases.

She earned her dental degree from Hacettepe University (2016–2021). She then completed advanced orthodontic training at Okan University. Dr. Gurbuzturk is recognized for her expertise and dedication to evidence-based care. She provides dental services at Hospitaprime and Liv Hospital.

Dr. Duygu Derin is an experienced medical oncologist who specializes in treating gastrointestinal cancers, lung cancer, and gynecologic neoplasms. She is a member of several oncology associations and has published more than 30 national and international scientific papers. She graduated from Galatasaray Medical High School and achieved a Medical Doctor rank from the Medical Faculty of Istanbul University. She has completed internships and professional development courses in various hospitals and holds the title of Associate Professor.

Prof. Dr. Alper Agca is an experienced ophthalmologist. He specializes in ReLEx SMILE, LASIK, LASEK, laser eye surgeries, and cataract surgery with multifocal lens implants. He has performed over 15,000 surgeries. Dr. Agca is known for his skill and excellent results in refractive and cataract procedures.

He is a member of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association. He also served as a board member of the Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery from 2019 to 2020. In 2014, he won second place for Best Poster at the XXXII Congress of the ESCRS. This award highlights his contributions to ophthalmology research and practice.

Training and Expertise 

1998 - Prof.Dr.Schakar (Presbiopia Surgery, Forthworth - Texas) 

1990 - Fyodorov Eye Hospital (Refraction Surgery, Moscow) 

1988 - Prof. Dr. Kerin (Vitreo-Retinal Surgery, Duisburg 

1982 - SSK Ankara Dışkapı Hospital (Ophthalmology Specialist) 

1978 - Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (Medical Doctor) 

Experience 

VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital, Istanbul 2017 - Still 

Eye Clinic Chief, Beyoğlu Kuledibi Eye EAH (2001-2004) 

Eye Clinic Chief Şişli EAH (1999-2001) II. 

Eye Clinic Chief, Kartal EAH (1995-1999) II. 

Eye Clinic Chief-Chief Physician, Kartal EAH (1993-1994) 

Chief Physician, Kartal Training and Research Hospital, 1st Eye Clinic (1992-1993) 

Conductor-Chief Physician Beyoğlu Kuledibi EAH (1987-1991) 

Başasistan, Beyoğlu Kuledibi Training and Research Hospital Eye Clinic (1986-1987) 

Uzm.Dr.-Başhekim, Nevşehir State Hospital (1982-1985) 

Professional Memberships 

Turkish Ophthalmology Association 

American Academy Ophthalmology 

ESCRS 

Big Club 

Heybeliada Water Sports Club 

125 publications including 27 oversea

Education and Specialisation 

1987-1993 Undergraduate Education: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

1993-1997 Child Health and Diseases. Dr. Sami Ulus Child Health and Diseases Education and Research Hospital Specialization

2001-2005 Child Health and Diseases. Dr. Sami Ulus Child Health and Diseases Education and Research Hospital Sub-branch Specialization Education

Professional Memberships (if any)

Member of Turkish Society of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Member of 

Antalya Medical Chamber

ACADEMIC DUTIES

PROFESSOR. INÖNÜ UNIVERSITY/MEDICAL FACULTY) 2015

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORİNÖNÜ UNIVERSITY/ DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL 

MEDICINE/ DEPARTMENT OF CHILD HEALTH AND DISEASES) 2010

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INÖNÜ UNIVERSITY /FACULTY OF 

MEDICINE/DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE/DEPARTMENT OF CHILD 

HEALTH AND DISEASES) 2005-2010

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

Faculty Board Membership İnönü University Faculty of Medicine

Head of the Department: Inönü University Faculty of Medicine. Department of Child Health 

and Diseases 

Board Membership: Turkish Society of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Key Areas of Expertise:

General ENT Surgery: Dr. Aksungur has extensive experience in performing routine and complex ENT surgeries, including tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, and the management of chronic ear infections. She is skilled in treating conditions affecting the throat, nose, and ears, providing effective solutions for patients of all ages.

Nasal and Sinus Surgery: Specializing in nasal and sinus disorders, Dr. Aksungur performs advanced procedures for conditions such as chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, septal deviations, and allergic rhinitis. Her expertise includes functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), ensuring both relief from symptoms and improved nasal function.

Sleep Surgery: Dr. Aksungur is skilled in treating sleep-related disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, using both surgical and non-surgical interventions. Her procedures may include uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) or the correction of structural abnormalities contributing to sleep disturbances.

Pediatric ENT Surgery: Dr. Aksungur is adept at treating a variety of pediatric ENT conditions, including recurrent ear infections, airway obstruction, and congenital abnormalities of the head and neck. Her approach to pediatric care is focused on minimizing trauma and ensuring comfort for her younger patients.

Laryngology and Voice Disorders: With a particular interest in voice and swallowing disorders, Dr. Aksungur specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the larynx, such as vocal cord nodules, laryngitis, and dysphagia (swallowing difficulties). She employs both surgical and non-surgical treatments to restore normal voice function.

Head and Neck Oncology: Dr. Aksungur has significant experience in the surgical management of benign and malignant tumors in the head and neck region. This includes cancers of the oral cavity, throat, larynx, and salivary glands. Her approach is multidisciplinary, ensuring the best outcomes through collaboration with oncologists, radiologists, and other specialists.

Ear Surgery and Hearing Restoration: Dr. Aksungur has expertise in the surgical treatment of hearing disorders, such as chronic otitis media, eardrum perforations, and conductive hearing loss. She is skilled in performing procedures like tympanoplasty and ossiculoplasty to restore hearing and improve the quality of life for her patients.

Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery: In addition to functional procedures, Dr. Aksungur is experienced in cosmetic surgeries of the nose (rhinoplasty) and other head and neck areas, including reconstructive surgeries for trauma, congenital defects, and post-cancer reconstruction.

Dr. Sezgin Bekdemir is a distinguished Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) specialist based in İzmir, Turkey. Born in 1974 in Bulancak, Giresun, he completed his secondary education in Giresun before enrolling at the 19 May University Medical Faculty in Samsun in 1992. In 2000, he pursued specialization in ENT at Erzurum Atatürk University Medical Faculty, completing his residency in 2004.

Following his specialization, Dr. Bekdemir served at Otlu Government Hospital and Erzurum Numune Hospital. In 2005, he began working at Erzurum Private Recovery Hospital.

Currently, Dr. Bekdemir practices at the ENTO ENT Surgical Medical Center in Bornova, İzmir. The center, established in 2001, is renowned for its advanced technologies and specialized services in otorhinolaryngology, nasal aesthetics (rhinoplasty), dermatology, hair transplantation, sleep disorders (including sleep apnea and snoring), and hearing assessments.

General Surgery Department 

Liver Transplantation 

Kidney Transplantation

Educational Information 

Master's Degree School of Medicine Çukurova University, School of Medicine 1996

 Ph.D./S. Qualification General Surgery Ankara Numune Training And Research Hospital 2001

Academic/Professional Experience 

Term General Practitioner Rize Fındıklı Central Health Center Spec. 1996-1997

 Ankara Numune Training And Research Hospital Ankara General Surgery Assist. Prof. 1997-2001 

Ankara Numune Training And Research Hospital Ankara General Surgery Spec. Prof. 2001-2002 

Ankara Numune Training And Research Hospital Ankara General Surgery Chief Assistant 2002-2007 

İnönü University Faculty of Medicine Malatya General Surgery Assoc. Prof. 2007-2010 

İnönü University Faculty of Medicine Malatya Surgical Oncology Minor Specialist 2012 

İnönü University Faculty of Medicine Malatya General Surgery Assoc. Prof. 2010-2015 

İnönü University Faculty of Medicine Malatya General Surgery Professor 2015-2017

Osmangazi University, School of Medicine Eskişehir Head of General Surgery-Surgical Oncology Department Professor 2017-Present

Education Abroad: 

1- As a National Cancer Institute Short-Term Scientist for 10 months, sentinel node applications and ductoscopy training in breast cancer, with the National Cancer Institute's Research Scholarship at Surgical Oncology Clinic, Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the United States, 2008 (10 months) 

2- Transplantation and Oncology Surgery Training at the University of Giessen-Marburg, Germany, 2010 (1 month)

Master's Theses Managed (Activity List H) 

1- Keskin,K., “Evaluation of Operative Hyperthyroidism Patients with SF-36 Quality of Life Scale”, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, 2003. 

