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• Professor and Head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Marmara University Medical School
• Head of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Medistate Hospital
• Head of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Academic Hospital

Prof. Aydogan specializes in Rope Scoliosis Surgery (Non-fusion Scoliosis Surgery), Spinal Stenosis, Waist Shift, Cervical Spine Prosthetics, Spinal Fractures, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Laser Endoscopic Discectomy, Spinal Deformities in Children and Adults, etc. d.

He is a member of numerous scientific organizations such as:

• Turkish Medical Association (TTB),
• Turkish Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBID),
• Turkish Spine Association (TOD),
• Association for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MINOD),
• North American Spine Society (NASS),
• Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and
• European Spine Society (ESS).

Published more than 10 scientific papers.

Dr. Akin Akakin is a highly qualified neurosurgeon with over 19 years of clinical practice. Dr. Akin specializes in the treatment of diseases and tumors of the spine, nerves and brain.

Dr. Akin Akakin completed his studies in 2008 at the Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marmara.

He is currently an employee of NP Istanbul Brain Hospital.

He completed his thesis on the effects of Gamma Knife treatment and embolization.

He is a member of the Turkish Neurological Society.

In addition, the following is a list of awards he has received:

• UF Florida Synthes Neurosurgery Fellow 2010
• SSCD Association Award for the best 15 entries 2010
• Euroasia Neurochirurgica Academy Academy, Mumbai, India, 2011
• FSM Hospital Academy Award 2011
• Brain Research Award from the Turkish Society for Brain Research

Professor Ahmet Alanay is an expert in the field of spinal surgery, one of the best orthopedic surgeons in the world. His specialization is the treatment of curvature of the spine, compression fractures of the vertebrae and other pathologies using modern techniques.

He not only receives patients at the Acibadem Altunizade clinic, but also trains surgeons around the world. The doctor is a lecturer in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Acibadem University and a specialist in the Spine Health Center of the Acibadem Maslak Clinic,

Recently elected to the Board of the Scoliosis Research Society (USA).

Professional experience

2012 Acıbadem Health Group
2009 – 2013 Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital / Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
1996 – 2009 Hacettepe University Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

Member of medical societies:

• European Spine Society
• Spine / Danışma Kurulu Üyelği
• European Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology
• American Society of Bones and Joints
• Spinal deformity / Editörlük Kurulu Üyeliği
• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• Turkish Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology Turk Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Birligi Dernegi
• Scoliosis Research Society
• North American Spine Society
• JBJS Reviews / Editörlük Kurulu Üyeliği, Omurga Cerrahisi Yardımcı Editörlüğü
  Turk Omurg Dernegi
• European Spine Journal / Danışma Kurulu Üyeliği

Specialist in spinal surgery.

71 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals, 6 articles in national peer-reviewed journals
27 international and 26 national presentations
Author of 28 chapters of books on surgeons
Member of 9 international associations for spinal surgery

Dr. Cagatay Ozturk is one of the best specialists in Turkey in the treatment of congenital and acquired diseases of the spine.

Spine Surgeon Expert:

• Spinal stenosis;
• Vertebral hernias;
• Spinal fissures;
• Endoscopic discectomy;
• Laser discectomy;
• Adult and pediatric spinal deformities;
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery.

Dr. Ozturk publishes his scientific work in prestigious medical journals:

• Spine;
• European Journal of Orthopedics;
• European Journal of Traumatology;
• Turkish Journal of Traumatology.