Education:

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, English (2004-2010)
Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery (2013-2019)

Foreign Languages:

English
German

Professional Experience:

Aktif International Üsküdar (2026 – Present)
Medicana Zincirlikuyu Hospital (2025)
Yeditepe University Hospital (2022 – 2024)
Acıbadem Health Group, Maslak Hospital (Fellow) (2021)

Medical Areas of Interest:

Neuro-Oncology (Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors)
Spinal surgery (spinal cord tumors, lumbar and cervical disc herniations, spinal slippage, canal stenosis, fractures)
Endoscopic surgery
Minimally invasive spinal surgery
Neurovascular surgery (arteriovenous malformations, (aneurysm)
Movement disorders, deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease
Epilepsy surgery – Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Pain management

Professional Memberships:

Turkish Neurosurgery Association
Turkish Skull Base Association
Neuromodulation Training and Research Association

Certifications:

Ohio State University, Functional Neurosurgery Observership, 2016
Harvard Medical School, Functional Neurosurgery, 2017
University of Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Neuroengineering, 2018
Stanford University Endoscopic Endonasal SkullBase Course, 2022

Congresses and Meetings

2003 Groningen University School of Medicine, Investigation of the effects of black cumin on cholesterol levels in rabbits, Groningen, Netherlands.

Nuri Eralp Çetinalp, Kerem Mazhar Özsoy, Kadir Oktay, Özcan Aslanbaş, Burak Eriçek, Tahsin Erman; Spontaneous autogenic pneumocephalus case, EPS-157, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Congress, 2016.

Symptomatic sellar arachnoid cyst, endoscopic endonasal cyst cisternostomy, EPS-025, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Congress, 2018.

IDH-1 mutation analysis in a long-term surviving motor field glioblastoma multiforme case, EPS-046, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Congress, 2018.

Spontaneous thrombosed cerebral arteriovenous malformation, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Congress, 2018.

C2 Vertebroplasty, EPS-347, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Congress, 2018

Omer Burak Ericek, Dervis Mansuri Yılmaz, İbrahim Çevik, Dilek Şaker, Meltem Dönmez Kutluk, Samet Kara, Kübra Akıllıoğlu; Expression of Aquaporin-4 channels in the mouse prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in MK-801 induced schizophrenia model, IBRO (International Brain Research Organisation) 2019 World Congress poster session.

October 2015 Surgical Approach to Craniocervical Junction Diseases, Çukurova Regional Neurosurgery Meeting,

December 2016 Vertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty, Çukurova Regional Neurosurgery Meeting

October 2018 Central Lobe Anatomy and Electrophysiological Mapping, MdAnderson Cancer Center Department of Neurosurgery, United States

April 2019 Surgical Experience in Spetzler-Martin Stage III-IV Arteriovenous Malformations, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Meeting

April 2019 Posterior Fossa Craniotomy Case Series Clinical Results, Turkish Neurosurgery Association National Meeting

September 2023 Stanford University Young Investigator Award Session “Neurotransmitter bases classification and theranostic modalities for gliomas”, EANM 2023 Vienna

Academic Publications:

Impact of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Recurrence of Surgically Treated Atypical Meningiomas and Retrospective Analysis of Prognostic Factors. Kerem Mazhar Ozsoy, Kadir Oktay, Nuri Eralp Cetinalp, Dogu Cihan Yildirim, Omer Burak Ericek, Seyda Erdogan, Tahsin Erman DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.36452-21.3

Ericek OB, Akillioglu K, Saker D, Cevik İ, Kutlu MD, Kara S, Yilmaz DM, “Distribution of Aquaporin-4 channels in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in mk-801-treated bolb/c mice” Ultrastructural Pathology, 2022 Jan 11; 1-17. Doi 10.1080/01913123.2021.2024633

Kadir Oktay, Ömer Burak Eriçek, Kerem Mazhar Özsoy, Nuri Eralp Çetinalp, Tahsin Erman; Cervical Myelopathy caused by invaginated laminae of the axis into the spinal canal in a pediatric patient, Pediatric Neurosurgery 2018; 53: 171-174.

Ersin Hacıyakupoğlu, Derviş Yılmaz, Burak Kınalı, Ömer Eriçek, Sebahattin Hacıyakupoğlu; Intracerebral arachnoid cysts, Archieves Medical Review Journal 2016; 25 (3): 259-268