Ugur Ture

Dr. Ture has a particular interest in the development of new surgical techniques and shares the desire to expand the boundaries and limitations of modern neurosurgery.

Special Achievements

The series and results of successful surgeries performed by the Honorary Chairman of the World Federation of Neurosurgery, Prof. Dr. Ugur Ture and his team are featured on the cover of the August 2021 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. It is the most prestigious journal in the field of neurosurgery in the world.

A cover story published on the journal titled “Removal of thalamic tumors with microneurosurgery” presents the results of operations performed by Prof. Ture and his team. They used specialized techniques developed for operations on the thalamus, one of the most inaccessible areas of the brain. The success of the surgical methods developed by Prof. Ture himself, as well as the latest technological developments, are widely publicized throughout the world. This study by Dr. Ture, which will serve as a guide in the field of neurosurgery, is also vital in terms of determining the latest advances in this field and gives hope to patients.

Improving the White Matter Dissection Technique

Dr. Ture developed a particular interest in white matter dissection after being introduced to the technique in 1991 in Zurich. He worked on this topic, using a microscope and a suction tube for the first time, and developed a step-by-step simple method of teaching. After perfecting this technique, he introduced it to the neurosurgical community, teaching neurosurgeons from all over the world, giving seminars and visiting international laboratories. Through these courses, more than a thousand neurosurgeons worldwide have been trained in white matter dissection.

• Brain surgery;
• tumor surgery;
• general neurosurgery;
• vascular neurosurgery.

• Doctor of Medicine: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, 1987.
• Residency: Neurosurgery, Sisli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 1992.
• Fellowship: Microsurgery and Surgical Neuroanatomy, Neurosurgical Clinic of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1993.
• Fellowship: Surgical Neuroanatomy, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, USA, 1997.
• Associate Professor: Neurosurgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, 1999.
• Professor: Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, 2002.

• 1987 – Neurosurgical Residency at Şişli Etfal Hospital in Istanbul. During and after his residency, he studied microsurgery and surgical neuroanatomy under Prof. Yashargil in Zurich, Switzerland.
• 1993-1995 – took up the position of an attending neurosurgeon at the Sisli Etfal Hospital in Istanbul.
• 1995-1997 – went on to study surgical neuroanatomy under Prof. Yashargil and Prof. Al-Mefti at UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
• 1997 – Returning to Turkey, Dr. Ture began working in Istanbul at the University of Marmara, and in November 1999 became an assistant professor.
• 2005 – Ture was appointed as a professor at Ondokuz Mayis University in Samsun.
• 2005 – Dr. Ture opened a neurosurgical department at Yeditepe University Hospital in Istanbul. Since then, he has been a professor and head of the Department of Neurosurgery.
• 2008 – He established the Surgical Neuroanatomy Laboratory at Yeditepe University Hospital.
• 2010 – Prof. Ture, together with his mentor Prof. Yaşargil, established the “Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course”, which includes basic microsurgical education, white matter dissection and live surgeries.

Dr. Ture’s work on surgical neuroanatomy and surgical techniques has been published in many significant neurosurgical journals and books.

Professor Ture is a member of the editorial boards of several medical journals such as Neurosurgical Review, Operative Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery.

He was also a member of the editorial board of the current Youmans Winn Neurological Surgery, 7th edition, 2016.

• World Federation of Neurosurgery, President;
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society;
• Turkish Society for the History of Medicine;
• Congress of Neurosurgeons;
• North American Skull Base Society;
• American Association of Neurosurgeons;
• World Academy of Neurosurgery.