2- Aydın,S., “Effects of TNFα Receptor Blocker (Infliximab) on Bacterial Translocation and Pancreatitis in Experimental Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis”, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, 2005. 

3- Arslan MŞ, Analysis of the Perspective of Organ Transplantation in a Geographical Region where Liver Transplantation is Extensively Performed (The Case of Malatya Province). 2018 

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS 

Specialization thesis in medicine: 

The Relationship Between Breast Cancer and Thyroid Pathologies, 2001.

AWARDS 

Before Associate Professorship 

2003 Turkish Society of Surgery-Sanofi Pharma Thrombosis Research Foundation 7. Research Project Competition incentive award. “The importance of resistance and VEGF-C in breast cancer lymph node metastasis: Prospective Clinical Study”. 

2005 Oral Presentation “Third Prize”. National Geriatrics Congress, Antalya. "Factors affecting mortality and morbidity in elderly patients with Fournier's Gangrene". 

2007 Oral Presentation “Second Prize”. National Breast Congress, Ankara. “Vascular endothelial growth factors; Is postmastectomy a risk factor for lymphedema?”. 

2008 AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) Scholar-in-Training Award. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, USA. “The Predictive Probability of Four Different Breast Cancer Nomograms for Non Sentinel Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Positive Sentinel Node Biopsy”. 

2009 Pilot Grant Award. 6th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer, Santa Monica, California, USA. “Autoflourescence Ductoscopy for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer”. 

During Professorship and Associate Professorship: 

2013 1000. Liver Transplant Outstanding Achievement Certificate. April 2013 

2013 Best poster presentation award “Massive Hemorrhage from Retropancreatic Portal Vein as a Complication of Thromboendovenectomy and Control with Balloon Catheter Tamponade during Liver Transplantation. 13. International Euroasian Congress of Surgery and Gastroenterology” Bucharest, Romania.  

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Turkish Surgical Association 

Ankara Surgery Association 

Ankara Breast Diseases Association 

Federation of Breast Associations 

Association of Gastroenterology Surgery 

Edoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery 

Association American Society of Breast Cancer 

International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists

 Surgical Oncology Association (Member of the Board of Directors)

She was born in Izmir in 1985. She graduated from Atakent Anatolian High School in 2003 and entered Ege University Faculty of Dentistry in the same year.

In 2009, she started his doctorate at Ege University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics. Our doctor, who served her patients in her own private practice between 2013 and 2023, later joined the Ento ENT family.

She is a highly experienced specialist in the field of dentistry, with particular expertise in dental aesthetics, gum diseases, and a wide range of oral health conditions. Her proficiency spans across advanced dental design, including smile makeovers, veneers, and full mouth rehabilitations, ensuring that patients achieve both functional and aesthetically pleasing results. She is also well-versed in the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal (gum) diseases, ranging from gingivitis to more severe forms like periodontitis, which can have significant impacts on oral and overall health.

Dr. Ayan graduated from Medical School in 1991 and completed his urology education in 1997. At the beginning of his carrier, he was a post doctorate research fellow at the Department of Urology of Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital in Boston (1999-2000). He studied the effect of partial ureteral obstruction to the kidney in early developmental stage in an experimental animal fetus model. This study provided a significant contribution to a complicated issue of pediatric urology and was cited many times by its successors. 

He became associate professor of urology in 2004 and was appointed as a professor of urology in 2009. He was accepted as a clinical fellow in Minimal Invasive Urologic Oncology at the Department of Surgery, Section of Urology at the University of Chicago (2014-2015). He worked in an intense oncology program mainly concentrated on robotic surgery of prostate and kidney cancer. Because of this background, he is mainly interested in urologic oncology and pediatric urology. The primary portion of his daily practice consist of kidney cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, neonatal hydronephrosis, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, urine reflux to kidney, hypospadias and undescended testis. 

Because of its prevalence in Turkey, Prof. Ayan has a huge experience with urinary stone disease and he is doing large number of endoscopic and percutaneous surgeries for kidney, ureter and bladder stones. 

Prof. Ayan holds United States Medical License and European Board of Urology Certificate. He is a member of AUA, EAU and Turkish Urologic Surgery and Urologic Oncology Societies. 

List of International Scientific Publications; 

1. Ayan S, Yildirim S, Ucar C, Sarioglu Y, Gültekin EY, Butuner C. Corporal reactivity to adenosine and prostaglandin E1 in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbit corpus cavernosum and the effect of therapy. BJU Int, 83: 108-12, 1999. 

2. Yildirim S, Ayan S, Sarioglu Y, Gültekin EY, Butuner C. The effects of long-term oral administration of L-arginine on the erectile response of rabbits with alloxan-induced diabetes. BJU Int, 83: 679-85, 1999. 

3. Ayan S, Kaloglu C, Gökce G, Kılıcarslan H, Gültekin EY. Effect of therapy to diabetic cystopathy: urodynamic and histological findings in a rabbit model. Sc J Urol Nephrol, 33: 392-5, 1999. 

4. Yildirim S, Ayan S, Sarioglu Y, Gültekin Y, Uma S. Does diabetes mellitus affect the progress of tolerance to isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) in corporal tissue? Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, 4: 29- 34, 2000. 

5. Ayan S, Sarioglu Y, Yildirim S, Gokce G, Bagcıvan I. Relaxation induced by omeprazole does not change in diabetic rabbit corpus cavernosum. BJU Int, 87(3):265-8, 2001. 

6. Ayan S, Gokce G, Kılıcarslan H, Kaya K, Gultekin EY. An unusual cause of urinary incon tinence: urethral coitus. Sc J Urol Nephrol, 35:254, 2001. 

7. Yildirim S, Simsek R, Ayan S, Gokce G, Sarıoğlu Y, Safak C. Relaxant effect of some benzothiazolinone dervatives on isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum. Urol Res, 29:182-5, 2001. 

8. Ayan S, Roth JA, Freeman MR, Bride SH, Peters C. Partial ureteral obstruction dysregulates the RAS in the fetal sheep. Urology, 58: 301-6, 2001. 

9. Kılıcarslan H, Ayan S, Gokce G, Kaya K, Gultekin EY. Cranial blind ending branch of a bifid ureter. Int Urol Nephrol, 32: 635-6, 2001. 

10. Gokce G, Kılıcarslan H, Ayan S, Yıldız E, Kaya K, Gultekin EY. Adenomatoid tumors of testis and epididym: a report of two cases. Int Urol Nephrol, 32:677-80, 2001. 

11. Ayan S, Gokce G, Kılıcarslan H, Ozdemir O, Yildiz E, Gultekin EY. K-RAS mutation in transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder. Int Urol Nephrol, 33:363-67, 2001. 

12. Bulut HE, Onarlıoglu B, Kaloglu C, Özdemir Ö, Ayan S. Effects of experimental diabetes and treatment on rabbit renal morphology: a quantitative and qualitative study. Turk J Med Sci, 31: 209-16, 2001. 

13. Kılıcarslan H, Gokce G, Ayan S, Gultekin EY, Arıkan Y, Hocaoglu S. Fournier’s gangrene: a report of 20 cases. T Klin J Med Res 19:55-58, 2001. 

