Cumhur KILINÇER, M.D., Ph.D. 

DATE OF BIRTH           December, 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH         Amasya, Türkiye

MARITAL STATUS        Married (with Mrs. Aysun KILINCER)

CITIZENSHIP                Republic Of Türkiye

EDUCATION

    Medical School

            Istanbul University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkiye, 1983 - 1989

    Post Graduate Training and Employment

1989 - 1996     Residency

Istanbul University Medical Faculty,

Department of Neurosurgery,  Istanbul, Turkiye

            1996 Feb-June Staff Neurosurgeon

Istanbul University Medical Faculty,

Department of Neurosurgery,  Istanbul, Turkiye

1996 Jul-Sep   Consultant Neurosurgeon

State Hospital of Ministry of Health and Social Assistance

Artvin, Turkiye

1996 -1997      Consultant Neurosurgeon as Second Lieutenant

                        Military Hospital, Erzincan, Turkiye (Military Duty)

1999- 2007      Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

                                    Trakya University Medical Faculty

                                    Department of Neurosurgery, Edirne, Turkiye

2004-2009       Ph.D. on Human Anatomy

Trakya University,Institute of Health Sciences, Edirne, Turkey

2008- 2012     Associate Professor of Neurosurgery                            

                                    Trakya University Medical Faculty

                                    Department of Neurosurgery, Edirne, Turkiye

2013- Present  Professor of Neurosurgery                            

                                    Trakya University Medical Faculty

                                    Department of Neurosurgery, Edirne, Turkiye

     Special training

            Certificate of European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

                    1992 Jerusalem, Israel

                    1993 Brugge, Belgium

                    1994 Çeşme, Turkey

                    1995 Klagenfurt, Austria

                    1996 Coopenhagen, Denmark
       

        Fellowships

            May-Aug 2000            Spinal Surgery Fellowship (Prof. Dr. Mehmet ZiIeli)

                                                Aegean University, School of Medicine

                                                Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir, Turkey

 
            April 2002-April 2003  Research Fellowship (Edward C. Benzel, Lisa Ferrara)

                                                The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Neurosurgery Department

Spine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Jan-Feb 2008             Spinal Surgery Fellowship (Prof. Dr. Azmi Hamzaoglu)

                                               Bilgi University, School of Medicine

                                                Department of Orhopedics, Istanbul, Turkey

 
April-May 2008  AOSpine Clinical Fellowship

                                   (Marinus deKleuver, Paul W. Pavlov)

                                               Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands

April-May 2012      AO Clinical Research and Documentation Department,  Dübendorf, Switzerland

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

           Turkish Neurosurgical Society, 1999

           Spinal Surgery Group of Turkish Neurosurgical Society, 1999

           Turkish Society of Medical Education, 2000

           AOSpine, 2004

           ISMISS, 2007

           North American Spine Society, 2011

           Eurospine, 2011

           ISASS, 2011

           EANS, 2012

AWARDS RECEIVED

1. Second place at the Society for Experimental Mechanics 2004 Student Paper Competition: Inceoglu S, McLain RF, Cayli S, Kılınçer C, Ferrara LA: Stress relaxation of bone significantly affects the pull-out behavior of pedicle screws. J Orthop Res Nov;22(6):1243-7, 2004

 2. Honorable mention at the Turkish Neurosurgical Society 2006 Scientific Congress: Inceoglu S, Kılınçer C, Tami A, McLain RF, “Insan Lomber Pedikul Korteksi. Bolum II. Vida Uygulanması Sirasinda Deformasyon Ozellikleri”, Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği 20.Bilimsel Kongresi, Nisan 28 - Mayıs 2, 2006. TND Dergisi, Cilt 16, Ek Sayı. 36, Antalya-Belek, 2006

3. Fourth place amongst the best presentations at the Turkish Neurosurgical Society 2007 Scientific Congress: Kılınçer C, Inceoglu S, Sohn MJ, Ferrara LA, Bakirci N, Benzel EC: Load sharing within a human thoracic vertebral body: an in vitro biomechanical study. Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği 21.Bilimsel Kongresi, Antalya, 2007

 4. Winner of the best spinal paper award at the Turkish Neurosurgical Society 2007 Scientific Congress: Kılınçer C, Inceoglu S, Sohn MJ, Ferrara LA, Bakirci N, Benzel EC: Load sharing within a human thoracic vertebral body: an in vitro biomechanical study. Türk Nöroşirürji Derneği 21.Bilimsel Kongresi, Antalya, 2007

5. Winner of AOSpine/European Association of Neurosurgical Societies’ 2007 Fellowship at Sint Maatenskliniek in Nijmegen / Nederlands.

6. Trakya University  Scientific Publication Performance Award – 2007

7. Winner of Best Poster Presentation Award: Simsek O, Sut N, Kılınçer C, Hamamcıoglu MK, Memis D, “Predicting Outcome of Head Injury: A Novel, Computer-Based Model”. Poster presentation. 15th Scientific Congress of the Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN), Antalya 6-9 May 2010.

8. Winner of AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation Fellowship at Dübendorf, Zürich (April-June 2012).

9. AREGE2, Second place at the patent competition: Interlocked double sacrum screw Izmir-Turkey. (2012)

10.    Winner of Spine Technology Award 2013: Interlocked Double Sacrum Screw System.

11.    Winner of Turkish neurosugical Society Patent Award 2014.

12.    Winner of Ankara Güven Hospital Dr. Aysun-Ahmet Küçükel Award “2014 the best surgical paper”

13.    Winner of Trakya University Science Award 2014