Prof. Dr.

Mustafa Kılıç

Brain and Nerve Surgery

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Training and Expertise
2008 — 2013
Specialization in Medicine

Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic

2000 — 2007
Faculty of Medicine

Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine

Professional Experience
January 2026 — Present
Professor

Istanbul Nişantaşı University Faculty of Medicine

2024 — 2025
Associate Professor Doctor

Istanbul Nişantaşı University Faculty of Medicine

2023 — 2024
Associate Professor Doctor

İstinye University Faculty of Medicine
Gaziosmanpasa Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul

2020 — 2023
Associate Professor Doctor

Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic

2016 — 2020
Specialist Doctor

Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic

2015 — 2016
Assistant Professor Doctor

Harran University, Sanliurfa

2013 — 2015
Specialist Doctor

Malatya State Hospital, Malatya

2008 — 2013
Specialization in Medicine

Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic

2007 — 2008
Physician in Charge (Mandatory Service)

Sekili Health Center, Gaziantep

Courses and Certificates
2013
Head base surgery cadaver course

Istanbul

2014
Minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques (endoscopic discectomy) hands-on cadaver course

Antalya

2015
Ditrax (posterior cervical facet joint decompression) cadaver course

Dusseldorf, Germany

2018 — 2019
Neuromodulation Fellowship Program

Module I — Foundations of Neuromodulation
Abbott Training Center, Zaventem, Belgium

Module II — Treatment strategies for low back pain
St. Augustinus Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Module III — Treatment strategies for focal neuropathic pain
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Modul IV — Aspectos básicos de DBS
University Clinic Dusseldorf, Germany

Module V — Advanced concepts and transition to practice
Barcelona, Spain

01.01.2020 — 31.03.2020
Maastricht UMC+ Hospital fellowship program

Clinical fellowship with Prof. Dr. Temel's group
Especially deep brain stimulation (DBS) applications
Maastricht, Netherlands

2023
Boston Scientific neuromodulation training

Brain battery and spinal cord battery applications
Practership qualification certificate

International Academic Publications
! 2025
Ferroptosis-inducing effects of cromolyn in microglia through NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy

Kilic M, Hacioglu C, Tuncer S, Taskesen A, Tuncer C.
Metabolic Brain Disease. 2025; 40 (8) :304.
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-025-01729-0 · PMID: 41182521

2024
Twenty year outcomes following short-segment posterior instrumentation and fusion for thoracolumbar burst fractures

Kultur Y, Sarikaya I, Ozsahin MK, Drummer CD, Aydingoz O.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2024; 103 (46) :e40579.
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000040579

2021
The role of intraventricular antibiotic therapy in the treatment of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection in children

Sahin A, Dalgic N, Kilic M, Kyrgios P, Kanik MK, Oz E, Yilmaz A.
Child's Nervous System. 2021; 37 (5) :1605-1612.
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-021-05116-9

2020
Efficacy of intradiscal ozone therapy with or without periforaminal steroid injection on lumbar disc herniation

Ercalik T, Kilic M.
Pain Physician. 2020; 23 (5) :477-484.
PMID: 32967390

2020
Early cranioplasty associated with a lower rate of post-traumatic hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy

Ozoner B, Kilic M, Aydin L, Aydin S, Arslan YK, Musluman AM, Yilmaz A.
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 2020; 46 (4) :919-926.
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-020-01409-x

2019
Management of craniopharyngioma

Kilic M, Can SM, Ozdemir B, Tanik C.
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2019.
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005136

2019
Timing of decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Kilic M, Ertem D.H., Ozdemir B.
Medicine (Kaunas). 2019; 55 (2) :E31.
DOI: 10.3390/medicina55020031

2018
Efficacy of Cetuximab on the development of epidural fibrosis based on CD105 and osteopontine staining

Tanriverdi O, Yilmaz I, Adilay HU, Gunaldi O, Erdogan U, Gungor A, Kilic M, Tanik C.
Spine. 2018.
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002793

2018
Intradural spinal cord abscess successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Case report

Sahin A, Kilic M, Dalgic N.
Turkish Neurosurgery. 2018.
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22971-18.2

2017
Inverse association between basilar artery volume and neuron density after carotid ligation

Yilmaz I, Eseoglu M, Onen MR, Tanriverdi O, Kilic M, et al.
World Neurosurgery. 2017; 100:138-143.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.034

2016
Factors that affect postoperative hydrocephalus development in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Kilic M, Yilmaz I, Tanriverdi O, Akgun C, Musluman AM, Yilmaz A.
Turkish Neurosurgery. 2016.
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16400-15.1

2015
Bone mineral density in pediatric patients with meningomyelocele

Kafadar I, Kilic BA, Yilmaz FK, Kilic M.
Child's Nervous System. 2015.
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-015-2930-0

International Congress Presentations
Books
ASY late-stage complications, penetrating head injuries

Hamza Karabakh, Mustafa Kılıç
Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
DOI: 10.4328/DERMAN.4408

Brain metabolism, cerebral blood flow, blood brain barrier, cerebrospinal fluid physiology

Mustafa Kılıç, Adem Yılmaz
SBU Fundamentals of Neurosurgery Book

Neuromodulation in trigeminal neuralgia

Mustafa Kılıç, Adem Yılmaz

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