Biography
About Professor Doctor Ahmet Ferruh Gezen He was born in 1951 in Van. He graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 1975. Between 1979 and 1984, he received specialization training at Ankara GATA Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery. With funding from the Austrian Government’s Ministry of Science and Research, he participated in clinical studies in the fields of Neuro-vascular Surgery, Neuro-oncological Surgery, and Microsurgery Training at the Vienna University Medical Faculty Neurosurgery Clinic (with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang T. Koos) between 1984 and 1985. He received training in Revascularization Surgery (Extra-Intracranial Cerebral Bypass, Carotid Endarterectomy). He worked as a neurosurgery specialist at Erzurum Marshal Cakmak Military Hospital from 1986 and 1989 because of his required compulsory duty. He worked as an assistant professor between 1989-1993 and as an associate professor between 1993-1999 in Ankara-GATA Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. In the meantime, he was a visiting professor at the Hannover University Medical Faculty Neurosurgery Clinic (Germany) in 1992 and at the Mainz University Neurosurgery Clinic (Prof.Dr.Axel Perneczky-Germany) for short periods in 1995. In 1999, he was employed as a professor at Abant İzzet Baysal University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. He worked as the Chief Physician of the Abant Izzet Baysal University (ABU) Training and Research Hospital and the Deputy Dean of the ABU Faculty of Medicine Between 2000 and 2003. He held the positions of Head of the Neurosurgery Department from 1999 to 2012 and Founding Vice Rector of the newly founded Duzce University from 2007 to 2011. He was in responsible for administration and instruction while working as the Head of the Neurosurgery Department at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s Faculty of Medicine from 2012 to 2018. In the years 2019 to 2021, he was a lecturer at the Neurosurgery Department of Suleyman YALCIN Sehir Hospital. He is married and has 1 child. He speaks English and German. Neuro-oncology (brain and spinal cord tumour surgery), Neuro-vascular surgery (aneurysm, AVM, Cerebral bypass), Spinal Surgery, Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Surgery are his areas of interest. He has over 100 scientific publications published in peer-reviewed journals scanned in international indexes and national peer-reviewed journals, and many scientific studies presented at national and international congresses. These academic publications have received over 1250 citations.
- Brain and cerebellum tumours, skull base and spinal cord tumours
- Pituitary adenomas
- Orbital tumours, corner tumours
- Brain haemorrhages and vascular diseases:
- Brain aneurysms (bubbles), abnormal vascular tangles (AVMs)
- Hydrocephalus/collection of brain water in the head
- Microsurgical treatments of hemifacial spasm and Trigeminal neuralgia
- Intracranial cysts:
– Arachnoid cysts, parasitic cysts (hydatid cyst), brain abscesses - Cerebellum prolapse: Arnold Chiari malformations and syringomyelia
- Syringomyelia / fluid collection within the spinal cord
- Spinal cord and spinal cord tumours
- Postpartum or various trauma injuries of the Brachial Plexus
- Various trauma – injuries of peripheral nerves
- Various entrapment neuropathies of peripheral nerves (carpal tunnel, elbow and foot impingement syndromes)
- Neck and lower back pain
– Microsurgical treatment of waist and neck hernias
– Waist and neck slips
– Waist and neck canal stenosis
– Back and neck fractures
– Spine compression fractures - Intractable pain and spasticity
- Brain and cerebellum tumours, skull base and spinal cord tumours:
Adults and children
– Microsurgical surgeries:
Neuromonitorization, neuronavigation, and intraoperative neuroultrasonography guided tumour surgeries with microsurgery techniques.
– Multidisciplinary, neurooncology, neurovascular, and spinal surgery councils
- Pituitary adenomas:
– Microscopic – Endoscopic pituitary and sellar region surgery - Brain haemorrhages and vascular diseases:
– Microsurgical treatment in brain haemorrhages
– Multidisciplinary evaluation and microsurgical treatments in brain aneurysms (bubbles), vascular tangles (AVMs)
- Hydrocephalus/collection of brain water in the head
Adults or children
– Various Shunt etc. hydrocephalus treatment with techniques
- Microsurgical treatments of hemifacial spasm and Trigeminal neuralgia
-Microvascular decompression
- Treatment of intracranial cysts
– Microsurgical treatments of arachnoid cysts, parasitic cysts (cysthidatic), brain abscesses - Cerebellum prolapse, Arnold Chiari malformations and syringomyelia treatment
– Syringomyelia/collection of brain water in the spinal cord
– Microsurgical treatments of the spinal cord and spinal cord tumours
- Brachial Plexus Surgery:
– Microsurgical treatment of postpartum or various injuries and tumours of the Brachial Plexus - Treatment of peripheral nerves
– Various trauma of peripheral nerves, etc. – microsurgical treatment of injuries
– Treatment of various entrapment neuropathies of peripheral nerves (carpal tunnel, elbow and foot impingement syndromes)
- Neck and lower back pain
– Non-surgical treatment of low back and neck pain
– Microsurgical treatment of waist and neck hernias
– Treatment of low back and neck slips (under C-arm and neuromonitoring control)
– Back and neck narrow canal microsurgery treatment
– Surgical treatment of waist and neck fractures
– Filling (kyphoplasty – vertebroplasty) treatment of spinal collapse fractures
- Treatment of stubborn pain and spasticity
– Selective dorsal rhizotomy
– Baclofen pump therapy
– Neurectomy, treatment with DREZ operation
- Turkish Neurosurgery Academy (TNA)
- Turkish Neurosurgery Association (TND)
- European Neurosurgical Society (EANS)
- Turkish Medical Association