14. Gokce G, Kılıcarslan H, Ayan S, Tas F, Akar R, Kaya K, Gultekin EY. Genitourinary tuberculosis: A review of 174 cases. Scand J Infect Dis, 34: 338-40, 2002. 

15. Kilicarslan H, Yildirim S, Bagcivan I, Ayan S, Sarac B, Sarioglu Y. Effect of chronic renal failure (CRF) on purinergic responses of corpus cavernosal smooth muscle in rabbits. BJU Int 90(6):596-600, 2002. 

16. Bagcivan I, Gokce G, Ayan S, Yildirim S, Sarac B, Kilicarslan H, Sarioglu Y. Hydrogen-potassium ATPase inhibitors induce relaxation on rabbit prostatic strips .Int J Urol.;9(11):641-4; discussion 645, 2002. 

17. Bagcivan I, Kilicarslan H, Sarac B, Gokce G, Yildirim S, Ayan S, Sarioglu Y. The evaluation of the effects of renal failure on erectile dysfunction in a chronic renal failure (CRF) rabbit model. BJU Int.;91(7):697-701, 2003 

18. Kilicarslan H, Guvenal T, Ayan S, Gokce G, Cetin A, Gultekin Y. Comparison of outcomes of three different surgical techniques performed for stress urinary incontinence. Int J Urol.;10(3):126- 30, 2003. 

19. Kaya S, Poyraz O, Gökçe G, Kılıçarslan H, Kaya K and Ayan S. Role of Genital Mycota and Other Bacteria in Urolithiasis. Scand J Infect Dis, 35:315-317,2003. 

20. Kilicarslan H, Gokce G, Ayan S, Atalar M, Kaya S, Kaya K, Gultekin Y. A case of hydatid disease: urinary retention due to isolated retrovesical hydatid cyst in a boy. Scand J Infect Dis, 35 :408-410, 2003. 

21. Gokce G, Kaya K, Kılıcarslan H, Tas F, Ayan S, Yıldız E, Gultekin E Y. Epidermoid cyst in the renal pelvis. Int Urol Nephrol;35(1):9-10, 2003. 

22. Kilicarslan H, Gokce G, Ayan S, Guvenal T, Kaya K, Gultekin EY. Predictors of outcome after in situ anterior vaginal wall sling surgery. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct ;14(5):339-41, 2003. 

23. Kilicarslan H, Gokce G, Kaya K, Ayan S, Gultekin YE. Surgical treatment of penil fractures. Ulus Travma Derg.;9(1):54-6, 2003. 

24. Yildiz E, Gokce G, Kilicarslan H, Ayan S, Goze F, Gultekin EY. Prognostic value of the expression of Ki-67, CD44 and vascular endothelial growth factor, and microvessel invasion, in renal cell carcinoma. BJU Int. 2004 ;93(7):1087-93. 

25. Gokce G, Topsakal K, Ayan S, Kilicarslan H, Gokce SF, Gultekin EY. Case report: Nonobstructive giant urethral stone with two safety pins. Int Urol Nephrol. 2004;36(1):65-6. 

26. Kaya K, Ayan S, Gokce G, Kılıcarslan H, Yildiz E, Gultekin EY. Urinary nuclear matrix protein 22 for diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 38 :1-5,2004. 

27. Ayan S, Kaya K, Topsakal K, Kılıçarslan H, Gokce G, Gültekin Y. Efficacy of tolterodine as a firstline treatment for non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction in children. BJU Int. 96(3):411-4, 2005. 

28. Kaya K, Gokce G , Kaya S, Kilicarslan H, Ayan S, Gultekin EY. Isolated renal and retropertoneal hydatid cysts: a report of 23 cases. Trop Doct. 2006 Oct;36(4):243-6. 

29. Candan F, Ayan S, Tas F, Gokce G, Elagoz S. Spontaneous renal laceration as the presenting feature of polyarteritis nodosa in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever after hepatitis A infection. Rheumatol Int, 25(6):475-7, 2005. 

30. Silig Y, Pinarbasi H, Gunes S, Ayan S, Bagci H, Cetinkaya O. Polymorphisms of CYP1A1, GSTM1, GSTT1, and prostate cancer risk in Turkish population. Cancer Invest, 24(1):41-5, 2006. 

31. Tanzer F, Ozgur A, Bardakci F, Cankorkmaz L, Ayan S. Analysis of a 1-year-old cystinuric patient with recurrent renal stones. Int J Urol. 13(10):1347-9, 2006. 

32. Kilicarslan H, Ayan S, Vuruskan H, Gokce G, Gultekin EY.Treatment of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia with baclofen and doxazosin. Int Urol Nephrol. 2006;38(3-4):537-41. 

33. Ayan S, Topsakal K, Gokce G, Gultekin EY.Efficacy of combined anticholinergic treatment and behavioral modification as a first line treatment for nonneurogenic and nonanatomical voiding dysfunction in children: a randomized controlled trial. J Urol. 2007 Jun;177(6):2325-8; discussion 2328-9. 

34. Ozdemir O, Gul E, Kilicarslan H, Gokce G, Beyaztas FY, Ayan S, Sezgin I.SRY and AZF gene variation in male in: a cytogenetic and molecular approach. Int Urol Nephrol. 2007;39(4):1183-9. 

35. Yildiz E, Ayan S, Goze F, Gokce G, Gultekin EY. Relation of microvessel density with microvascular invasion, metastasis and prognosis in renal cell carcinoma. BJU Int. 2008 Mar;101(6):758-64. 

36. Kenan Kaygusuz, Gokhan Gokce, Iclal Ozdemir Kol, Semih Ayan and Sinan Gursoy. Efficacy of Preventive Analgesia with or Lornoxicam for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Current Therapeutic Research 68(4), 205-216, 2007. 

37. Kaygusuz K, Gokce G, Gursoy S, Ayan S, Mimaroglu C, Gultekin Y.A comparison of sedation with dexmedetomidine or propofol during shockwave lithotripsy: a randomized controlled trial. Anesth Analg. 2008 Jan;106(1):114-9. 

38. Gokce G, Karboga H, Yildiz E, Ayan S, Gultekin Y. Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade on apoptotic changes in contralateral testis following unilateral testicular torsion. Int Urol Nephrol. 2008;40(4):989-95. 

39. Ozdemir, O (Ozdemir, Oztuerk); Yildiz, E (Yildiz, Esin); Ayan, S (Ayan, Semih); Gul, E (Gul, Eylem)1; Gokce, G (Gokce, Goekhan); Yildiz, F (Yildiz, Fazilet)1; Koksal, B (Koksal, Binnur)1; Goze, F (Goze, Fahrettin); Gultekin, EY (Gultekin, E. Yener). Epigenetic alterations and oncogenes mutations in urinary bladder carcinomas.CHROMOSOME RESEARCH. 2009, Volume: 17 Supplement: 1 Pages: 171-171 

40. Eskicorapci SY, Türkeri L, Karabulut E, Cal C, Akpinar H, Baltaci S, Baykal K; Turkish Validation Study Group of Kattan Preoperative Nomogram, Kattan MW, Ozen H. Collaborators: Yildirim A, Yazici S, Divrik RT, Ozkardeş H, Koşan M, Kurtuluş FO, Büyükalpelli R, Mungan A, Lekili M, Sahin H, Günlüsoy B, Ayan S, Bozlu M. Validation of two preoperative Kattan nomograms predicting recurrence after radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer in Turkey: a multicenter study of the Urooncology Society. Urology. 2009 Dec;74(6):1289-95. 

41. Ozdemir O, Yildiz S, Ayan S, Gül E, Gokce G, Yildiz F, Koksal B. Promoter hypermethylation of tissue specific tumor supressor genes and point mutation in K-ras, c-myc proto-oncogenes in urinary (transitional cell) bladder carcinoma. Health. 2010; 2(8):850-856. 

