Assoc. Prof. Ferda Çağavi is an experienced neurosurgeon with a medical degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery (2000). Currently affiliated with Acibadem Health Group since 2023, she combines clinical expertise with a commitment to patient-centered care. Active in the professional community, she is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and the Society for Nervous System Surgery. Her practice focuses on delivering evidence-based neurosurgical care and advancing standards in neurological surgery through clinical work and professional engagement.
Education
- 2000 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
- 1992 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2023 Acibadem Health Group
- 2007 Acibadem Health Group
- 2006 – 2007 Department of Neurosurgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professor
- 2002 – 2006 Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine,Department of Neurosurgery,Assistant Professor
- 2000 – 2002 Private Bayindir Ankara Hospital, Neurosurgery, Specialized Physician
Memberships
- Turkish Neurosurgical Society
- Society for Nervous System Surgery
Publications
- Migration of a bullet in the spinal canal.
Cagavi F, Kalayci M, Seckiner I, Cagavi Z, Gul S, Atasoy HT, Demircan N, Açikgoz B. J Clin Neurosci. 14(1):74-6, 2007 - Primary spinal extranodal Hodgkin’s disease at two levels.
Cagavi F, Kalayci M, Tekin IO, Numanoglu G, Cagavi Z, Gul S, Acikgoz B. Clin Neurol Neurosur. 108: 168-173, 2006 - Giant unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm presenting with seizure.
Cagavi F, Kalayci M, Unal A, Atasoy HT, Cagavi Z, Acikgoz B. J Clin Neurosci. 13(3):390-394, 2006 - Congenital medulloblastoma.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 91(5):F373. 2006 Ermis B, Aydemir C, Taspinar O, Cagavi F, Bahadir B, Ozdemir H. - Neuroprotective effects of Nigella sativa on experimental spinal cord injury in rats.
Kanter M, Coskun O, Kalayci M, Buyukbas S, Cagavi F. Hum Exp Toxicol. 25(3):127-133, 2006 - Ultrastructural changes in the circumventricular organs after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Akpinar G, Acikgoz B, Surucu S, Celik HH, Cagavi F. Neurol Res. 27(6): 580-585, 2005 - A Training Model For Lumbar Discectomy.
J Clin Neurosci. 12 (6): 673-75, 2005 Kalayci M, Cagavi F, Gul S, Cagavi Z, Acikgoz B. - Subdural empyema due to to spinal anesthesia.
Acta Anaesth Scand. 48:426, 2005 Kalayci M, Cagavi F, Altunkaya H, Gul S, Acikgoz B. - Neuroprotective effects of ebselen on experimental spinal cord injury in rats.
Neurochem Res. 30(3):403-410, 2005 Kalayci M, Coskun O, Cagavi F, Kanter M, Armutcu F, Gul S, Acikgoz B.
