Best Cochlear implant placement pediatricians in Turkey: TOP 47 doctors

• Dr. Yavuz Selim Yildirim specializes in cochlear implant surgeries.
• Performs advanced cochlear implantation techniques such as bilateral simultaneous and sequential surgeries.
• Utilizes latest cochlear implant technologies: electroacoustic stimulation, and soft surgery techniques.
• Trained internationally at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Tufts, and Cleveland Clinic.
• European Board Certified in Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (FEBORL-HNS).
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), highlighting distinguished surgical practice.
• Provides online consultations for patients seeking cochlear implant evaluations.
• Fluent in English, providing ease of communication for international patients.

Academic and Professional Background

• Education:
  • 1990–1996: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (MD).
  • 1996–2000: Residency in ENT at Ankara Training and Research Hospital.
  • 2002: Advanced training at the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
• Professional Experience:
  • Various roles including researcher, specialist, and chief at prominent hospitals in Turkey.
  • Since 2011: Professor at Lokman Hekim Health Group, focusing on ENT diseases.

Key Achievements and Research Contributions

• Published Work:
  • Over 30 scientific articles in international journals on ENT topics such as hearing loss, laryngeal cancer, and sinus conditions.
  • Topics include rare diseases, surgical innovations, and radiological evaluations.
  • Co-author of ENT-related books and translated chapters in notable surgical references.
• Conference Presentations:
  • Frequent presenter at national and international scientific meetings.
  • Delivered groundbreaking studies on cochlear implants, paranasal tumors, and hearing aid effects on geriatric tinnitus.
• Awards & Recognition:
  • Recognized for excellence in clinical practice and surgical training models, particularly in stapedectomy.

Clinical and Research Interests

• Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat, with a focus on:
  • Hearing disorders (sensorineural, conductive, age-related).
  • Rhinological conditions, including sinusitis and mucosal pathologies.
  • Oncological ENT cases, specifically rare cancers of the larynx and paranasal sinuses.

International Training and Professional Development

• Attended multiple specialized courses at the House Ear Institute (USA) focusing on temporal bone surgery and pathology.
• Participation in advanced workshops and conferences such as the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF).

Publications and Citations

• Authored high-impact studies cited in prominent journals.
• Contributions to understanding ENT disorders through innovative research methods, such as temporal bone dissection and immunohistochemistry.

Prof. Dr. Celil Göçer is a distinguished ENT specialist whose extensive clinical expertise and academic contributions have greatly influenced the field. He is highly regarded for his innovative surgical approaches and dedication to advancing medical knowledge.

• Dr. Selman Sarica specializes in advanced Cochlear implant placement.
• Performs cochlear implantation using minimally invasive techniques and image guidance.
• Applies electrode array preservation methods for cochlear structure integrity.
• Expert in latest technologies like electroacoustic stimulation (EAS) implants.
• Trained internationally, enhancing skills in renowned medical institutions abroad.
• Associate Professor at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, with a focus on otology.
• Fluent in Turkish and proficient in English for consultations.

• Dr. Tayfun Apuhan specializes in cochlear implant surgery.
• Employs advanced methods like minimally invasive cochlear implantation.
• Trained internationally in Germany and the USA for ENT procedures.
• Expertise in auditory rehabilitation post-implantation.
• Board-certified in Otorhinolaryngology, ensuring quality care.
• Member of prestigious ENT professional societies.
• Fluent in English and Turkish, offering bilingual consultations.

Pakize EKER BALCIOĞLU, M.D., graduated from Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, and completed her residency training at the General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Marmara University. She has authored articles in local and international journals and has fields of medical interest in breast pain, hemorrhoid treatments, anal fissure treatments, pilonidal sinus treatments, and lipomas. She has worked at Marmara University Hospital, Atlas Hospital, Maltepe Ersoy Hospital, and Sultanbeyli Ersoy Hospital.

Dr. Süleyman Hilmi YILMAZ is an assistant professor and M.D., born in 1981. He specializes in nasal congestion and nasal deformity, nasal polyposis, lacrymal gland obstructions, benign and malignant head and neck tumors, thyroid cancer, tonsil and adenoid diseases, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy and ear tube placement, septal correction, endoscopic sinus surgery, visualization of middle ear and ossicles, and submandibular gland surgery. He is a member of the Turkish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Association, Istanbul ENT-BCC Specialists Association, and Skull Base Association.

