Neurology
25 Ocak 2023

Nöroloji

About Our Clinic

Our clinic, which was established as SSK Okmeydanı Hospital Neurology Clinic in 1972, continues to serve as Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital Neurology Clinic since 2020; after our hospital moved to the new building and took the name of the late Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu, who lost his life in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

After Dr. Hulki Forta served as co-head of the department for a short time in 1986, Prof. Dr. Osman Tanık was appointed as the head of the department, and Ass. Prof. Dr. Dursun Kırbaş became co-head of the department by examination in 1987; when residency training was started. Our Electrophysiology Laboratory (then called the Neurophysiology Section) has been in existence since 1988 and also served as the first evoked potential laboratory in Istanbul. Dr. Parnoh Samurkaş was the co-head of the department between 1992 and 2006.

Dr. Cihat Örken was the department's head between 2007 and 2013. Prof. Dr. Serap Üçler Yaman has been the head of both clinical education and administration in our department since 2013.

Today, our clinic gives service in general and subspecialty outpatient clinics, an electrophysiology laboratory, and an inpatient clinic with 34 beds, 4 of which are reserved for the Stroke Unit where acute ischemic stroke patients are treated with thrombolytic therapy. Our clinic provides services in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as stroke, epilepsy, behavioral neurology, headache, muscle diseases, demyelinating diseases (multiple sclerosis), and movement disorders.

Our Staff

Head of Clinical Education and Administration

Prof. Dr. Serap Üçler Yaman

Academic Staff

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Demet Kınay (Neurology Teaching Staff and Clinical Neurophysiology Specialist)

Dr. Cihat Örken (Neurology Teaching Staff)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Akan

Dr. Ülgen Kökeş Sarıhan (Chief Assistant, Clinical Neurophysiology Specialist)

Dr. Elif Ünal (Chief Assistant)

Subspecialty Physicians

Dr. Bektaş Korkmaz (Clinical Neurophysiology Specialist)

Attending Physicians

Dr. Canan Emir Bolcu

Dr. Raziye Tıraş

Dr. Sibel Üstün Özek

Dr. Zeynep Kurt

Dr. Selma Kaya Aygünoğlu

Dr. Tuğrul Aydın

Dr. Esra Koçhan Kızılkılıç

Resident Physicians

Dr. Büşra Er Dayan

Dr. İsmail Bilgi

Dr. Begüm Yaralıoğlu

Dr. Bekir Burak Kılboz

Dr. Canay Kılıç

Dr. Şeyma Acar

Dr. Cemile Özge Işıklar

Dr. İlayda Ceren Karadeniz

Dr. Aslı Sena Kaya

Dr. Hamza Cihad Oğuz

Dr. Mehmet Can Nacitarhan

Dr. İrem Sevgili

Dr. Yasemin Eserli

Nurses

Selin Kırna (Neurology Inpatient Clinic Responsible Nurse)

Simge Alış

Özgül Çınık

Gözde Apaydın

Serdar Ekinci

Sibel Kasımoğlu

Kübra Alp

Safa Koç

Reyhan Elataş

Ruken Aldan

Hüseyin Demirci

Ferdi Tülay

Technicians

EEG:

Kadriye Dursunoğlu

Sibel Gecü

Bahar Pehlivan

EMG / Sleep Activated EEG:

Eda Nur Yüksel

Şeyma Nur Çavdar

Medical Secretaries

Celal Yağız

Duygu Dağaşar

Zeynep Doğu

Neslihan Tez

Pınar Karamustafa

Special Services

In our neurology outpatient clinic, in addition to the daily outpatient service provided by our specialist doctors, subspecialty outpatient clinics are also provided.

• Epilepsy: Ass. Prof. Dr. Demet Kınay (Monday - Wednesday), Dr. Sibel Üstün Özek (Tuesday)

• Behavioural Neurology: Dr. Tuğrul Aydın, Dr. Zeynep Kurt

• Neuromuscular Diseases: Ass. Prof. Dr. Onur Akan (Wednesday)

• Movement Disorders: Dr. Cihat Örken, Dr. Raziye Tıraş, Dr. Selma Kaya Aygünoğlu

• Headache: Prof. Dr. Serap Üçler (Wednesday), Dr. Tuğrul Aydın, Dr. Esra Koçhan Kızılkılıç

• Multiple Skleroz and Demyelinating Diseases: Dr. Canan Emir Bolcu (Thursday), Dr. Elif Ünal (Thursday)

• Stroke: Dr. Cihat Örken, Dr. Esra Koçhan Kızılkılıç

The days of subspecialty outpatient clinics may vary according to the work schedule. Subspecialty outpatient clinic appointments can be obtained from MHRS (centralized doctor appointment system); and also from the secretariat of the neurology outpatient clinic for emergencies and special cases.

Electrophysiology Laboratory

Our Electrophysiology Laboratory provides service with a total of 5 EMG devices that can perform Single Fiber EMG, Video-EEG Monitoring, 2 Routine EEGs, and a Sleep EEG.

• Video EEG, Sleep Activated EEG, Routine EEG: Ass. Prof. Dr. Demet Kınay, Dr. Bektaş Korkmaz, Dr. Sibel Üstün Özek

• EMG: Ass. Prof. Dr. Onur Akan, Dr. Bektaş Korkmaz, Dr. Canan Emir Bolcu, Dr. Ülgen Kökeş Sarıhan, Dr. Elif Ünal, Dr. Raziye Tıraş, Dr. Tuğrul Aydın, Dr. Selma Kaya Aygünoğlu, Dr. Sibel Üstün Özek, Dr. Zeynep Kurt

• Single Fiber EMG: Ass. Prof. Dr. Onur Akan, Dr. Bektaş Korkmaz

• Sleep Laboratory (Under Establishment)

Specific Medical Procedures

• Botulinum Toxin Application: Prof. Dr. Serap Üçler Yaman (Migraine), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Akan (Dystonia, Spasticity, Migraine), Dr. Zeynep Kurt (Dystonia, Spasticity, Migraine)

• Nerve Blockade: Dr. Zeynep Kurt (GON, LON, Supraorbital, Trigger point blockade) Medical Councils

• Neuroradiology Council: With the participation of Neurology and Radiology units, our patients are examined clinically and with their images, and follow-up and treatment planning are made.

• Carotid Stenosis Council: With the participation of Neurology, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Interventional Radiology units, our patients with carotid stenosis are examined clinically and with their images, and their treatment is planned.

In-Clinical Training Meetings

• Tuesday: Case Analysis and Literature Meeting. Rare and challenging cases hospitalized in our clinic or seen in outpatient clinics and current literature are presented by our clinic's education staff, specialists, and resident physicians.

• Thursday: Seminar Day. Presentations on the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases are made by our clinic's education staff, specialists, and resident physicians.

How to Reach the Clinic

• Neurology Outpatient Clinic (Polyclinic): Floor 0, Block 3

• Electrophysiology Laboratory (EEG, Sleep Activated EEG, EMG): Floor 1, Block 3

• Neurology Inpatient Clinic (Service for hospitalized patients, Video-EEG): Floor 7, Block 1