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Work Address: Biruni University Hospital, Department Of Neurological Surgery, Istanbul 

Education And Training

Undergraduate: 1997 - 2001 Halkali High School, Istanbul, Turkey 

Graduate:   2001 - 2007 Mersin University, School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey 

Postgraduate: 2009 – 2014 Bakırköy Research And Training Hospital For Psychiatric And Neurological Disease, Department Of Neurological Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey 

Observer: June-December 2017 University of Wisconsin- Department of Neurological Surgery, Madison, USA

June-August 2020 Acıbadem University- Spine Center, İstanbul, Turkey

 Professional Interest: Cranial Surgery, Functional neurosurgery (used to treat movement disorders), Spine Surgery 

Licensure And Certification 

 2007 June: Doctor of Medicine, Turkish Ministry of Health 

 2014 July: Neurosurgeon, Turkish Ministry of Health

Employment

2014– 2021 Neurosurgeon - Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research And Training Hospital

2021- Neurosurgeon- Biruni University Hospital, Department of Neurological Surgery

Training Courses / Workshops / Meetings / Symposiums 

(In Chronological Order)

Has Participated in 18 National and International Courses, Scientific Meetings (Certified) in Neurosurgery And Spinal Surgery. 

• Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease Symposium, 8-11 October 2009 Nevşehir/Turkey
• 24th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 14-18 May 2010  Antalya / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group: Basic Education Program, 3-6 July 2011 Sapanca / Turkey
• 27th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 12-16 Apr 2013  Antalya / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Hands-On Cadaver Course 15-16 November 2013 Istanbul/Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Neurooncology And Neurovascular Surgery Education And Training Group: Unified Symposium. 28-29 December 2013 Istanbul/Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group: Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery Course. 7 Feb 2014 Istanbul / Turkey
• 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014    Antalya / Turkey
• Medtronic Midas Rex Workshop: Cadaver Course 23 May 2014 Istanbul / Turkey
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society: Spine And Peripheral Nerve Surgery Education And Training Group, 26-29 June 2014 Gaziantep/Turkey
• ISMISS Turkey 2015 Congress, 6-8 November 2015, Istanbul/ Turkey
• Endoscopic Lumbar Surgery Comprehensive Cadaveric Course, 16-17 April 2016, Istanbul/Turkey
• 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, 30 April - 4 May 2016 Chicago/Illinois
• Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course, 26-29 January 2017,  Istanbul/ Turkey
• Microvascular Surgery Course, December 2017, Madison/Wisconsin
• 32th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 20-24 April 2018    Antalya / Turkey
• 33th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 11-14 April 2019    Antalya / Turkey
• 2019 Turkish Spine Society Eurospine Advance Diploma Course
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Published Article

