Best Total knee replacement (arthroplasty) revision orthopedists in Turkey: TOP 30 doctors
Education & Specialization
- 2003 to 2009 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
- 2010 to 2015 Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics & Traumatology Specialization
- 2022 Associate Professor, Orthopedics & Traumatology, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital
Experience
- 2018 Fellowship in Knee-Hip Arthroplasty & Knee-Shoulder Arthroscopy, St. Joseph Bruderkrankenhaus Paderborn, Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Paderborn, Germany
- 2017 to 2018 Orthopedic Specialist, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education & Research Hospital
- 2015 to 2017 Orthopedic Specialist, Turhal State Hospital
- 2009 to 2010 General Practitioner, Erzincan Community Health Center
- 2009 to 2010 Assistant Doctor, Anatomy Department, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Professional Memberships
- -International Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology Association
- -European Pediatric Orthopedic Association
-Turkish Sports Traumatology Association, Arthroscopy & Knee Surgery - -Turkish Spine Association
- -Turkish Arthroplasty Association
- -Turkish Orthopedics & Traumatology Association
- -Turkish Medical Association
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EXPERIENCE
1997 – today
Gayrettepe Florence Nightingale Hospital
Orthopedics and Traumatology specialist
1996 – 1997
Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
Chief Assistant Specialist Doctor
1992 – 1996
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
Orthopedics and Traumatology, Specialist
1992 – 1996
Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
Assistant Physician
1987 – 1991
Adana Reşat Bey Health Center
General practitioner
1985 – 1987
Trabzon Maçka (Compulsory Service)
General practitioner
CLINICAL FOCUS
Sports Injuries
Orthopedic Trauma
Knee Arthroscopy
Hip Arthroscopy
EDUCATION
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
Medical Education
Read moreEDUCATION
Balgrist University, Zurich
- Shoulder and Elbow Observership, Feb 8th - March 23rd, 2023
Bezmialem Vakif University
- Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Fellowship Program, March 1st - July 2nd, 2021
Istanbul Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2011-2016
Hospital for Special Surgery, USA
- Observership, May 2nd - June 30th, 2016
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
- Medical School, 2003–2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Istanbul Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Research and Training Hospital
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2011-2016
Kilis State Hospital
- Orthopaedics Surgeon, 2017-2019
Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital
- Orthopaedics Surgeon, 2019-2020
Istanbul Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Research and Training Hospital
- Orthopaedics Surgeon, 2020-2024
Medipol Acıbadem Hospital
- Orthopaedics Surgeon, 2024-present
Op. Dr. Ahmet Kurtulmuş graduated from İzmir Private Turkish College in 1986. He completed his medical education at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine. Between 1992 and 1996, he specialized in Orthopedics and Traumatology at İzmir Atatürk Hospital. Between 2000 and 2006, Dr. Ahmet Kurtulmuş operated his own private clinic at the same time, where he managed his patients and performed surgeries at an affiliated private hospital with which he had an agreement. Due to unchanged regulations during that period, he was also able to work at a state hospital in addition to managing his private clinic and conducting surgeries at the affiliated private hospital. From 1997 to 2012, he continued his career as a chief resident at the same hospital. Between 2012 and 2021, he worked at Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital. After retiring from public service in 2021, he worked at Özel Ege Yaşam Hospital and Özel Ege İnci Surgical Medical Center. Since 2023, he has been practicing medicine in his private clinic. He is proficient in English. Married and a father of two, he is a member of the Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology and the Turkey Sports Injuries Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery Association.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: September 3, 1975
Place of Birth: İzmir, Turkey
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine: Ege University Faculty of Medicine (1991 - 1997)
SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICINE
Orthopedics and Traumatology Residency:
Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Division
of Orthopedics and Traumatology (1998 - 2003)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Fellow: Hospices Civils de Lyon, France (2001 – 6 months)
Orthopedic and Hand Surgery Specialist: EMOT Hospital (2004 - Present)
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
AO Trauma Association – 1. Member (since 2012)
Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) – Member (since
2010)
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3.Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity – Member (since 2007)
4.Turkish Medical Association – Member (since 2004)
5.Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBİD) – Member (since 2004)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Encouragement Award - 2014
Awarded by: Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity
Best Research Award - 2012
Awarded by: Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association
Event: Akif Şakir Şakar Awards
Read moreEducation:
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.
Read moreProf. Dr. Süleyman Bülent Bektaşer was born in Kayseri in 1968. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1992. In 1997, he completed his specialization training in Orthopedics and Traumatology at Ankara Dr. Muhittin Ülker Emergency and Traumatology Hospital with a thesis on "Total Knee Arthroplasty Applications and Early Results". Between 1997 and 2000, he worked as a specialist doctor at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic of the same hospital, and between 2000 and 2004, he served as a chief resident at the same hospital. Between 2004 and 2013, he worked as a chief resident in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital of the Ministry of Health. He became an associate professor in 2004 and worked as a lecturer at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital between 2014 and 2016. He was appointed as a full professor at Yüksek İhtisas University in 2018. Throughout his academic career, he has published numerous scientific articles. He currently works at Koru Ankara Hospital and his medical interests include:
Hip, knee, shoulder arthroplasty (prosthetic surgery, robotic knee prosthesis surgery)
Extremity traumas (fractures and muscle/tendon tears)
Orthopedic oncology surgeries
Sports injuries and arthroscopy
Hand surgery
Shoulder and elbow surgery.
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