42. Türkeri L, Tanıdır Y, Çal Ç, Özen H, Şahin H; Collaborators :Kaya C, Karaman İ, Şengör F, Alkibay T, Sözen S, Büyükalpelli R, Can C, Kuyumcuoğlu U, Albayrak S, Abay E, Soyupak B, Tansuğ Z, Fazlıoğlu A, Gültekin Y, Ayan S, Gümüş E, Lekili M, Dillioğlugil Ö, Özer G, Uygur C, Akpınar H. Comparison of the efficacy of single or double intravesical epirubicin instillation in the early postoperative period to prevent recurrences in non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: prospective, randomized multicenter study. Urol Int. 2010;85(3):261-5. 

43. Kuzgunbay B, Yaycioglu O, Soyupak B, Atay Kayis A, Ayan S, Yavascaoglu I, Cal C, Beduk Y; Turkish Study Group of Public Awareness in Testicular Cancer Public awareness of testicular cancer and self-examination in Turkey: A multicenter study of Turkish Urooncology Society.Urol Oncol. 2011 Mar 22. Epub ahead of print] 

44. Biçer H, Korgali E, Gökçe G, Ayan S, Yıldırım S, Gültekin EY. Contractile responses of urinary bladder in an experimental model of chronic renal failure. Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2012 Nov;12(4):219- 23. 

45. Yaycioglu O, Eskicorapci S, Karabulut E, Soyupak B, Gogus C, Divrik T, Turkeri L, Yazici S, Ozen H; Society of Urooncology Study Group for Kidney Cancer Prognosis. A preoperative prognostic model predicting recurrence-free survival for patients with kidney cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jan;43(1):63-8. 

46. Erden Y, Korgalı E, Dundar G, Ayan S, Gokce G, Yildirim S, Gultekin EY. effects of PDE5 inhibitor and statin treatment on the contractile responses of experimental MetS rabbit's cavernous smooth muscle. Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2014 Mar 28;86(1):33-8.

Prof. Dr. Sait Öztürk is a neurosurgeon based in Istanbul, Türkiye. He specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders, functional neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery.

Educational Background:

• -Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English) in 2007.
• -Completed neurosurgery specialization at Fırat University in 2014.
• -Trained at United States Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in under Prof. Dr. Ron L. Alterman.

Professional Experience:

Served as Assistant Professor (2015 to 2019) and Associate Professor (2019 to 2021) at Fırat University.

• Currently practices at Medical Park Bahçelievler Hospital in Istanbul.

Specializations:

• -Epilepsy Surgery
• -Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
• -Brain Tumors
• -Lumbar and Cervical Disc Herniation
• -Spinal Cord Tumors
• -Spasticity Surgery
• -Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Epilepsy Implant) Surgery

Notable Achievements:

• -Successfully performed brain pacemaker surgery on a dystonia patient who remained awake watching cartoons during the procedure.
• -Assisted a Romanian painter with Parkinson's disease to resume painting after deep brain stimulation surgery.
• -Provided relief to a Saudi Arabian patient suffering from severe depression through brain pacemaker surgery.
  -The first physician to perform deep brain stimulation surgery in diseases such as drug-resistant epilepsy and treatment-resistant major depression in Russia, the Middle East, the Balkans, Turkey and the Turkic Republics.

Professional Memberships:

• -Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• -European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
• -International Neuromodulation Society (INS)
• -Board member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society's Education and Training
  -Group for Stereotactic, Functional, Pain, and Epilepsy Surger
  
  Scientific Awards and Scholarships Received

Scholarships and Awards

1)The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Scholarship for International Observership/Post-Doctoral Research Program.

2)International Residency Scholarship for International Basic Neurosurgery Course, Term I – Course III: Spine and Peripheral Nerve, Antalya, Turkey, 2014 (organized by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society).

3)Scientific Award – The Effect of Radiation on Endothelin-1 Levels in Brain Tissue and Tumor Formation. Kaplan M, Kılınç A, Öztürk S, İlhan N, Gurocak S, Gönen M. Presented at the 10th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Society of Neurosurgery, 2014, İzmir, Turkey.

4) Scientific Award – Morphological Anatomy of the Corpus Callosum in Patients with Open Spinal Dysraphism and Its Relationship with Hydrocephalus. Öztürk S, Serin HM, Kaplan M. Presented at the 10th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Society of Neurosurgery, 25-28 October 2014, İzmir, Turkey.

5)International Residency Scholarship for International Basic Neurosurgery Course, Term I – Course IV: Neurovascular Surgery, 14-17 April 2015, Antalya, Turkey (organized by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society).

6) First Prize Award – Comparison of Collagen Type IX Levels in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation. Kaplan M, Arıcı L, Hergünsel OB, Şimşek BÇ, Öztürk S, Erol FS. 11th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Society of Neurosurgery, 5-8 November 2015, Antalya, Turkey.

7)International Residency Scholarship for International Basic Neurosurgery Course, Term II – Course I: Neurotrauma and Functional Neurosurgery, 5-8 April 2016, Antalya, Turkey (organized by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society).

8)Third Prize Award (Best Oral Presentations of the Year) – Evaluation of MTHFR c677t, MTHFR a1298c, PAI-1, Factor II, and Factor V Polymorphisms in Patients with Open Spinal Dysraphism and Their Healthy Mothers. Öztürk S, Çakın H, Kara M, Kaplan M, Erol FS.

9)First Prize Award – Effects of Intrathecal Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester on IL-6, TNF-Alpha, and Local Inflammatory Responses in Spinal Cord Injury. Akgün B, Öztürk S, Artaş G, Erol FS, Kaplan M. 12th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Society of Neurosurgery, 13-16 October 2016, Fethiye/Muğla, Turkey.

10) First Prize Award (Neurosurgery Field – Best Research of the Year) – Smartphones and Programmable Shunts: Are These Phones as Reliable as They Are Smart? Öztürk S, Çakın H, Kurtuldu H, Koçak O, Erol FS, Kaplan M..

11)International Residency Scholarship for International Basic Neurosurgery Course, Term II – Course II: Neuro-oncology, 15-19 March 2017, Antalya, Turkey (organized by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society).

12)Prof. Dr. Hamit Ziya Gökalp Young Neurosurgeons Scientific Encouragement Award – 2018. 32nd Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, 20-24 April 2018, Antalya, Turkey.
 

PhD/Specialization Thesis

Sait ÖZTÜRK – Evaluation of Hearing Function by Auditory Brain Response in Newborn Patients with Hydrocephalus before and after Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery

Institution: Fırat University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Year: 2015

Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. Fatih Serhat EROL

Articles published in National or International Journals

1)Kaplan M, Cakin H, Ozdemir N, Gocmez C, Öztürk S, Erol FS. Is the elapsed time following the placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter an individual risk factor for shunt fractures? Pediatr Neurosurg. 2012.

2)Erol FS, Kaplan M, Öztürk S. Surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease. Türkiye Klinikleri J Neurol-Special Topics 2012

3)Erol FS, Öztürk S, Akgun B, Cakın H, Kaplan M. How innocent is corpus callosum dysgenesis? Pediatric Neurosurgery 2013.

4)Kaplan M, Koparan M, Sarı A, Öztürk S, Kaplan SK, Erol FS. Can behenic acid (C22:0) levels be a prognostic factor in glial tumors? Canedey Journal of Neurological Sciences 2013.

5)Çakın H, Kaplan M, Öztürk S, Kazez A. Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt through Morgagni's hernia in a Down syndrome patient: a rare shunt complication. Neurol India. 2013.

6)Erol FS, Cakin H, Öztürk S, Donmez O, Kaplan M. Free-floating ventricular shunt catheter between lateral ventricles: a case report of an unusual ventriculoperitoneal shunt complication. Türk Neurosurg. 2013.