• Yakar, F., Zaimoglu, M., Dogan, I., Bakirarar, B., Eroglu, U., Kircil, C., Ucer, M., & Guner, E. (2018). Is A Unilateral Surgical Approach Effective In Patients With Bilateral Leg Pain With Unilateral Lumbar Disk Herniation? A Prospective Nonrandomized Clinical And Surgical Study. World Neurosurgery.
• Onen, M. R., Moore, K., Cikla, U., Ucer, M., Schmidt, B., Field, A. S., & Baskaya, M. K. (2018). Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration: Neurosurgical Perspective And Literature Review. World Neurosurgery, 112, E763-E771.
• Dogan, I., Ucer, M., & Başkaya, M. K. (2018). Gross Total Resection Of Chordoid Glioma Of The Third Ventricle Via Anterior Interhemispheric Transcallosal Transforaminal Approach At Two Stages. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 79(S 03), S281-S282.
• Dogan, I., Ucer, M., & Başkaya, M. K. (2018). Microsurgical Resection Of Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma Via Pterional Craniotomy With Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy And Optic Unroofing. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 79(S 02), S218-S218.
• Sayyahmelli, S., Kina, H., Ucer, M., Salamat, M. S., & Baskaya, M. K. (2018). Frontal Lobe Intracerebral Schwannoma Mimicking Metastatic Lesion In A Patient With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Journal Of Surgical Case Reports.
• ÜCER, Melih, Et Al. Surgical Outcomes Of Decompressive Laminectomy By Transspinous Approach For Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2018, 68.1618.
• Ozaydin, B., Ucer, M., Cikla, U., & Pyle, G. M. (2019). Translabyrinthine Approach To Vestibular Schwannomas. In Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery (Pp. 135-150). Springer, Cham.
• Hanalioglu, S., Sahin, B., Sahin, O. S., Kozan, A., Ucer, M., Cikla, U., ... & Baskaya, M. K. (2019). Effect Of Perioperative Aspirin Use On Hemorrhagic Complications In Elective Craniotomy For Brain Tumors: Results Of A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of Neurosurgery, 1(Aop), 1-10.
• Neurosurgical Analysis Of Logging Accidents: An Observational Study, AE Taçyıldız, C Akıncı, TM Güler, H Demirkol, M Üçer, B Çekmen, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 25, 101167
• Dentate Nucleus: Connectivity-Based Anatomic Parcellation Based On Superior Cerebellar Peduncle Projections, AE Tacyildiz, B Bilgin, A Gungor, M Ucer, A Karadag, N Tanriover, World Neurosurgery 152, E408-E428
• Observational Case Analysis Of Neonates With Large Cephalohematoma, M Üçer, AE Taçyıldız, I Aydın, NA Kayran, S Işık, Cureus 13 (4)
• Effıcıency Of Sılver-Coated Tıtanıum Alloy Screws In The Preventıon Of Implant-Assocıated Infectıons, NA Kayran, M Üçer, AE Ofluoğlu, The Journal Of Turkish Spinal Surgery 32 (2), 84
• Minimally Invasive Approach Toward Percutaneous Direct Pars Repair: An Observational Study, M Üçer, World Neurosurgery 146, E1301-E1306
• The Effect Of Tenosynovectomy On Patient ID Outcome İn Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery, AL AYDIN, M ÜÇER, İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Tıp Dergisi 13 (1), 36-41
• Endoscopic Untethering Of Tight Filum Terminale: An Operative Technique, O Okay, A Dalgic, AE Yildirim, M Ucer, O Uckun, S Baydin, MK Coban,Turk Neurosurg 31 (1), 73-75
• Comparison Of Two Minimally İnvasive Techniques With Endoscopy And Microscopy For Extraforaminal Disc Herniations, AL Aydın, M Sasani, H Sasani, M Üçer, M Hekimoğlu, T Öktenoğlu, World Neurosurgery 144, E612-E621
• “Suspended Duraplasty”: A Technique For Type 1 Chiari Malformation Resistant To İnitial Surgical Therapy M Ucer, A Akbaş, MŞ Ekşi, B Erkan, BT Demirgil, A Güngör, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 21, 100703

Published Abstracts And Presentations In International Scientific Meetings 

(In Chronological Order)

• Metastatic prostate carcinoma to the intramural extramedullary spinal compa rtment: a case report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Erhan Emel, WFNS Seoul, Korea, 8-12 September 2013
• Radiation-Induced Cerebellopontine Angle (CPA) Meningioma: Case Report, Hasan Burak Gündüz, Anas Abdallah, Fatih Cesur, Erhan Emel, Betül Güler, Akın Öztürk, Melih Üçer, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Mid-term Surgical Treatment Outcomes Of Intracranial Epidermoid: Experience of 15 Patients, Anas Abdallah, Erhan Emel, Akın Öztürk, Mustafa Levent Uysal, Melih Üçer, Murad Asiltürk,10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Congenital Thecal Sac Defect Terminated In The Skin At L2-3: Case Report, Anas Abdallah, Akın Gökçedağ, Erhan Emel, Melih Üçer, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• Intradural Extramedullary Paraganglioma At S1 Level : Case Report, Anas Abdallah1, Erhan Emel, Özden Erhan Sofuoğlu, Melih Üçer, Akın Öztürk, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014
• A Case of Intracranial Hypotension Complicated with Hydrocephalus, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Astana - Kazakhstan / 9 - 12 September 2014

