NEUROSURGERY · MEMORIAL GÖZTEPE
Prof. Dr. Mustafa İbrahim Ziyal
Professor of Neurosurgery · Memorial Göztepe Hospital
Mustafa İbrahim Ziyal, who practises as İbrahim Ziyal, is a neurosurgeon at Memorial Göztepe Hospital, where he has worked since 2025. He graduated from Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1986 and completed his neurosurgery residency at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 1996, followed by research fellowships at George Washington University in Washington D.C. (1996–1998) and the Institute of Neurological Sciences in São Paulo (1998–1999). He was a founding department head at Abant İzzet Baysal University Düzce Medical Faculty, held academic posts at Hacettepe University from 2001 (professor from 2008), and headed the Department of Neurosurgery at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine from 2012 to 2025.
Specialties:
Neurosurgery
71 (counted 3 Aug 2026)
PubMed records
49 (counted 3 Aug 2026)
PubMed records
Skull base tumour surgeryBrain tumoursCerebrovascular surgery (aneurysm, AVM, cavernoma)Pituitary surgeryCerebellopontine angle tumoursCraniovertebral junction surgery
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
German
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
1980–1986
Medical degree, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine
1990–1996
Residency in Neurosurgery, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital
1996–1998
Research fellow, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
1998–1999
Research fellow, Institute of Neurological Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
1999–2001
Assistant professor and founding department head, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Düzce Medical Faculty
2001–2012
Assistant professor, associate professor then professor (2008), Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
2012–2025
Professor and Head of Department, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
2025–present
Neurosurgeon, Memorial Göztepe Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
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2024World Neurosurgery«Posterolateral Paramass Approach to Lesions Located at the Anterior C1-2 Level: A Cadaver Study»
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2021World Neurosurgery«Effects of Ozone on Injury after Gamma Knife Radiosurgery»
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2021Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice«Prognostic factors in progressive high-grade glial tumors treated with systemic approach: A single center experience»
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