7)Kaplan M, Öztürk S, Cakin H, Akgun B, Onur MR, Erol FS. Sacrococcygeal sinus angle: a new anatomic landmark for the posterior approach of presacral lesions. Eur Spine J 2014.

8)Akgun B, Öztürk S, Cakin H, Kaplan M. Migration of fragments into the spinal canal after intervertebral polyethylene glycol implantation: an extremely rare adverse effect: Case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014.

9)Erol FS, Öztürk S, Çakın H, Akın MM. Spontaneous rupture of intracranial dermoid cyst mimicking a primary psychiatric disorder. Archive of Neuropsychiatry 2014.

10)Öztürk S, Serin HM, Kaplan M. Morphological anatomy of corpus callosum in patients with opened spinal dysraphism and the relationship between hydrocephalus. Global Journal of Human Anatomy and Physiology Research 2014.

11)Öztürk S, Cakin H, Kaplan M. Spontaneous recanalization of traumatic transverse sinus occlusion despite the persistence of depression fracture. Journal of Pediatric Neurology. 2015.

12)Öztürk S, Akgun B, Erol FS, Okcesiz I, Yıldırım H. Schwannoma of the medial cord of the brachial plexus: An uncommon localization. Neurology India 2015.

13)Akgun B, Öztürk S, Ucer O, Erol FS. Epithelioid hemangioma of the thoracic spine. Neurology India 2015.

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National or International Symposium, Congress, or Conference Presentations

1)Öztürk S, Kaplan M, Önder S. Spinal nerve root-origin diffuse astrocytoma. 25th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgery Association, April, 2011, Antalya, Turkey.

2)Öztürk S, Kaplan M, Sarı A, Çakın H, Erol FS. Can behenic acid levels be used as a prognostic marker for grading of glial tumors? 5th International Congress of Nutrition and Cancer, 2012, Elazığ, Turkey.

3)Erol FS, Öztürk S, Kaplan M. How innocent are corpus callosum dysgeneses? 26th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgery Association, April 2012, Antalya, Turkey.

4)Erol FS, Çakın H, Kaplan M, Öztürk S. Free-floating ventricular shunt catheter as a VP shunt complication; Case report. 26th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgery Association, April 2012, Antalya, Turkey.

5)Öztürk S, Çakın H, Kaplan M, Erol FS. Age as a risk factor in post-traumatic epilepsy among cerebral contusion patients. VIII. Scientific Congress of the Nervous Sy Surgery Association, September 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey.

(More presentations available upon request.)

Education:

1997 – 2003    Hacettepe University

2004 – 2009     Ankara Dışkapı Training and Research Hospital

2016 – 2019     Afyon Kocatepe University

Experience:

2022 – Still       Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital

2019 – 2022     Private Meddem Hospital

2018 – 2019      Afyon Kocatepe University

2015 – 2018      Afyon Kocatepe University

2012 – 2015      Bozok University Faculty of Medicine

2010 – 2012     Ankara Dışkapı Training and Research Hospital

2009 – 2010      TSK Rehabilitation and Care Center Presidency

2004 – 2009     Ankara Dışkapı Training and Research Hospital

Dr. Ezgi Yazar is an Oral, Dental, and Maxillofacial Surgeon at İstanbul Diş Akademisi in Maltepe, Istanbul. She earned her DDS from Istanbul University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Health Sciences. Dr. Yazar focuses on implantology, surgical tooth extractions, and treatments for temporomandibular joint disorders.

She has attended major congresses, including the 23rd TDB International Dentistry Congress and the AÇBİD 14th Online Congress. Dr. Yazar is known for her skills in advanced oral surgery. She is recognized for her contributions to dental science and patient care in Istanbul.

Dr. Şule Temiztürk is a rehabilitation specialist with over 15 years of experience. She focuses on neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation, musculoskeletal disorders, and rheumatological diseases. She is skilled in advanced procedures such as trigger point and intra-articular injections.

Dr. Temiztürk graduated from Ankara University Medical Faculty in 2005. She has worked at leading clinics and hospitals, including Şişli Eftal EAH and Antakya State Hospital. She is known for her strong contributions to patient recovery and rehabilitation in Turkey.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Place and Date of Birth

• Yozgat, 1970

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• 1986-1992: Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine / Ankara
• 1992- 1996: Ophthalmology Specialization Education / S.B. Ankara Hospital / Ankara

Case Experience

• She has been actively practicing ophthalmology for 30 years and has experience of over 30.000 surgical cases.

Membership

• AKÖZ: S.B. Ankara Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic Association / Ankara
• T.O.D: Turkish Ophthalmology Association / Ankara
• A.A.O: American Academy of Ophthalmology- International member /P.A., U.S.A.
• E.S.C.R.S: European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• I.S.R.S: International Society of Refractive Surgery

Certificates

• INTACS Corneal Implants Certified surgeon
• Intra Lase Usage Certificate

Medical Specialization Thesis Title and Advisor :  Histopathologic Comparison of Intracerebral Microballoon Dissection Method and Classical Corticotomy in Rat Brain . Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Beyin ve Sinir Cerrahisi AD 2006, 

Thesis Advisor:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alparslan Senel PhD Thesis Title and Advisor: Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: clinical and scientific aspects. Maastricht University Department of Neuroscience 2016, Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yasin Temel  

Asst. Assoc. Dr. OMU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery Guest Lecturer Maastricht University Neuroscience and Neurosurgery Clinics, NETHERLANDS 2009 2011 

Assoc. Dr. OMU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery 2015 

Prof. Dr. OMU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery 2022

Guest Lecturer Atlas University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul 2021-2024 

Rector of Atlas University 2024 -

Directed specialty theses: 

1.Comparative results of plastic cap and bone cement used for permanent electrode fixation in deep brain stimulation surgeries. Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery 2019, Thesis Student: Dr. Önder Taşkın 

2.The effect of deep brain stimulation surgery on the volumes of brain nuclei in Parkinson's patients. Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery 2024, Thesis Student: Dr. Muhammet Dirlik 

Administrative Duties :  

Rector of Atlas University (2024, currently)

-Founding Member - Founding Board Member of the International Deep Brain Stimulation Association (20202023), (2023, currently) 

-Functional group committee member of the European Association of Neurosurgery (EANS) (2020, currently) 

-President-Founding Member of the National Deep Brain Stimulation Association (2105-2018), (2018-2021), (2021, Ondokuz Mayıs University Neuromodulation Center Responsible (2018, currently) 

-Turkish Academy of Neurosurgery Board Member (2022, currently)

 -Turkish Neurosurgical Association Stereotactic, Functional, Pain and Epilepsy Surgery Teaching and Education Group Chairman (2019, 2022), 2nd. Chairman (2017-2019), Secretary (2013- 2015 / 2015 - 2017) 

- Board Member of Neuromodulation Research and Education Association (Secretary, 2020, 2022), (Secretary, 2018-2020) 

-Ondokuz Mayıs University Continuing Education Center Board Membership (2012-2015/ 2015-2018) 

-Ondokuz Mayıs University Black Sea Advanced Technology Application and Research Center (KİTAM) Board Membership (2016-2017)

 -Turkish Neurosurgical Association Professional Personnel Rights Board Membership (2013-Present) 

Other duties: -Deep brain stimulation training, consultancy and supervision (2014-present) 

Universities, hospitals and institutions consulted 

1. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine 

2. Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine 

3. Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine 

4. Atlas University Faculty of Medicine Medicine Medicine Hospital 

5. Baku National Oncology Hospital, Azerbaijan

 6. Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine

 7. Fırat University Faculty of Medicine

 8. Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir

 9. Health Sciences University City Hospital, Ankara 

10. Adana Başkent University Hospital 

11. Medtronic Inc 

12. Boston Scientific 

13. Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine 

Bilimsel Kuruluşlara Üyelikler :  

1. Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği 

2. Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği Stereotaktik, Fonksiyonel, Ağrı ve Epilepsi Cerrahisi     Öğretim ve Eğitim Grubu 

3. Uluslararası Derin Beyin Stimülasyonu Derneği 

4. National Deep Brain Stimulation Society 

5. Turkish Neurosurgical Society Neurooncological Surgery Teaching and Training Group 

6. European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN) 

7. International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS)

8. Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS) 

9. World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) 

10. International Neuromodulation Society (INS)

11. Neuromodulation Research and Education Association 

Undergraduate and graduate level courses given in the last 2 years 

- Neuromodulation (D-5) 

- Stereotactic surgical methods in neurological diseases (D-5) 

- Surgical treatment of movement disorders - Bedside practice (D-5) 

- Head traumas (D-5) 

- Head traumas (D-3) 

- Medicine and Poetry (D-1) * For D-5, 9 internship groups are taught in one academic year. 