Published Abstracts And Presentations In National Scientific Meetings 

(In Chronological Order)

• Eosinophilic granuloma, case report; Baran Bozkurt, Melih Üçer, Levent Uysal, Oral Presentation. 26th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 12-16 April 2012 Antalya / Turkey.
• Guyon’s Canal Syndrome Due to Tortuous Ulnar Artery: A Case Report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız,  28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Cerebellar hemorrhage after resection of frontal meningioma.Case report, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Intracranial Migration of Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Catheter, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Migration of Abdominal Catheter of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt into the Scrotum, Melih Üçer, Sarper Polat, Ilhan Aydın, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Armoured brain: a case of bilateral calcified chronic subdural haematoma complicating infantile hydrocephalus, Melih Üçer, Ilhan Aydın, Sarper Polat, Abdullah Emre Taçyıldız, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Long term results of the patients with lumbar stenosis who were opereted on by transspinos method, Oral presentation, Melih Üçer, Erhan Emel, Müslüm Güneş, 28th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 4-8 April 2014   Antalya / Turkey
• Posterior comminican artery aneurysm relation with the tentorium, Oral presentation, İlhan Aydin, Oğuz Baran, Melih Uçer, Barış Küçükyürük, Necmettin Tanrıöver, 29th Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 17-21 April 2015    Antalya / Turkey
• Anterior commissure and classification: neuroanatomical studies, Oral presentation, Serhat Şevki Baydın, Abuzer Gungor, Necmettin Tanrıover,  Melih Ucer, Oğuz Baran, Erhan Emel, Albert Rhoton Turkish Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting. 8-12 April 2016  Antalya / Turkey

   Computer  Skills

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Adobe Photoshop
• SPSS statistical software

Dr. Sajan K Hegde is a highly experienced spine surgeon with 33+ years of experience, specializing in both surgical and non-surgical treatments. He is a member of various medical associations and holds an MBBS and MS from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Priv-Doz. Dr. Yu-Mi Ryang is a German neurosurgeon with over 20 years of experience, specializing in spinal neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, and vascular neurosurgery. He currently heads the Neurosurgery Department at Helios Berlin Buch and is a member of various medical organizations. Dr. Ryang is committed to advancing neurosurgery to the highest standards.

Chief physician at Helios Krefeld. Neurosurgeon, radiosurgery and neuronavigation specialist

