Best orthopedists: TOP 589 doctors

Education

1993 - 1999 y. MD, Vilnius University
1999 - 2004 y. Orthopaedic surgeon, Vilnius University
2015 y. PhD, Vilnius University

Professional experience

2004 - 2004 y. III Orthopaedics Traumatology department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
2004 - 2008 y. Traumatology Emergency department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2004 y. Northway Medicine Centers, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2005 y. Orthopaedics department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2005 y. Kardiolita clinic, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2016 y. Orthopaedics department of Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, Orthopaedic surgeon

Membership

2005 y. Member of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology
2005 y. Member of the Scientific Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology of Vilnius Region
2012 y. Board member of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology
2010 y. Member of the Lithuanian Joint Replacement Society
2014 y. Board member of the Lithuanian Joint Replacement Society
2015 y. Member of the Lithuanian Foot and Ankle Society

Training Courses

2002 y. Academic exchange program in Joint Replacements and Orthopaedic Surgery established by the Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
2005 y. Rigshospitalet of the Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 y. Salzburg Weill Cornell seminars „Bone and Joint Surgery“, Salzburg, Austria
2008 y. Oxford® Partial Knee Advanced Instructional Course, Oxford, UK
2012 y. Difficult Primary and Revision. Knee education. Solzalpe, Austria
2013 y. Biomet 4th Swiss Oxford Instructional Course, Lucerne, Switzerland
2015 y. TKA Primary and Revision. Instructional Courses. Solzalpe, Austria
2015 y. Department of Orthopedics and Tumor Orthopedics, Münster University Hospital, Germany
2015 y. Vitos Orthopedic Clinic, Kassel, Germany
2015 y. Lector in Primary & Revision Knee Courses, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 y. Primary & Revision Hip Courses, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 y. NexGen Revision Knee Arthroplasty, Paris, France
2016 y. Interactions Meeting "The Challenge of Revision Hip Arthroplasty”, Hamburg, Germany

Publications

An author and coauthor of numerous published scientific articles and presentations

EXPERIENCE*

2019 - Present, Istanbul/Istanbul/Turkey

MEMORIAL ATAŞEHİR HOSPITAL

General Surgeon

2012 - 2019, Diyarbakır/Diyarbakır/Turkey

DİCLE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

General Surgeon

2011 - 2012, Van/Van/Turkey

VAN REGIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

General Surgeon

2009 - 2011, Van/Van/Turkey

HAKKARİ STATE HOSPITAL

General Surgeon

2004 - 2009, Van/Van/Turkey

YÜZÜNCÜYIL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

General Surgeon

2002 - 2004, Van/Van/Turkey

HACIBEKİR HEALTH CENTER

General Practitioner

*EDUCATION*

2018 - 2019, Diyarbakır/Turkey

Associate Professor

2015, Ohio/USA

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER

Neck Dissection Training

2012 - 2018, Diyarbakır/Turkey

Assistant Professor

1996 - 2002, Adana/Turkey

ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MEDICINE - Medical Doctor Education

Doctor with experience in metabolic control of diabetic and hypertensive patients and a diploma in Diabetology. Current Medical Director of GIOSTAR Mexico in Los Algodones Mexicali Baja California since 2017. Graduated from Autonomous University of Guadalajara and has experience in patient admission, external medical service and emergencies in multiple private hospitals.

Medical Fields of Interest 

Sports Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation, 

Arthroscopic Surgery of Articular Cartilage and Ligament Injuries, 

Treatment of Complex Bone Fractures 

Stem Cell Applications 

Education 

Bachelor’s Degree-Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English Medicine) 2000-2007 

Residency-Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology 2007-2012 

Experiences 

2007-2012 Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology - Assistant Doctor 

2013 - 2016 İstanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital - Orthopedics Specialist 

2016 - 2017 Çerkezköy State Hospital-Orthopedics Specialist / Attending Physician 

2017 - 2018 Çorlu State Hospital-Orthopedics Specialist 

2018 - 2022 Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology - Dr. Lect. / Associate Prof. Dr. 

2022-Still Liv Hospital Vadistanbul - Associate Prof.Dr.

Orthopedist-Traumatologist, Head of the Surgery and Traumatology Center

MEDICAL INTERESTS 

Sports Injuries and Surgical Treatment (Arthroscopic and Open Surgical Treatments of Knee, Hip, Elbow, Shoulder, Ankle injuries) 

Shoulder and Elbow Diseases and Surgical Treatment 

Joint and Cartilage injuries 

Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery and Reconstruction 

Joint Arthroplasty (Knee, Hip and Shoulder Prosthetic Surgery) 

Treatment of Trauma (Orthopedic Fractures, Dislocations and Soft tissue injuries)

Education 

Graduation, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (1999-2005) 

Specialty Training, Bezmialem Foundation University Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology (2005-2010) 

South Korea Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society (KSES) Traveling Fellowship Scholarship Award in South Korea (2023) 

Orthopedic Trauma Research Assistant, Thomas Jefferson University Research Fellowship Program (2015- 16)2011, Director: Prof. Dr. Javad Parvizi) 

Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship Program (01.12.2008- 13.02.2009)

Experience 

State service obligation, Ordu Ünye State Hospital (2011-2012) 

Istanbul Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital (2014-2018) 

Associate Professor Doctor, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital (2018-2023) 

Clinical administrative responsibility, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu State Hospital (2019-2020) 

Professor Doctor,Chief Physician,Clinical Training Officer, Istanbul Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital (2023) 

Liv Hospital ( 2024)

Memberships 

Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Council (TOTEK)

Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (TOTBİD)

Turkish Society of Shoulder Elbow Surgery 

Turkish Society of Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery (TUSYAD) 

European Society For Surgery Of The Shoulder And The Elbow (SECEC) 

Turkish Medical Association Reconstructive Microsurgery Association 

Member of the Ethics Committee of the Turkish Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology (2019) 

Turkish Medical Association, Istanbul Medical Chamber

Prof. Luigi Massimo Zagra is the Head of the Hip Surgery Department I at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan.

