INTERVENTIONAL NEUROLOGY · MEMORIAL ANTALYA
Elif Sarıönder Gencer, MD
Specialist in Neurology — Interventional / Vascular Neurology · Memorial Antalya Hospital
Dr. Elif Sarıönder Gencer is a Specialist in Neurology with a focus on Interventional and Vascular Neurology at Memorial Antalya Hospital. Born in Sivas in 1978, she graduated from Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and worked as a general practitioner at Sivas SSK Hospital from 2000 to 2003 before completing her neurology residency at Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine in Sivas between 2003 and 2008. After service at Ağrı State Hospital (2008-2010) and Kumluca State Hospital (2010-2014), she joined Antalya Training and Research Hospital in 2014, where she headed the Vascular Neurology and Neurology Intensive Care Unit until 2022 and pioneered endovascular treatment of acute stroke and carotid disease in the Antalya region. She completed dedicated interventional neurology fellowship training at Eskişehir Osmangazi University in 2015-2016. She joined Memorial Antalya Hospital in 2022. Her clinical practice covers acute ischemic stroke with mechanical thrombectomy and intravenous thrombolysis, carotid artery stenting, intracranial aneurysm coiling, and management of headaches, epilepsy, dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and peripheral nerve disorders.
Specialties:
Neurology
25+
years in medicine
15+
years in neurology
DISTAL
NEJM trial contributor
Interventional neurologyStroke thrombectomyCarotid stentingNeuro-ICUNEJM collaborator
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish
· native
EN English
· professional
RU Russian
· via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian
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ANTALYA · 08/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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Pioneer of endovascular acute-stroke program in Antalya region (Antalya TRH, 2014–2022)
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM
What Elif Sarıönder Gencer, MD does
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01Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
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02Intravenous thrombolysis (tPA) for acute stroke
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03Carotid artery stenting (CAS)
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04Intracranial aneurysm coil embolization
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05Neurology intensive care management
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06Multiple sclerosis follow-up and treatment
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
2000
MD
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine
2003-2008
Neurology resident
Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas
2014-2022
Head of Vascular Neurology & Neuro-ICU
Antalya Training and Research Hospital
2015-2016
Interventional Neurology fellow
Eskişehir Osmangazi University
2022-present
Interventional Neurology Specialist
Memorial Antalya Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
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2023Frontiers in Neurology«Impacts of stress hyperglycemia ratio on early neurological deterioration and functional outcome after endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke»· co-author
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2021Frontiers in Neurology«Sedation Mode During Endovascular Stroke Treatment in the Posterior Circulation»· co-author
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2024European Stroke Journal«Baseline characteristics and outcome of stroke patients after endovascular therapy according to previous symptomatic vascular disease and sex»· co-author
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2025New England Journal of Medicine (collaborator)«Endovascular Treatment for Stroke Due to Occlusion of Medium or Distal Vessels (DISTAL/ESCAPE-MeVO trial)»· collaborator
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