PEER‐REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Bal E, Bozkurt I “Santral Sinir Sistemi Tümörlerinde Epidemiyoloji ve Klinik Epidemiology and Clinic in Central
Nervous System – a review” Türkiye Klinikleri J Med Oncol-Special Topics 2013;6(1):1-5
2. Bozkurt I, Ozveren MF, Ayberk G “Tricks in shortening spinal column reconstruction through posterior approach –
Letter to editor” Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2014 Apr 6. PMID: 24705509
3. Dumanli Ozcan AT, Aksoy M, Erkılıç E, Özcan E, Bozkurt I, Bal E “Anesthesia Management During Biopsy With
Stereotactic Neurosurgery Intervention” Turk Med J. 2016; 8(2): 65-68
4. Senturk S, Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Gurcan O, Eroglu H, Turkoglu OF, Bodur E, Bavbek M “Effects of tadalafil—TypeV phosphodiesterase enzyme inhibitor—On rats with spinal trauma” British Journal of Neurosurgery, Online on
November 7, 2014. doi:10.3109/02688697.2014.976174.
5. Gurcay AG, Gurcan O, Kazanci O, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Bodur E, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M “Comparative biochemical
and motor function analysis of Alpha Lipoic Acid and N-Acetyl Cysteine treatment on rats with experimental spinal
cord injury” Turkish Neurosurgery 2016;26(1):119-26. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14594-15.0.
6. Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Algin O, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M. “A simple, safe and effective surface
marking and targeting method combined with intraoperative ultrasonography for small subcortical intracranial
lesions.” J Neurosurg Sci. 2015 Jul 14. PMID: 26173480
7. Gurcan O, Gurcay AG, Kazanci A, Senturk S , Bozkurt I “Extended Lumbar Laminectomy: A Safe And Swift
Technique / Uzatılmış Lomber Laminektomi: Güvenli Ve Hızlı Bir Teknik” The Journal of Turkish Spinal
Surgery, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, 2016, pp: 117-120.
8. Gurcay AG, Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Bozkurt I, Onder E, Altınel F, Bavbek M. “Evaluation of Topical Application of
Polysaccharide Hemostat and Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose on Epidural Fibrosis in Rats”, Journal of
Neurological Sciences (Turkish) 2016, Volume 33, Number 2, 278-85.
9. Gurcay AG, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Kazanci A, Gurcan O, Turkoglu OF, Beskonakli E. “Diagnosis, treatment, and
management strategy of meningioma during pregnancy,” Asian J Neurosurg, ahead of print, DOI:10.4103/1793-
5482.181115
10. Gurcay AG, Gurcan O, Kazanci A, Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Ferat M, Turkoglu OF, Beskonakli E, Orhun Yavuz H S.
“Xanthogranuloma of the sellar region.” Neurol India 2016;64:1075-9, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.190238
11. Turkoglu OF, Bozkurt I. “The Use of Hemostatic Matrix with Thrombin in an Adjacent Segment Disease patient
using ASA,” Turkiye Klinikleri Gold J 2017;2(1):5-7 Article Language: TR
12. Gurcan O, Kazanci A, Gurcay AG, Kucukyildiz HC, Bozkurt I, Turkoglu OF, Bavbek M. “Occipital Aneurysmal Bone
Cysts in an Adult Patient: A Rare Case and Review of Literature.” Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. doi:
10.5505/ias.2016.27146 2016;24(4):123-126
13. Bal E, Bozkurt I, Akıncı C, Yılmaz N. “Metopic Suture Synostosis (Trigonocephaly): A Case Report.” Med J Islamic
World Acad Sci. 2016; 24(2): 69-72. DOI: 10.5505/ias.2016.15921
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14. Atasoy F, Sen B, Nar F, Bozkurt I. “Improvement of Radial basis Function Interpolation Performance on Cranial
Implant Design” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 8(8), 2017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080811
15. Ozturk Y, Bozkurt I, Yaman ME, Guvenc Y, Tolunay T, Bayram P, Hayirli N, Billur D, Erbay FK, Senturk S, Bozkurt G.
“Histopathologic Analysis of Tamoxifen on Epidural Fibrosis.” World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:e941-e948. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.004.
16. Senturk S, Yaman ME, Aydin HE, Guney G, Bozkurt I, Paksoy K, Abdioglu AA. Effects of Resveratrol on
Inflammation and Apoptosis After Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Turk Neurosurg. 2018;28(6):889-896. doi:
10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21829-17.3. PMID: 29368318.