Summary of academic activity (January 2024) 

A. International articles: 46 

B. International proceedings: 44 

C1. National book editorship: 2 

C2. International book chapter: 2 

C3. National book chapter: 13 

D. National articles: 12 

E. National proceedings: 45 

F. Organized meetings: 18 (7 international, 11 national) 

G. Invited talks: 71 (13 international, 58 national) 

h index: 12 (Web of science), 12 (Scopus), 16 (Scholar) 

Number of citations: 332 (Web of science), 342 (Scopus), 595 (Scholar) 

A. Articles published in international refereed journals : 

1. Eser P, Kocabicak E, Bekar A, Temel Y. Insights into neuroinflammatory mechanisms of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Exp Neurol. 2024 Jan 8:114684. 

2. Eser P, Kocabicak E, Bekar A, Temel Y. Interplay between neuroinflammatory pathways and Parkinson's disease.Exp Neurol. 2024 Feb;372:114644.  

3. Yasar OC, Ozturk S, Kemal O, Kocabicak E. Effects of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery on the Formant Frequencies of Turkish Vowels and Vowels. Turk Neurosurg. 2022;32(5):764-772. 

4. Taşkın O, Kocabıcak E, Öztürk S, Yıldız O, Temel Y. Electrode Fixation with Bone Cement or Stimloc® in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: A Comparative Study. Turk Neurosurg. 2022;32(3):449-458. 

5. Nassehi B, Assadnejad T, Yildiz O, Aygun D, Kocabicak E. Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in a Patient with Parkinson's Disease with Severe Axial Symptoms and Suboptimal Levodopa Response. Turk Neurosurg. 2022;32(3)

6. Nassehi B, Kocabicak E, Temel Y, Hescham S. Alteration of Neurogenesis and Pathologic Markers in Alzheimer's Disease After Deep Brain Stimulation. Turk Neurosurg. 2022;32(4)

7. Habets JGV, Herff C, Fasano AA, Beudel M, Kocabicak E, Schnitzler A, Snineh MA, Kalia SK, Ramirez-Gómez C, Hodaie M, Munhoz RP, Rouleau E, Yildiz O, Linetsky E, Schuurman R, Hartmann CJ, Lozano AM, De Bie RMA, Temel Y, Janssen MLF. Multicenter Validation of Individual Preoperative Motor Outcome Prediction for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. November 2021, 25: 1-9. 

8. Öztürk S, Temel Y, Aygün D, Kocabıçak E. Deep Brain Stimulation of Globus Pallidus Internus for Secondary Dystonia: Clinical Cases and Syatic Review of the Literature on the Efficacy of Globus Pallidus Internus and Subthalamic Nucleus. World Neurosurg. 2021 Oct

9. Kocabicak E, Yildiz O, Aygun D, Temel Y. Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus on Postoperative Levodopa Response: One Year Follow-up. Turk Neurosurg. 2021;31(1)

10. Kaya MO, Ozturk S, Ercan I, Gonen M, Erol FS, Kocabicak E. Statistical Shape Analysis of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. World Neurosurgery. World Neurosurg. 2019 

11. Kocabicak E, Alptekin O, Aygun D, Yildiz O, Temel Y. Microelectrode recording for deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: advantage or waste of time? Turk Neurosurg. 2019;29

12. Aygun D, Dere U A, Yildiz O, Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Characterizing the effect of intraoperative microelectrode recording-induced microlesion on motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease undergoing deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. Turk Neurosurg. 2019;29

13. Wetzelaer P, Bouwens VAN DER Vlis T, Tönge M, Ackermans L, Kubben P, Evers S, Kocabicak E, Temel Y. Management of equipment-related infections after DBS surgery: A cost analysis. Turk Neurosurg. 2018;28

14. Alptekin O, Kocabicak E, Gubler FS, Ackermans L, Kubben PL, Temel Y. Perioperative Technical Complications in Deep Brain Stimulation Operations. Turk Neurosurg. 2018;28

15. Aygun D, Kocabicak E, Yildiz MO, Temel Y. The Effect of Age and Disease Duration on Levodopa Response in Patients with Advanced Parkinson's Disease for Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus. 

16. Akpinar C K, Aygun D, Kocabicak E, Onar M K. Dopamine dysregulation syndrome after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation: A case report. Noro Psychiatr Ars. 2015 Dec

17. Tonge M, Kocabicak E, Ackermans L, Kuijf, M, Temel Y. Final electrode position in subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation surgery: comparison of indirect and direct targeting methods. Turk Neurosurg. 

18. Tonge M, Ackermans L, Kocabicak E, van Kranen-Mastenbroek V, Kuijf M, Oosterloo M, Kubben P, Temel Y. A detailed analysis of intracerebral hemorrhages in DBS operations. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Dec

19. Kocabicak E, Alptekin O, Ackermans L, Kubben P, Kuijf M, Kurt E, Esselink R, Temel Y. Is there still a need for microelectrode recording because the subthalamic nucleus is well visualized by high field MR imaging? Front Integr Neurosci.(Accepted July 15, 2015) 

20. Yarar E, Kuruoglu E, Kocabıcak E, Altun A, Genc E, Ozyurek H, Kefeli M, Marangoz AH, Aydin K, Cokluk C. Electrophysiological and histopathological effects of mesenchymal in the treatment of experimental rat sciatic nerve injury model. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2015 Jun 15

21. Kocabicak E, Jahanshahi A, Schonfeld L, Hescham SA, Temel Y, Tan S. Deep brain stimulation of the rat subthalamic nucleus caused inhibition of median raphe serotonergic and rgic neurotransmission. Turk Neurosurg 2015

22. Kocabicak E, Temel Y, Höllig A, Falkenburger B, Tan SKh. Current perspectives on deep brain stimulation for severe neurological and psychiatric disorders. Neur. Pschy. Disease and treatment 2015 

23. Lim LW, Janssen ML, Kocabicak E, Temel Y. Antidepressant activity by stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens is associated with neural activation in the subthalamic nucleus of rats. Behav Brain Res. 2015 

24. Kocabicak E, Terzi M, Akpinar K, Paksoy K, Cebeci I, Iyigun O. Restless Leg Syndrome and Its Quality in Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients. Behavioural Neurology 2014

25. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, Ozaydin I, Jahanshahi A, Onar M, Tan S K, Boke O, Kurt M, Guz H, Terzi M, Alptekin O, Temel Y Is the probe eye subthalamic nucleus length on T2W MRI consistent with microelectrode recording in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation for advanced Parkinson's disease? Turk Neurosurg. 2013;23(5)

26. Duran L, Balci K, Kati C, Akdemir H U, Kocabicak E, Dogruel C. Does admission blood pressure have prognostic value in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: an emergency department experience. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2013 Oct;15(10)

27. Kocabicak E, Temel Y. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease; Surgical technique, tips, tricks and complications. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Nov;115(11)

28. Camlidag I, Kocabicak E, Sahin B, Jahanshahi A, Incesu L, Aygun D, Yildiz O, Temel Y, Belet U. Volumetric analysis of subthalamic and red nuclei based on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Parkinson's disease. Int J Neurosci. 2014 Apr;124(4)

29. Jahanshahi A, Schonfeld L, Janssen ML, Hescham S, Kocabicak E, Steinbusch HW, van Overbeeke JJ, Temel Y. Electrical stimulation of the motor cortex increases progenitor cell migration in adult rat brain. Exp Brain Res. 2013 Nov;231(2)

30. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, Alptekin O, Guz H, Kurt M, Sarihasan B, Temel Y Conversion of local anesthetic-guided deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus to general anesthesia. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013, Sep;74(5):332-4.  

