Dr. Tahsin Ali Zirh

• Dr. Tahsin Ali Zırh was born in 1960 in Ankara and graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1983, later specialising in Neurosurgery at Marmara University.
• Between 1989 and 1994, he visited many international training programs in Europe, the UK, the USA, Canada, and Israel. He acquired the EANS diploma and passed the European Board of Neurosurgery Primary Examination.
• In 1997, he returned from the United States and brought advanced functional neurosurgery methods to VKV American Hospital, including Microelectrode Recording and Deep Brain Stimulation.
• After this time, Dr. Zırh worked at Medicalpark Bahçelievler Hospital and Medipol Mega University Hospital, ensuring greater access to Deep Brain Stimulation operations for patients with Parkinson's and other types of movement disorders.
• He has more than 34 years of experience and has performed more than 1500 operations for movement disorders, in addition to over 1000 Deep Brain Stimulation procedures; thus, his center becomes an international education and reference center; additionally, he has extensive number of publications such as journal articles, book chapters published, and conference presentations.

Conditions treated by Dr. Tahsin Ali Zirh

• Parkinson’s Disease
• Essential Tremor
• Dystonia
• Spasticity
• Epilepsy (surgical treatment)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (surgical interventions)
• Chronic Pain Syndromes
• Other Movement Disorders

Area of Interest

• Functional Neurosurgery
• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
• Movement Disorders Surgery
• Neurophysiology
• Neuromodulation Techniques
• Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Research
• Brain-Machine Interface Systems
• Neuroanatomy and Neurosurgical Education