Prof. Dr. AYTAC AKBASAK

Academic Title :

Prof. Dr.

Department	Work location
brain and neurosurgery	Medivia

Prof. Dr. Aytac Akbasak is a distinguished Neurosurgery specialist at Medistanbulha, with over fifty years of extensive medical and academic experience in diagnosing and treating complex neurological and spinal conditions.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Graduated from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1970.
Completed neurosurgery residency training at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara and Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in Kayseri in 1979.
Advanced microsurgery training under Prof. Dr. M. G. Yasargil at the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Surgical laser training at the Neurosurgery Clinic, Grosshadern Hospital, University of Munich, Germany.
FACScan (Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter Analysis) training at Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Visiting scientist at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki, Finland in 2013.

Areas of Interest

Skull base surgery
Pituitary tumors
Trigeminal neuralgia
Brain aneurysm surgery
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt application
Brain infarction treatment
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
Resection of brain and spinal cord tumors
Microscopic and minimally invasive spine surgeries
Treatment of lumbar and cervical disc herniation

Work Experience

Served as a military reserve officer and worked as a government physician in Pinarhisar, Kirklareli.
Worked as an assistant physician and deputy clinic chief at the Neurosurgery Clinic of SSK Okmeydani Hospital in Istanbul.
Served as a lecturer and faculty member at the Department of Neurosurgery, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in Kayseri.
Worked as a visiting associate at the Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Served as an assistant professor, associate professor, and head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Inonu University School of Medicine in Malatya.
Held the position of head of the Department of Neurosurgery and faculty member at Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine in Manisa.
Worked as the clinical director and chief of the Neurosurgery Clinic at SSK Istanbul Hospital.
Served as a consultant neurosurgeon at the Turkish Kidney Foundation Special Service Hospital in Istanbul.
Held the position of head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine in Kars.
Worked as a consultant neurosurgeon at Dora Hospital in Istanbul.
Practiced neurosurgery at the Private Kadioglu Hospital in Istanbul.
Served as the head and senior consultant of the Brain and Nerve Surgery Department at Medistanbulha in Istanbul.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Honorary member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Academy.
Member of the Turkish Medical Association.
Member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.
Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), USA.
Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
Member of the World Federation of Neurological Societies (WFNS).

Research & Publications

Endoscopic Procedures in Neurosurgery: Report of Two Cases and Review of The Literature, published in Turkish Neurosurgery.
Expression and Modulation of Major Histocompatibility Antigens on Murine Primary Brain Tumor In Vitro, published in Journal of Neurosurgery.
Conjoined Lumbosacral Nerve Roots: Report of Two Cases, published in Turkish Neurosurgery.
Accessory Nerve Root and Associated Dural Injury Incidences Encountered During Lumbar Microdiscectomy, published in Kafkas Journal of Medical Sciences.
Autism and Cerebellar Mutism: A Review of the Neuroanatomical Findings, published in Autism-Open Access.

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