Prof. Bashar Atalay

Bashar Atalay is a well-known neurosurgeon, spinal surgeon, specialist of the high class in the field of spinal canal surgery, neurosurgery and interventions on peripheral nerves. He graduated in 1993 from the medical faculty of University of Hacettepe in Ankara. In 2001 achieved his specialization in neurosurgery from Ankara, after which he completed further training as part of his specialization at the University of Virginia (USA) in 2005, where he was engaged in research on diseases of vertebral column.

In 2006, he practiced on the basis of the Tufts University of New England Medical Center (USA), and then in the same year he underwent refresher courses within the specialization of spinal surgery at the Boston Neurosurgery Institute (USA). Since 2007, the doctor has become a senior staff member of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Yeditepe. He speaks Turkish and English.

The professor has a number of scientific and educational medical publications on neurosurgery, in particular on surgery of intervertebral hernias, spinal cord surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, and besides, the doctor received a prize from the Turkish Neurosurgical Society for his contribution to the development of neurosurgery. In 2007, after successfully passing his exams, he was certified by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and the Turkish Nerosurgical Society (2006), who is currently a member of the Congress of Neurosurgeons, currently the head of the Department of Spinal Surgery at Yeditepe Hospital.

Membership in professional organizations:
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society;
• The North American Spine Society (NASS);
• Academy of Surgical Sciences;
• Congress of Neurosurgeons.

Specialization of the doctor: treatment of herniated intervertebral disc, vertebroplasty, scoliosis, microdiscectomy, peripheral nerve surgery, surgical treatment of craniocerebral trauma, osteochondrosis, spinal canal surgery, neoplasms of the spinal cord and brain.