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Prof. Dr. Murat Ulusan, MD

Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery · Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital | Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Murat Ulusan is an otolaryngologist and head & neck surgery specialist at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital (joined 2018) and a faculty member at Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine since 2010. He completed his English-language MD at Marmara University and his ENT residency at Istanbul University (2008). His research focus spans the molecular biology of head and neck cancers — including p16INK4a methylation, RASSF4 expression and copy number profiling of tumor suppressor genes.
Specialties: Otolaryngology (ENT)
20+
years in ENT
143
publications
13
h-index
Head & Neck CancerLaryngeal CancerOtolaryngologyCancer Molecular Biology
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · fluent
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • 2016
    Best Poster Award
    EORL Congress
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2008-2009
Compulsory service ENT specialist
Erzurum Regional Training & Research Hospital
2009-2010
ENT specialist
Diyarbakır State Hospital
2010-Present
Faculty member, Otolaryngology
Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
2018-Present
ENT / Head & Neck Surgery specialist
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2021
    The Lancet Oncology
    «Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study»
    · co-author · 334 citations
  • 2014
    Archives of Oral Biology
    «The role of components of the extracellular matrix and inflammation on oral squamous cell carcinoma metastasis»
    · co-author · 96 citations
  • 2014
    Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica
    «Parapharyngeal space tumours: the efficiency of a transcervical approach without mandibulotomy through review of 44 cases»
    · co-author · 94 citations
  • 2013
    Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica
    «Is it necessary to remove submandibular glands in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity?»
    · co-author · 66 citations
  • 2012
    Head & Neck
    «Promoter methylation and loss of p16(INK4a) gene expression in head and neck cancer»
    · co-author · 60 citations
  • 2016
    European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
    «The incidence of thyroid cartilage invasion through the anterior commissure in clinically early-staged laryngeal cancer»
    · first author · 40 citations
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