Dr. Cevdet Gokcek

• Dr. Cevdet Gokcek, born in Kars, Turkey 1964, completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara before studying medicine at the University of Ankara from 1982 to 1988. The year he finished his medical degree, 1988, also marked the commencement of his neurosurgery residency at the Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, where he worked as a neurosurgery specialist from 1994 onward.
• In 1995, he took courses on microsurgery at Hacettepe University. Then, he completed observer training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1998. and entered the neuroendoscopy and skull base endoscopy courses at the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2012.
• He retired in 2015 after working and training neurosurgery residents at Ankara Training and Research Hospital from 1994 to 2015. After a brief period assisting at Medistate Hospital in Istanbul and Al-Kafeel Super Specialised Hospital, Karbala, Iraq, he now concentrates on being a neurosurgery specialist based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Conditions treated by Dr. Cevdet Gokcek

• Brain, skull, spine, and spinal cord tumors
• Cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMS), and cavernomas
• Hemorrhages
• Head and spinal cord trauma (including fractures and injuries)
• Degenerative spinal conditions (such as prolapsed discs, neck and lumbar hernias, spinal stenosis)
• Spinal infections and abscesses
• Hydrocephalus and disturbances of cerebrospinal fluid flow
• Congenital malformations of the nervous system (e.g., spina bifida)
• Epilepsy, pain syndromes, spasticity, and cerebral palsy
• Movement disorders
• Infections and infestations of the nervous system
• Skull base tumors and defects
• Vascular diseases of the brain (such as blood vessel malformations)
• Pediatric neurosurgical conditions

Area of Interest

• Neurooncology
• Neurovascular Surgery
• Neuroendoscopy
• Skull-base Surgery
• Functional Neurosurgery
• Neurotraumatology
• Spinal Surgery
• Degenerative Disc Diseases
• Pediatric Neurosurgery

Qualification

• MD: Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University (1982–1988)
• Specialisation (Neurosurgery) at Ankara Health Sciences Universit|
• Hacettepe University Neurological Sciences Division (1995)

Work Experiences

• Neurosurgeon at Ankara Training and Research Centre (1994–2015).
• Observer doctor at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1998–2019).
• Neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgery Unit of Medistate Kavacık Hospital, Istanbul (2015–2018).
• Neurosurgeon at Al-Kafeel Super Speciality Hospital, Iraq (2018–2019).
• Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Medipol Istanbul University (2020–Present).