Education and Expertise

2003 - At Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

2003 - 2009 - Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital

Experience

2009 - 2011 - Bayburt State Hospital

2013 - Istanbul Private Safa Hospital

Professional Memberships

Turkish Ear Nose Throat Foundation

Turkish Medical Association

Facial Plastic Surgery Association

Turkish ENT and Surgery Association

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine - Ear-Nose-Throat Diseases
 

1998-2005 Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, KAYSERİ
 

Courses and Conferences
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation OSAS Surgery Educational Course ,November 05, 2009,Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Pediatric Sinusitis Educational Course,07 January 2010,Ankara
 

9th International Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, April 8-10, 2010, Ankara.
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Academy Congress, April 15-18, 2010, Hatay
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association, Neck Dissections Meeting ;May 6, 2010 ,Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Approach to Conductive Hearing Loss Educational Course; December 16, 2010,Ankara
 

33rd Turkish National Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress; September 26-30, 2011, Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Middle Ear Implants Educational Course; November 17, 2011,Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association , Current Approach to Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases Meeting ;November 19, 2011 ,Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Current Tonsillectomy Methods Educational Course; December 15, 2011 ,Ankara
 

National Laryngology Congress, February 17-18, 2012, Ankara
 

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Educational Course on Approach to Children with Stiridor; April 05, 2012 ,Ankara
 

10th International Congress of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery; April 26-28, 2012, Ankara

8th Turkish Rhinology Congress, May 24-27, 2012, Antalya

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Vertigo Educational Course;November 01, 2012,Ankara

7th National Laryngology Congress September 27-28, 2013 ,Istanbul

35th Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress, November 02-06, 2013, Antalya

35th Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress Clinically Applied Allergic Rhinitis Course, November 02-06, 2013, Antalya

ORL seminars Salzburg Medical Seminars International April 12-19, 2014

38th Turkish National Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress, , Antalya

Articles he wrote and contributed to;

1. Elgörmüş M.N, Başak H, Balcıoğlu M ,Özgürsoy O.B, Dursun G, Hidden Cavernous Hemangioma in Tongue; 9th International Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Congress, April 8-10, 2010, Ankara.
 

2.ELGÖRMÜŞ M.N, BASAK H, BALCIOĞLU M, ÖZGÜRSOY O.B, DURSUN G. Hidden Hemangioma in Tongue. 9th International ENT- Head and Neck Surgery Congress 8-10 April 2010, Ankara, Turkey
 

3.Mülazımoğlu S, Başak H, Beton S, Elgörmüş M.N, Aktürk T, Arat A, Gökcan M.K,Emergency Intraoperative Angiographic Embolization in Acute Carotid Blowout Syndrome ; 35th Turkish National Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress, 02-06 November 2013, Antalya
 

ORAL PAPERS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
 

1.İslamoğlu Y, Kıcalı M.M, Elgörmüş M.N, Beton S, Gökcan M.K ,Is Hyoid Bone Removal Necessary in Thyroglossal Cyst Excision? ;35th Turkish National Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress,
 

2.BAŞAK H, MÜLAZIMOGLU S, TEZCANER Z.Ç., BETON S, MECO B.C, ELGÖRMÜS MN, MEÇO C. Endonasal endoscopic excision of frontal sinus and supraorbital resess cholesteatoma extending from the temporal muscle to the middle fossa. 10th Turkish Rhinology Congress May 25-22, 2014 Antalya, Turkey. (oral presentation)
 

3.M.N.Elgörmüs , C. Meco Endonasal Endoscopic Management of Traumatic CSF Fistula 19-12 April 2014 ORL seminars Salzburg Medical Seminars International

Specializations

Adult and Pediatric ENT Diseases

Plastic Surgery Procedures (Rhinoplasty, Protruding Ear Correction)

Filling-Botox Procedures

Endoscopic/Microscopic Middle Ear Surgery

Sleep Apnea and Snoring Surgery

Tonsil and Adenoid Operations with Plasma-Evaporation Method

Specializations

Pediatric Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs

Newborn Monitoring

Newborn and Childhood Vaccinations

Child Follow-up Monitoring and Development

Growth and Development Retardation

Childhood Diseases

Specializations

Inguinal (Gubic) Area Diseases (Hernia, Hydrocele, Undescended Testis)

Laparoscopic Undescended Testis Investigation

Laparoscopic Surgery in Children (Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Ovarian Pathologies)

Gastrointestinal System Surgery in Children

Newborn Surgery

Thoracic Surgery in Children-VATS

Childhood Tumors

Thyroid Surgery in Children

Trauma in Children

Specializations

Head and Neck Surgery

Surgical Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers

Dizziness (Vertigo)

Endoscopic Sinus Surgeries

Hearing Loss and Ear Diseases Surgery

Endoscopic Head and Neck Diseases Surgery

Head and Neck Diseases Microsurgery

Salivary Gland Diseases and Surgery

2017: Oticon Medical Scientific Center Copenhagen Denmark.
2016: ICLO Teaching Center New Endoscopic Approaches to Lateral Skull Base, Inner Ear and Cerebello-Pontine Angle, Verona Italy
2016: World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw,Poland
2015: Cochlear Science and Research Center Berlin Germany.
2014: Cochlear implant Center Medel Company Innsburck, Austria.
2014: Hannover Medical School. Clinic for Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology, Hannover, Germany
2014: Academy of Hearing Aid Acoustics (Akademie für Hörgerate-Akustik), Lübeck, Germany.
2013: International European Sialendoscopy Training Center, Geneva, Switzerland.
2012: University clinic of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, klinikum der Universitat, Munchen, Germany.
2012: University clinic of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Bern, Switzerland.
2011: University clinic of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, klinikum der Universitat, Munchen, Germany.
2007: The Ohio State University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Otology and Neurotology. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
2006: University of Würzburg, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Otology and Neurotology. Würzburg, Germany.
1999-2003 İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı
1993-1999 İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

Turkish Rhinology Society

Tigris-Euphrates Basin Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association

Gaziantep Otorhinolaryngology Association

Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Qualification Board

Turkish Otology Association

Malatya Otorhinolaryngology Association

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology

International Vertigo Association

Op. Dr. Ertugrul Kibar

Specialization : Ear Nose Throat

Foreign Language : English

Education :

Medicine:

2011 Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine

Expertise:

2016 Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine – ENT AD.