17. Tezel G, Timur SS, Bozkurt I, Turkoglu OF, Eroglu I, Nemutlu E, Oner L, Eroglu H. “A Snapshot on the Current Status
of Alzheimer's Disease, Treatment Perspectives, in-Vitro and in-Vivo Research Studies and Future Opportunities,”
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2019 Oct 1;67(10):1030-1041. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c19-00511.
18. Bozkurt I, Chaurasia B. “Attitudes of Neurosurgeons Toward Social Media: A Multi-Institutional Study.” World
Neurosurg. 2020 Dec 21:S1878-8750(20)32634-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.067.
19. Bozkurt I. “Meralgia Paresthetica Caused By Thoracolumbar Brace in Conservatively Treated Thoracolumbar
Fractures.” J Turk Spinal Surg 2021; 32: 80-83. DOI: 10.4274/jtss.galenos.2021.54264
20. Ismail Bozkurt, Atilla Kazanci, Oktay Gurcan, Ahmet G. Gurcay, Ata T. Arikok & Murad Bavbek (2021) “Spinal
epidural fibrosis following hemostatic agent employment,” British Journal of Neurosurgery, DOI:
10.1080/02688697.2021.1950627
21. İsmail BOZKURT, Ebru KARAKOÇ (2021).Spine Surgery During The Covid-19 Pandemic: One Trauma Center
Experience In Central Anatolia. Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi. Doi: 10.20515/otd.957550
22. Ozturk Y, Bozkurt I, Guvenc Y, et al. Modafinil attenuates the neuroinflammatory response after experimental
traumatic brain injury [published online ahead of print, 2021 Sep 21]. J Neurosurg Sci. 2021;10.23736/S0390-
5616.21.05382-0. doi:10.23736/S0390-5616.21.05382-0
23. Bozkurt I, Umana HE, Deora H, Wellington J, Karakoc E, Chaurasia B. “Factors Affecting Neurosurgeons’ Decisions
to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatments after Traumatic Brain Injury.” World Neurosurgery Available online 18
December 2021 In Press, Journal Pre-proof. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.056
24. Bozkurt I, Ozturk Y, Guney G, Arslan B, Gulbahar O, Guvenc Y, Senturk S, Yaman ME. “Effects of pirfenidone on
experimental head injury in rats.” Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2022;15(1):20-28. ISSN:1936-2625/IJCEP0138062
25. Bozkurt I, Yasar B, Uslu MB, Bozdogan N. “A Primary Sacral Melanoma of Unknown Origin: A Case Report.”
Oncologie 2022; 24(1), 163–171. DOI: 10.32604/oncologie.2022.019263
26. Paksoy K, Şentürk S, Akyoldas G, Bozkurt İ, Yaman ME, Sezgin Y. “Radyological Comparison of Lumbar Nerve Root
Thickness in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation.” Genel Tıp Derg. 2022; 32(3): 335-338. doi:
10.54005/geneltip.1034311
27. Alvarez Aquino A, Ramirez M, Bozkurt I, et al. “Treatment of Intracranial Tumors With Stereotactic Radiosurgery:
Short-Term Results From Cuba.” Cureus. 2022 Oct;14(10): e29955. doi:10.7759/cureus.29955
28. Lavadi RS, Bozkurt I, Harikar MM, Umana GE, Chaurasia B. “The Role of Social Media on the Research Productivity
of Neurosurgeons During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” World Neurosurg. 2022 Sep 16:S1878-8750(22)01328-6. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2022.09.051.
29. Ferini G, Palmisciano P, Scalia G, Haider AS, Bin-Alamer O, Sagoo NS, Bozkurt I, Deora H, Priola SM, Aoun SG,
Umana GE. “The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of spine metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: a
systematic review and meta-analysis.” Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Nov;53(5):E12. doi: 10.3171/2022.8.FOCUS2255.
PMID: 36321286.
30. Hernandez C L, Díaz S M, Nurmukhametov R, Goncharov E, Ramirez MJE, Bozkurt I, Ramirez Pena IJ. “A Case
Report of a Sacral Giant Cell Tumor Treated With Block Resection and Lumbo-Pelvic Fixation.” Cureus. 2022
Nov;14(11): e31224. doi:10.7759/cureus.31224
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31. Bozkurt I, Senturk S, Yaman ME, Guvenc Y, Ozturk Y, Guney G, Cingirt M, Gulbahar O. “Effect of sumatriptan
following simulated traumatic brain injury in rats.” Cesk Slov Neurol N 2022; 85(5): 389-396. doi:
10.48095/cccsnn2022389
32. Türkmen C, Özcan A, Karahan Z, Bozkurt İ. “Reciprocal activation changes of lower extremity muscles caused by
the abdominal hollowing maneuver in patients with unilateral lumbar disc herniation: an EMG study.” J Health Sci
Med / JHSM. 2023; 6(1): 59-65. doi: 10.32322/jhsm.1193371
33. Pahwa B, Chaurasia B, Garg K, Bozkurt I, Deora H. “Factors Affecting the Choice of Neurosurgery Subspecialty: A
Geographical and Gender-wise Analysis.” World Neurosurgery, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.01.012 
 

