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Dr. Murat Imer

Dr. Murat Imer

Neurosurgery

, Istanbul, Turkey

34 Years of experience

Speaks: Turkish,English

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About Dr. Murat Imer

  • Dr. Murat Imer is a neurosurgeon and has an experience of more than 34 years. graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul University between 1977 and 1983.
  • He completed his Doctor of Medicine at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and started specializing in Neurosurgery in 1983. Dr. Imer completed the certification process with the Turkish Council of Certification in 1991.
  • He was a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, in Edirne, Turkey between March 1983 to February 1993. Dr. Imer finished his two years of compulsory service after the Trakya University period.
  • He served as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Trakya University between September 1993 and January 1996. After the completion of my residency, Dr. Imer started his practice in the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery in January 1996.
  • He was advanced to the position of Assoc Professor of Neurosurgery at Istanbul University in November 1999. Dr. Imer took the position of Professor of Neurosurgery at Istanbul University and worked there up to April 2011.
  • He started the Neurosurgery Department at Okan University Hospital, Istanbul in December of 2016 and remained there for two years. At present, he is a Director of the Neurosurgery Department of the Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul.

Conditions treated by Dr. Murat Imer

  • Astrocytoma
  • Brain Tumor
  • Brain Cyst
  • Arachnoiditis
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Pituitary Cyst
  • Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Alzheimer's Disease

Area of Interest

  • Neurosurgery
  • Brain and Spine Surgery
  • Neurotrauma
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Qualification

  • 1977–1983: Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul University (Medical Education)
  • 1983: Doctor of Medicine degree from Istanbul University
  • 1991: Certification in Neurosurgery from the Turkish Council of Certification
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MEMBERSHIPS (4)

  • Turkish Neurosurgery Association
  • Nervous System Surgery Association
  • Turkish Medical Association
  • National Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

RESEARCH PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS (7)

  • Ali Guven Yorukoglu, Burcu Göker, Alican Tahta, Mehmet Osman Akçakaya, Aydın Aydoseli, Akin Sabanci, Yavuz Aras, Görkem Alkır, Altay Sencer, Murat Imer, Nail Izgi, and Ali Tuncay Canbolat. Fully endoscopic interlaminar and transforaminal lumbar discectomy: Analysis of 47 complications encountered in a series of 835 patients. September 2017. Neurocirugía (English Edition) 28(5):235-241. DOI:10.1016/j.neucie.2017.09.001
  • Ali Guven Yorukoglu, Burcu Göker, Alican Tahta, Mehmet Osman Akçakaya, Aydın Aydoseli, Akin Sabanci, Yavuz Aras, Görkem Alkır, Altay Sencer, Murat Imer, Nail Izgi, and Ali Tuncay Canbolat. Fully endoscopic interlaminar and transforaminal lumbar discectomy: Analysis of 47 complications encountered in a series of 835 patients. May 2017. Neurocirugía 28(5). DOI:10.1016/j.neucir.2017.03.003
  • Altay Sencer, Ali Guven Yorukoglu, Mehmet Osman Akçakaya, Yavuz Aras, Aydın Aydoseli, Osman Boyalı, Fahir Sencan, Akin Sabanci, Cengiz Gomleksiz, Murat Imer, Talat Kiris, Kemal Hepgul, Faruk Unal, Nail Izgi, and Ali Tuncay Canbolat. Fully Endoscopic Interlaminar and Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy: Short-Term Clinical Results of 163 Surgically Treated Patients. June 2014. World Neurosurgery 82(5). DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2014.05.032. Source PubMed.
  • Pulat Akιn Sabancι, Mine Erguven, Nuray Yazihan, Esin Aktaş-Çetin, Yavuz Aras, Erdinc Civelek, Aydın Aydoseli, Murat Imer, Mehmet Gürtekin, and Ayhan Bilir. Sorafenib and lithium chloride combination treatment shows promising synergistic effects in human glioblastoma multiforme cells in vitro but midkine is not implicated. March 2014. Neurological Research 36(3):189-97. DOI:10.1179/1743132813Y.0000000283. Source PubMed.
  • Yavuz Aras, Aydın Aydoseli, Akin Sabanci, Mehmet Osman Akçakaya, Görkem Alkır, and Murat Imer. Functional Outcomes after Treatment of Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries: Clinical Study. November 2013. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 19(6):521-528. DOI:10.5505/tjtes.2013.48107. Source PubMed.
  • Nerses Bebek, O. Ozdemir, Muge Sayitoglu, Ö. Hatırnaz, Betul Baykan, Candan Gürses, Altay Sencer, A Karasu, Erdem Tüzün, Ibrahim Uzün, S Akat, Naci Çine, Gulcan Sargin Kurt, Murat Imer, Ugur Ozbek, A Canbolat, and A Gökyigit. Expression analysis and clinical correlation of aquaporin 1 and 4 genes in human hippocampal sclerosis. August 2013. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 20(11). DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.023. Source PubMed.
  • Umut Yaka, Yavuz Aras, Aydın Aydoseli, Mehmet Osman Akçakaya, Altay Sencer, Murat Imer, and Kemal Hepgul. Primary Multiple Cerebral Hydatid Disease: Still Symptomatic Despite Pathologically Confirmed Death of the Cyst. July 2013. Turkish Neurosurgery 23(4):505-508. DOI:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5826-12.1. Source PubMed.

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PROCEDURES

  • Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treatment
  • ALIF - Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy
  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - ACDF
  • Arthrodesis
  • Artificial Lumbar Disc Replacement
  • Bone Reconstruction
  • Brain Tumour Treatment
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cervical Corpectomy
  • Cervical Decompression
  • Cervical Fusion
  • Spinal Decompression and Fixation

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MBBS, MD

5 Years of Experience

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