Thesis:

Evaluation of upper esophageal sphincter pressure in patients with vocal cord pathology

Certificate of competency:

He has The Turkish Board Of Otorihnolaryngologj- Head and Neck Surgery Qualification Certificate.

Experience:

Medical interests and specialties:

Nose aesthetics (Ultrasonic Rhinoplasty)

Endoscopic (closed method) Hearing and Eardrum Surgery

Pediatric ENT Diseases

Snoring Treatment and Surgery

Head and Neck Tumors

Vertigo (Dizziness), Tinnitus (Tinnitus)

Voice and Swallowing Problems

Experience:

2012-2016 Selcuk University ENT Clinic

2016-2019 Konya Training and Research Hospital ENT Clinic

2019-2020 Yalova State Hospital ENT Clinic

2020- 2022 Special Specialists Yalova Hospital

2022- …… Private Sakarya Adatip Hospital

Memberships:

1- Turkish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Association

2- European Association of Young ENT Physicians

 3- Turkish Medical Association

Article, Presentation, Publication, Congress, Course, Award:

Works:

1- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children with vocal fold nodules

O Erdur, A Herguner, K Ozturk, E Kibar, C Elsurer, MK Bozkurt, International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 85, 5-7

2- Aberrant internal carotid artery: a rare cause of dysphagia

K Ozturk, O Erdur, E Kibar, F SofuogluJournal of Craniofacial Surgery 27 (3), 818

3- Evaluation of upper esophageal sphincter in benign vocal lesions

E Kibar, O Erdur, K Ozturk European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 275 (12), 3033-3037

4- Permanent quadriplegia following replacement of voice prosthesis

K Ozturk, O Erdur, E Kibar Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 27 (8), e741-e743

5- Analysis of cases with otosclerosis

B Çolpan, K Öztürk, Ç Elsurer, E Kibar, Ö Erdur Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 4 (3), 105-10

6- Hydatid Cyst of the Parotid Gland: A Rare Location

O Erdur, B Colpan, F Sofuoglu, E Kibar Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 29 (1), e98-e99

7- Paediatric mandibular fractures: A retrospective study of 15 patients

E Demir, O Erdur, E Kibar, C Elsurer, MK Bozkurt, K ​​Ozturk, B Colpan

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 54 (10), e113-e114

8- Giant concha bullosa causing severe nasal congestion

Ö Erdur, Ç Elsurer, E Kibar, MK Bozkurt ENT Applications 35 (ENT Applications)

9- Endoscopic excision of recurrent nasal septal pyogenic granuloma

Contemporary Elsurer, Omer Erdur, Hakan Dagestan, Mete Kaan Bozkurt, Ertugrul Kibar

ENT Applications 81 (2016;4(2):81-84)

10- Cervical vertebra osteophytes causing dysphagia: two case reports.

Z Fazliogullari, A Nayman, E Kibar, H Karabagli, K Ozturk, AK Karabulut

Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy

11- Giant pleomorphic adenoma of parapharyngeal space extending to the skull base

E Kibar, B Colpan, F Sofiev

Professor of Otolaryngology

Dr. is a board-certified ENT specialist with 20 years of experience and has held the position of Professor Dr. since 2017. He is a member of the Istanbul Medical Chamber, the Turkish ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Association, and the American Head and Neck Society.

Op.Dr. Osman Tuğrul GÜZELDİR was born on May 1, 1983. After completing his pre-graduate studies, he successfully graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine and obtained the title of Medical Doctor. He specialized in Otorhinolaryngology at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine and became an Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist.

After completing his specialization training, Op.Dr. Osman Tuğrul GÜZELDİR worked at Afyonkarahisar Bolvadin Dr. Halil İbrahim Özsoy State Hospital from 2013 to 2015. He later served in various private hospitals in Ankara. In 2020, he joined the academic staff at Istanbul Health and Technology University and currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Koru Ankara Hospital.

Op.Dr. Osman Tuğrul GÜZELDİR is a member of the Turkish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Turkish Skull Base Society, Turkish Medical Association, Turkish Rhinology Society, and Ankara Medical Chamber. He also has a good command of English.

His medical interests include:

Head and neck tumors

Aesthetic and Functional Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty, Septoplasty)

Eardrum and middle ear diseases

Dizziness, hearing loss, and balance disorders

Thyroid and parathyroid gland diseases

Childhood neck masses

Salivary gland diseases and tumors

Childhood ear-nose-throat diseases

Nasal congestion and sinus diseases

Hoarseness and laryngeal diseases