31. Jahanshahi A, Vlamings R, van Roon-Mom WM, Faull RL, Waldvogel HJ, Janssen ML, Yakkioui Y, Zeef DH, Kocabicak E, Steinbusch HW, Temel Y. Changes in brain serotonergic and rgic cell populations in experimental and clinical Huntington's disease. 

32. Aydin K, Kocabicak E, Altun A, Ozaydin I, Yarar E, Cokluk C. Use of Topical Landmarks in Percutaneous Projection of Intracranial Tumors in Neurosurgical Oncology. Turk Neurosurg. 2012;22(3)

33. Aydın K, Çokluk C, Pişkin A, Kocabıcak E. Ultrasonographic control of transverse carpal ligament incision with limited single skin incision during carpal tunnel surgery. Turk Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;17(3)

34. Alptekin O, Gubler F, Ackermans L, Kubben P, Kuijf M, Kocabicak E, Temel Y. Stereotactic Accuracy and Frame Mounting: a phantom study. Surg Neurol Int. 2019 Apr 24;10:67. 

35. Gubler FS, Ackermans L, Kubben PL, Damci A, Kuijf ML, Oosterloo M, Vermeulen RJ, Hescham S, Kocabicak E, Kurt E, Temel Y. Infections in deep brain stimulation: Shaving versus not shaving. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Oct 10;8:249. 

36. Dere U Akin, Tonge M, Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Unusual length of the AC-PC line and the importance of direct targeting. OAJJN. 2016;1(4)

37. Aygun D, Kocabicak E, Yildiz O, Onar MK, Guz H, Boke O, Kurt M, Temel Y. Syncope associated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in a patient with Parkinson's disease. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2013 

38. Kocabicak E, Terzi M, Alptekin O, Temel Y. Targeting thalamic tremor cells in deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-induced complex tremor. Surg Neurol Int. 2013. 

39. Kocabicak E, Tan SK, Temel Y. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: Why is it so successful? Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3(Suppl 4)

40. Kocabicak E. Tan SK, Temel Y. Aydın K, Kocabicak E, Çokluk C, Kuruoğlu E, Yıldız L, Marangoz A.H. Cerebral Intraparenchymal Epidermoid Tumor: A Case Report.Chirurgia 2012 October

41. Aydın K, Çokluk C, Kocabıcak E, Çelik B, Taşlak Şengül A. Cervical Screw Extrusion into the Trachea and Perforation: A Case Report. Chirurgia 2012 Oct

42. Cervical Ependymoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Kocabicak E, Cengiz Çokluk,Kerameddin Aydın,Yaşar Bayri,Yurdanur Süllü Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2010.27; 

43. Nonanastomotic Indirect Bypass Surgery in Surgical Treatment of Malignant Glial Tumors. Cengiz Çokluk,Kerameddin Aydın, Kocabicak E. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2010. 

44. On-Off Malignancy in a Pediatric Shunt. Cengiz Çokluk,Kerameddin Aydın, Kocabicak E. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2009. 

45. Vibration Producing Dissector in Dissection and Separation of High Grade Glial Tumors from Brain Tissue. Cengiz Çokluk,Kerameddin Aydın, Kocabicak E. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2009. 

46. Geriatric Traumatic Acute Subdural Haematomas: A Retrospective Study. Kocabicak E, Ercan Yarar,Cengiz Çokluk,Kerameddin Aydın. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2009. 

B. Abstracts presented at international meetings 

1. Kaya Mehmet Onur, Ozturk Sait, Erol Fatih Serhat, Gönen Murat, Ercan Ilker, Kocabicak Ersoy. Statistical Shape Analysis of Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. OP 01, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’, 17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

2. Ozgenc Aysun, Taskin Onder, Yildiz Mustafa Onur, Aygün Dursun, Kocabicak Ersoy. Parkinson’s Disease and Neuromodulation Nursing. OP 02, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’, 17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

3. Yasar Ozlem, Kemal Ozgur, Kocabicak Ersoy. Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus on Acoustic Characteristics of Voice Production:Preliminary Results. OP 03, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

4. Nassehi Behrad, Kocabicak Ersoy. The Alteration of Neurogenesis and Pathological Markers in Alzheimer's Disease after Deep Brain Stimulation. OP 04, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

5. Sücüllü Karadag Yesim, Divanlioglu Denizhan, Öztekin Zeynep Nese, Belen Ahmet Deniz, Kocabicak Ersoy. Medical and Device-Guided Therapies and Deep BrainStimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Experience of a Tertiary Center from Turkey. OP 05, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

6. Pilan Kubra, taskin Onder, Yildiz Mustafa Onur, Ozgenc Aysun, Kocabicak Ersoy. Effect of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Nutritional Status and Habits in Parkinson's Patients. OP 06, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

7. Assadnejad Taha, Nassehi Behrad, Aygun Dursun, Yildiz Mustafa Onur, Kocabicak Ersoy. Unilateral Globus Pallidus Interna Deep BrainStimulation in Post Stroke Dystonic Tremor: Case Report. OP 09, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

8. Ozturk Sait, Gönen Murat, Erol Fatih Serhat, Kocabicak Ersoy. When Internal Pulse Generator Should Be Activated Following Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease? OP 10, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey

9. Yildiz Mustafa Onur, Taskin Onder, Aygun Dursun, Kocabicak Ersoy. Long-Term Outcomes of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Single Center Experience. OP 13, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

10. Ulutabanca Halil, Gultekin Murat, Kocabicak Ersoy. Follow-Up Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Thalamic Ventralis Intermedius Nucleus in a Patient with Bipolar Disorder and Essential Tremor. OP 15, 4th clinical neuroscience course. ‘Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

11. Assadnejad Taha, Nassehi Behrad, Yildiz Mustafa Onur, Aygun Dursun, Kocabicak Ersoy. Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in aPatient with Severe Axial Symptoms and Minimal Levodopa Responsive Parkinson's Disease. OP 16, 4th clinical neuroscience course. 'Current state and future in deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease'17-19 October 2019. Anemon Hotel, Samsun, Turkey 

12. Ozturk S, Aygun D, ​​Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus interna with microelectrode recording for secondary dystonia: clinical reports and review of the literature. XXXIIIrd of the ESSFN, Edinburgh, Scotland 2018

13. Alptekin O, Gubler F, Kocabicak E, Ackermans L, Kubben P, Temel Y. Impact of Radiological Image Slice Thickness on Stereotactic Accuracy: a phantom study. XXXIIIrd of the ESSFN, Edinburgh, Scotland 2018 

14. Gultekin M, Ulutabanca H,Selcuklu A, Mirza M, Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus interna with microelectrode recording for MyoclonusDystonia (DYT- 11): One year Outcome in Two Patients. 70th AAN Annual meeting, Los Angeles USA 2018, P5-055 

15. Kocabicak E, Yildiz M O, Aygun D, ​​Temel Y. The clinical effects of preoperative levodopa response for deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for patients with Parkinson's disease in the postoperative period 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP-14 

16. Sen S, Terzi M, Yildiz M O, Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Deep brain stimulation for Multiple Sclerosis related tremor: clinical reports. 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP-16 

17. Gönen M, Ozturk S, Balgetir F, Aytac E, Kocabicak E. Pseudobulbar Laughter Induced by Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus: Case Report. 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP-03 