He is the visiting professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the University of Milan.

Prof. Zagra has performed more than 5,000 major orthopaedic operations.

Mainly focused on hip surgery including complex primary, revision (25% of cases), conservative surgery, osteotomies, and pediatric hip diseases arthroplasty.

He performs hip replacement surgery daily for osteoarthritis, particularly in cases of congenital dysplasia, developmental and post-traumatic malformations, rheumatoid arthritis, necrosis in young and old patients, needing special implants to prevent any possible complications. 

Dealing with problems with previously placed implants, in particular material wear and tear, such as in metal-on-metal or old-generation polyethylene prostheses, painful, loose, unstable, infected prostheses, using tissue-safe and non-invasive methods and the latest ceramic and titanium implants, including cemented ones.

He is currently Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Hip Society and the Italian Hip Society, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of EFORT, of International Committee of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Arthroplasty Registry. 

He is author and co-author of 130 articles published in national and international journals, as well as invited specialist and speaker at over 500 congresses in Italy and abroad.

Professor Stefano Boriani is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon and author of unique surgical staging system of spinal tumors and tumor resection techniques. He has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, written over 430 research articles, and invented a carbon fiber system for tumor reconstruction. He is also a professor at the Post-Graduate School of Orthopaedics at the University of Bologna, and a honorary member of several spine societies. He is also the founder of a non-profit association in Mozambique which supports medical activities and trains local surgeons.

Studies, qualifications

• 1978 – 1984 – Semmelweis University of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest
• 1989 – Orthopedic examination
• 1994 – Traumatology examination

Professional experience

• 1984 – 1987 – Budapest, Szent János Hospital, Orthopedic Trauma Department
• 1992 – 1993 – St. Pölten, Landeskrankenhaus Unfallchirurgie ( Prim. Dr. H. Hackstock )
• 1987 – – Metropolitan Municipality Uzsoki Street Hospital, Orthopedic Trauma Department

Fields of expertise, specializations

musculoskeletal surgery, endoprosthetics, sports surgery, arthroscopy

Professional, science activity

Education
• Theoretical and practical training of doctors at the Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest – from 1987 (in Hungarian, German)
• Teaching at postgraduate courses at the Haynal Imre Medical Education University and Semmelweis University, Budapest – from 2000
• Instructional courses and workshops of the Hungarian Arthroscopy Society instructor – from 2002
• XVII Nürnberger Arthroskopiekurs – lecturer, instructor, Nuremberg 1998
• Sportmedizinischer Seminar, Operationstechniken Knorpeldefekt – lecturer, instructor, Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, 2000
• Arthroscopic Cadaver Practice”- instructor, Budapest 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, Budapest

Scientific presentations: 65

Published articles, book chapters, manuscripts: 16

Courses, individual further training
• 1988 – Arthroscopy course – Budapest
• 1989 – Arthroscopy individual further training – Straubing (Dr. med. J. Eichorn)
• 1990 – Arthroscopy course – Budapest
• 1990 – AO Ostheosynthesis Workshop
• 1991 – Arthroscopy course – Budapest
• 1991 – Arthroscopic individual further training – OSEI
• 1996 – Arthroscopic individual further training – OSEI
• 1997 – ESSKA scholarship – Salzburg (Univ.- Prof. Dr. H. Resch)
• 1998 – The role of LMWH in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis, Barcelona
• 1999 – Hungarian Society of Traumatology scholarship – Innsbruck (Prof. KP Benedetto)
• 1999 – "Limits of transfusion" HIETE, Budapest
• 1999 – "Chest, abdominal injuries and emergency thoracic surgery symptoms" HIETE, Budapest
• 2001 – 4th Annual Insall Scott Kelly Institute Sports Medicine and Total Knee Symposium , New York, USA
• 2004 - "III. "Arthroscopic Cadaver Practice" shoulder basic and advanced course, Budapest
• 2004 – Eastern European Support Committee, Instructional Course, Budapest
• 2004 – Minimally invasive techniques in orthopedics II, Budapest
• 2005 – „ IV. "Arthroscopic Cadaver Practice" shoulder basic and advanced course, Budapest
• 2005 – Minimally invasive techniques in orthopedics III, Budapest
• 2006 – 12th ESSKA 2000 Congress and cadaver course, Innsbruck
• 2007 – 14th EFORT Instructional Course, Budapest
• 2008 – 1. European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, advanced shoulder arthroscopy course, Budapest
• 2009 – EFORT Instructional Course, Budapest

Corporate memberships

• Hungarian Orthopedic Society
• Hungarian Society of Traumatologists
• Hungarian Arthroscopy Society: board member from 2003, secretary general 2007-2013, president 2013-
• Austrian Society of Traumatology