NEUROSURGERY · MEMORIAL GÖZTEPE
Prof. Dr. Adnan Dağçınar
Professor of Neurosurgery · Memorial Göztepe Hospital
Adnan Dağçınar is a neurosurgeon who joined Memorial Göztepe Hospital after a long academic career at Marmara University School of Medicine, where he held a professorship in the Department of Neurosurgery. He trained in medicine and in neurosurgery at Hacettepe University in Ankara, and worked at Marmara University (1998–2005 and 2012–2025) and at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun (2005–2012). His published work is concentrated in paediatric neurosurgery, including foramen magnum decompression in achondroplasia, lumbosacral lipomas, medulloblastoma molecular classification and brain metastases in paediatric solid tumours.
Specialties:
Neurosurgery
319
AVESIS publications
86
WoS publications
78
Scopus publications
482
Citations (Web of Science)
Paediatric neurosurgeryHydrocephalus and CSF disordersCraniovertebral junction surgery (achondroplasia, foramen magnum decompression)Spinal dysraphism and lumbosacral lipomasPaediatric brain tumours (including medulloblastoma)Adult brain tumour surgery
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
1981–1988
Medical degree, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
1988–1995
Neurosurgery specialty training, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
1996–1997
Medical officer, Çorlu Military Hospital
1998–2005
Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul
2005–2012
Neurosurgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun
2012–2025
Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul
2026–present
Neurosurgery, Memorial Göztepe Hospital, Istanbul
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
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2026Child's Nervous System«Foramen magnum decompression in infants and children with achondroplasia: clinical outcomes from a 15-patient surgical series»
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2026Turkish Neurosurgery«Brain Metastases in Pediatric Extracranial Solid Tumors: A 20-Year Experience in Challenging a Rare Diagnosis»
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2026Balkan Medical Journal«Significance of LEF1, ROR2, Cyclin D1, and DNA Methylation Profiling in the Molecular Classification and Prognosis Prediction of Pediatric Medulloblastoma»
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2025Turkish Neurosurgery«Neurosurgical Management and Follow-up of Pediatric Lumbosacral Lipomas: A Single-Center Experience with 28 Patients»
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