18. Ozturk S, Gonen M, Korkmaz S, Erol F S, Kocabicak E. Early-term results of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's Disease: Elazığ Experience. 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP-05

19. Turgut E, Ozkaynak S, Kocabicak E, Baysal O G, Temel Y, Ucar T. The Early Results of STN DBS in Parkinson's Disease: Akdeniz University Experience. 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP-08 

20. Turgut E, Parlak H, Agar A, Sarikcioglu L, Ucar T, Kocabicak E, Temel Y. The Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata in 6-OHDA Parkinsonism Model in Rats. 3rd clinical neuroscience course 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, OP13 

21. Dere U A, Tonge M, Temel Y, Kocabicak E.Unusual Length of the Ac-Pc Line and the Importance of Direct Targeting. 3rd clinical neuroscience course 3rd clinical neuroscience course, Turkey 2017, PP-06 

22. Taskin O, Aygun D,Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Comparative results of plastic cap and bone cement usage in permanent electrode fixation of deep brain stimulation. WFNS XVI. World Congress of Neurosurgery Istanbul-Turkey, 20-25 August, 2017-OP 

23. Ulutabanca H, Gultekin M, Kucuk A, Ciftci M, Selcuklu A, Temel Y, Kocabicak E Confirmation of Electrode Localization by Fusion Between Preoperative T2W MRI and Postoperative CT Scan on Parkinson Cases Who Underwent STN DBS. WFNS XVI. World Congress of neurosurgery Istanbul-turkey, 20-25 August, 2017 –OP 

24. Tonge M, Lindhout J, Kocabicak E, Dere U A, Temel Y. Effect of frontal angle of approach on microelectrode recording and clinical parameters in STN-DBS surgery . XVII. WSSFN Congress, Berlin, Germany 2017, #10653 PP-031 

25. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, ​​Yildiz O, Temel Y. Characterizing the micro lesion effect due to intraoperative microelectrode recording on motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease undergoing deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. XXII congress of the ESSFN, Madrid, Spain 2016 

26. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, ​​Yildiz M O, Alptekin O, Temel Y (2016). Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus in patients with chorea dominant Huntington's Disease. XXII congress of the ESSFN, Madrid, Spain 2016 

27. Alptekin O, Kocabicak E, Temel Y (2016). Perioperative technical complications in deep brain stimulation surgeries. XXII congress of the ESSFN, Madrid, Spain 2016 

28. Yildiz O, Terzi M, Tugcu B, Alptekin O, Temel Y, Kocabicak E. Deep brain stimulation for Multiple Sclerosis related tremor clinical reports. II. International Conference on Deep Brain Stimulation Düsseldorf, Germany 2016 EP-35 

29. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, ​​Yildiz M O, Taskin O, Alptekin O, Temel Y (2016). Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the globus pallidus interna on Huntington's Disease at 1 year. II. International Conference on Deep Brain Stimulation Düsseldorf, Germany 2016 EP-34 

30. Kocabicak E, Ali Jahanshahi, Lisa Schonfeld, Sarah-Anna Hescham, Yasin Temel, Sonny K.H Tan. Deep brain stimulation of the rat subthalamic nucleus induced inhibition of median raphe serotonergic and rgic neurotransmission. XXI Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), Final Programme, page: 7, Flash Oral Presentation no: 20 September 17-21, 2014, Maastricht, Netherlands.

31. Kocabicak E, Dursun Aygun, Kemal Paksoy, Musa Onar, Hatice Guz, Omer Boke, Murat Kurt, Murat Terzi, Onur Alptekin, Onur Yildiz, Yasin Temel. Microelectrode recording in subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation: advantage or loss of time? XXI Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), Final Programme, page: 4, Oral Presentation no: 18 September 17-21, 2014, Maastricht, Netherlands. 

32. Camlidag I, Kocabicak E, Sahin B, Jahanshahi A, Incesu L, Aygun D, ​​Yildiz O, Temel Y, Belet U. Volumetric analysis of the subthalamic and red nuclei based on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Parkinson's disease. XXI Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), Final Programme, page: 22, Poster Presentation no: 17 September 17-21, 2014, Maastricht, Netherlands. 

33. Kocabicak E, Dursun Aygun, Murat Terzi, Musa Onar, Hatice Guz, Omer Boke, Yasin Temel. Deep brain stimulation in complex tremor. XXI Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), Final Programme, page: 5, Flash Oral Presentation no: 19 September 17-21, 2014, Maastricht, Netherlands. 

34. Kocabicak E, Musa Onar, Murat Terzi. Effect on postural stability of REM sleep behavioral disorder in Parkinson's disease. Dursun Aygun, 18th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Volume: 29 Pages: S226-S226 Supplement: 1 Meeting Abstract: 613. June 08-12, 2014, Stockholm, SWEDEN 

35. D. Aygun, Kocabicak E, M.K. Onar, K. Akpinar, H. Guz, O. Boke, M. Kurt. Patient selection for DBS in Parkinson's disease: Clinical experience with 33 consecutive patients. XX World Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. E-352, page:97, 8 -11 December 2013 Geneva, Switzerland. 

36. D. Aygun, Kocabicak E, M.K. Onar, K. Akpinar, H. Guz, O. Boke, M. Kurt. Effect of disease duration on preoperative levodopa responsiveness as a criterion for subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease patients. The Movement Disorder Society's 17th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Vol. 28, Suppl 1,pp. S1–S464.No:1255. June 16-20, 2013 Sydney- Australia 

37. M.K. Onar, D. Aygun, Kocabicak E, H. Guz, C.K. Akpinar, O. Boke, M. Kurt. Stimulationrelated side effects in ten patients with Parkinson's disease treated by subtahalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) The Movement Disorder Society's 17th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Vol. 28, Suppl 1, pp. S1–S464.No:1275 June 16-20, 2013 Sydney- Australia 

38. M.K. Onar, D. Aygun, K. Akpinar, Kocabicak E, O. Boke, H. Guz, M. Kurt. Dopamine dysregulation syndrome after deep brain stimulation (DBS): A case report. The Movement Disorder Society's 17th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. Vol. 28, Suppl 1, pp. S1–S464.No:1276, June 16-20, 2013 Sydney- Australia 

39. Kocabicak E, Aygun D, ​​Ozaydin I, Jahanshahi A, Onar M, Boke O, Kurt M, Guz H, Terzi M, Alptekin O, Yildiz O,Temel Y. Does probe's eye subthalamic nucleus length on T2W MRI correspond with microelectrode recording in patients with deep brain stimulation for advanced Parkinson's disease? 15th World Congress of Neurosurgery (WFNS), Program Book, FA1935, page: 312, September 8-13, 2013, Seoul, Korea

40. Kocabicak E, Dursun Aygun, Hatice Guz, Murat Kurt, Binnur Sarıhasan, Yasin Temel. Conversion of local anesthesia guided deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus to general anesthesia. XX Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), P 80, page: 142 September 26-29, 2012, Lisbon, Portugal. 

41. Kocabicak E, Murat Terzi, Yasin Temel. Targeting thalamic tremor cells in deep brain stimulation for Multiple Sclerosis induced complex tremor. XX Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), P 81, page: 142 September 26-29, 2012, Lisbon, Portugal. 

42. Kocabicak E, Lee Wei Lim, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Yasin Temel. Deep brain stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex induced neuronal changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of rats. EANS 2011 14th European Congress of Neurosurgery program book, page: 107, October 9-11, 2011 Rome-Italy 

43. Kocabicak E, Cokluk C, Aydin K. Geriatric Epidural Haematoma: Case Report and Review of The Literature. 15th Euroacadimia MultidisciplinariaNeurotraumatologica Congress (EMN) Final Program, P-07 page:20, May 6-9, 2010, Antalya, Turkey 

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