Dr. Muhammet Salih is a highly experienced Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon with 26+ years of experience and qualifications from Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty in 1995 and Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2007. He is a member of various medical associations and has numerous publications.

The former chief physician of the Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital, he is currently a staff member of Neurosurgery at the Péterfy S. Hospital.

At the appointment, we accept patients from the age of 6.

Memberships

• Hungarian Society of Anatomy, Histology and Development
• Hungarian Neurological Society
• Hungarian Society of Neurosurgery
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
• Hungarian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Psychiatry
• Hungarian Society of Neurotraumatology
• Professional College of Neurosurgery
• Neurosurgery Supervisor Chief Physician

Academic degree

PhD, private university teacher

International experience

National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK, Zurich, Würzburg, Mainz, Magdeburg, Al Ain (UAE)

Biography

Dr. Mehdi Afrit is a Medical Oncologist who practices at Burjeel Specialty Hospital in Sharjah. He has over 11 years of experience caring for and managing cancer patients. He has extensive experience providing chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy to patients. He earned a Certificate of Medical Oncology from the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris, France, where he received training in antitumor chemotherapy and cancer medical treatment. Additionally, he holds an international certificate in breast diseases. He also has a certificate in Good Clinical Practice from Trans Celerate Biopharma Inc. and a certificate in Clinical Trial Management: Good Clinical Practice from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians. He previously worked for over five years as an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Tunis’s Faculty of Medicine. He later practiced as a Consultant, Medical Oncologist for six years at Arianna’s hospital in Tunisia. He later worked for two years as a Specialist Medical Oncologist at Zulekha Hospital. He was also an investigator in three international clinical trials and holds clinical trial auditing and CRO certifications and a GCP Training Certificate from 2016. He is a member in good standing of the Emirates Oncology Society (EOS), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). His clinical expertise includes but is not limited to the following:

• Oncology care and treatment for chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immune therapy, and target therapy
• Breast cancer
• Solid tumor diagnosis
• Digestive cancer
• Gynecological cancer
• Lung cancer
• Genitourinary cancer
• Sarcoma

Awards & Achievements

• Award from Himaya Foundations and University of Sharjah

Research & Publications

• Clinicopathological Features of Gastric Cancer in a Cohort of Gulf Council Countries' Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 96 Cases. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(2): 1-3.
• The Burden of Gynecologic Cancers in the UAE. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
• The Emirates Oncology Task Force Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Adult Cancer Patients Before Anti-Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
• The State of Cancer Care in the United Arab Emirates in 2020: Challenges and Recommendations, A report by the United Arab Emirates Oncology Task Force. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Humaa Darr, Ibrahim Abu-Gheida , Jawaher Ansari, Martine, Mehdi Afrit, Mohamad H Masri, Mohamed Abuhaleeqa. Gulf J Oncology 2020 Jan;1(32):71-87.
• Primary Bone Lymphoma: Tunisian Multicentric Retrospective Study About 32 Cases. Ben Ayed C, Laabidi S, Said N, Afrit M, Ben Ahmed S, Boussen H. Tunis Med. 2018 May;96(5):269-272.
• First Site of Recurrence After Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment in the Era of Multimodality Therapy: Which Imaging for Which Patient During Follow-up? Nesrine M, Mehdi B, Houda EB, Soumaya L, Mehdi A, Bechir Z, Hamouda B. Breast Dis. 2017 Nov 21

Dr. Nail Özdemir was born in Akhisar/Manisa on March 6, 1971. He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine in 1994. He received his specialization in Neurosurgery from the Neurosurgery Department of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine in 2002. From 2003 to 2010, he worked as a specialist at the Neurosurgery Clinic of Izmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, and from 2010 to 2019, he worked as a chief resident, associate professor, and lecturer at the Neurosurgery Clinic of Izmir Tepecik Education and Research Hospital. In 2013, while working at the Neurosurgery Clinic of Izmir Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, he became an associate professor. Since March 2019, he has been working as a freelance physician at his own private practice.