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