SPINE SURGERY · LIV ULUS

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Abul, MD

Associate Professor of Spine Surgery · Liv Hospital Ulus

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Abul is a spine surgeon at Liv Hospital Ulus, focusing on adolescent idiopathic and adult scoliosis, motion-preserving deformity surgery (VBT) and complex spinal osteotomies. Trained at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and the Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Hospital with a fellowship at Acıbadem Maslak's Spine Health Center, he served as founding faculty of the Spine Health Center at Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital from 2020 before joining Liv. He received the SRS Louis A. Goldstein Best Clinical Research Poster Award in 2021.

Specialties: Orthopaedics

10

international publications

h-index 7

research impact

2021

SRS Award

Scoliosis SurgeryVBT (Vertebral Body Tethering)Spinal DeformityMinimally Invasive SpineAOSpineEUROSPINE

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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES

TR Turkish · native

EN English · professional

RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator

UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator

ISTANBUL · 05/2026

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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2017

Best Oral Presentation Award in Spine

TOTBİD Congress
2018

Cover Photo Award

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
2021

Louis A. Goldstein Best Clinical Research Poster Award

Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)

GUIDES AND ARTICLES

Timeline

Career milestones.

2012-2013

Compulsory service

Şırnak Cizre State Hospital

2013-2015

Orthopedics Specialist

Bursa Yenişehir State Hospital

2015-2017

Orthopedics Specialist

Yalova Private Atakent Hospital

2017-2018

Spine Surgery Clinical Fellow

Acıbadem Maslak Hospital

2018-2020

Spine Surgery Specialist

Taksim Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital

2020-2026

Founding Faculty, Spine Health Center

SBÜ Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital

2026-present

Spine Surgery Specialist

Liv Hospital Ulus

PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

2017

Neurosurg Focus

«Relative lumbar lordosis and lordosis distribution index: individualized pelvic incidence-based proportional parameters that quantify lumbar lordosis more precisely than the concept of pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis»

· co-author · 131 citations
2020

Spine

«Thoracoscopic Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Follow-up Curve Behavior According to Sanders Skeletal Maturity Staging»

· co-author · 106 citations
2015

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc

«Detection of normal plantar fascia thickness in adults via the ultrasonographic method»

· first author · 77 citations
2018

Spine J

«Relative pelvic version: an individualized pelvic incidence-based proportional parameter that quantifies pelvic version more precisely than pelvic tilt»

· co-author · 25 citations
2022

Spine Deform

«Leg length discrepancy and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: clinical and radiological characteristics»

· co-author · 24 citations
2018

Clin Orthop Relat Res

«Art in Science: Jusepe de Ribera's Puzzle in The Clubfoot»

· first author · 13 citations

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Liv Hospital Ulus

The flagship hospital of the Liv Hospital group in the upscale Ulus district. JCI accreditation and a da Vinci robotic surgery programme. 60+ departments, three da Vinci robots, an MR…

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