Murat İMER
Phone: (216) 338 38 48 – + (216) 338 38 71
E-Mail: mumer@superonline.com
Hospital: Florence Nightingale Hospitals Group, Istanbul.
Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: 24. November. 1959.
Faculty of Medicine: Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, 1977-1983.
Compulsory Service: SSK Hospital, Karabük, 1983-1985.
Neurosurgery Specialization: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, 1985-1991.
Military Service: Neurosurgery Specialist, Military Hospital, Kayseri, 1991-1992.
Academic Life: Associate Professor Title; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, November, 1999.
Professor Title; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, February, 2006.
Professor Dr., Founding Head of Department of Neurosurgery, Okan University
Hospital, Istanbul, December 2016 – March 2018.
Position: Retired from the Faculty of Medicine in 2011.
Practice since 2011
Publications/Papers/Scientific Contributions/Speeches:
More than 200 publications/papers/scientific contributions/speaking at national and international meetings.
Five Articles selected among publications (in order of publication);
Görgülü A, İmer M, Şimşek O, Sencer A, Kutlu K, Çobanoğlu S: The effect of aprotinin on extraneural scarring in peripheral nerve surgery: An experimental study. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 140:1303-1307, 1998.
Barlas O, Hanağası HA, İmer M, Şahin HA, Sencer S, Emre M: Do unilateral ablative lesions of the subthalamic nucleu in parkinsonian patients lead to hemiballism?. Movement Disorders 16:306-310, 2001.
Kulaksızoğlu IB, Bebek Nerses, Baykan B; İmer M, Gürses C, Sencer S, Öktem-Tanör Ö, Gökyiğit A: Obsessive-compulsive disorder after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy & Behavior 5:113-118, 2004.
İmer M, Özeren B, Karadereler S, Yapıcı Z, Omay B, Hanağası H, Eraksoy M: Destructive Stereotactic Surgery for Treatment of Dystonia. Surgical Neurology 64(S2):89-95, 2005.
İmer M, Omay B, Uzunkol A, Erdem T, Sabancı PA; Karasu A, Albayrak SB, Sencer A, Hepgül K, Kaya M: Effect of Magnesium, MK-801 and Combination of Magnesium and MK-801 on Blood Brain Barrier Permeability and Brain Edema After Experimental Traumatic Diffuse Brain Injury. Neurol Res 31(9): 977-81, 2009 (Epub 2009 Feb11).
Professional Teaching:
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Course, 1990, Oulu, Finland.
End of EANS Course (5-year course end of term), 1996, Aalborg, Denmark.
“Primary examination for EANS Board”, 1995, Klagenfurt, Austria.
“Advanced Training on Functional Disorders with Leksell Gamma Knife”, 2004, Marseille, France.
“Advanced Training on Vestibular Schwannomas and Skull Base Surgery with Leksell Gamma Knife”, 2004, Marseille, France.
Training Of Cervical and Lumbar DISC Nucleoplasty, 2004, Freiburg, Germany.
‘Neuropathfinder’ Training of Trainers, 2009, Wien, Austria.
‘Neuropathfinder’ Training of Trainers, 2011, Athens, Greece.
“Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery” Course, 2011, Herne, Germany.
Associations he is a member of:
Turkish Medical Association
Turkish Neurosurgery Association
National Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
ISMISS (International Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery)