Prof. Gökşel Dikmen is an experienced orthopedic surgeon and academic with a strong focus on sports medicine, hip and knee arthroplasty, and trauma care. He completed a Master of Science in Football Medicine (with thesis) in 2024, strengthening his expertise in athlete health and injury management. Since 2015 he has been affiliated with Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, contributing to patient care, education, and research. He has also played an active role in orthopedics education at the national level as a member of the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Council since 2016. Prof. Dikmen holds memberships in numerous national and international professional societies, including: – European Hip Society (since 2015) – Turkish Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Society (since 2015) – ESSKA — European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (since 2018) – ESSKA-European Knee Associate — EKA (since 2019) – ESSKA-European Sport Medicine Associate — ESMA (since 2019) – Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine — PRISM (since 2018) – AO Trauma (since 2011) – ASAMI Turkey (since 2012) – TUSYAD (since 2012) – TOTDER (since 2006) – TOTBID (since 2008) His work bridges clinical practice, surgical care, and sports-focused research, with a particular interest in optimizing outcomes for athletes and patients requiring hip and knee interventions.
Education
- 2024 Master of Science Football Medicine (Football Player Health Master’s Degree with Thesis)
- 2022 Advanced knee surgery training at the University of Oslo, Norway with the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Arthrex Sports Surgery Training Scholarship
- 2017 Advanced hip surgery training in Marseille, St. Etienne, Quimper, France with the European Society of Hip Surgery (EHS) Traveling Education Scholarship
- 2012 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Orthopedics and Traumatology
- 2011 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA Academic Observer, Prosthetic Surgery, Sports Surgery and Limb Reconstruction
- 2006 Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2022 – 2024 ESSKA-EKA Digital Orthopedic Focusing Research Group (Robotic Surgery, VR, AR, AI)
- 2022 – 2024 ESSKA U45 Committee Board Member
- 2022 Turkish Football Federation Health and Performance Executive Committee Member
- 2016 Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club Football Academy Teams and Women’s Football A Team Doctor – Still Active
- 2015 Acibadem University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- 2013 Acibadem Health Group
- 2012 – 2013 Agri State Hospital Orthopedics Department / Compulsory service
Memberships
- European Hip Society 2015
- AO Trauma (2011)
- ASAMI Turkey (2012)
- TUSYAD (2012)
- Tuskish Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Society 2015
- TOTDER (2006)
- TOTBID (2008)
- Member of Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Council 2016 Currently
- ESSKA-European Knee Associate-EKA (2019)
- Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine-PRISM (2018)
- European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy-ESSKA (2018)
- ESSKA-European Sport Medicine Associate-ESMA (2019)
Publications
- Long-term retrospective study on the placement of the cementless acetabular cup and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing femoral head autografting for hip dysplasia and total hip arthroplasty
Journal of Orthopedic Scinece (2018) Doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2018.02.009 Ozden VE, Dikmen G, Beksac B, Tozun IR - Intraoperative neuromonitoring of anterior root muscle response during hip surgery under spinal anesthesia
. J Clin Monit Comput. 2018. Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s10877-018-0212-6 Dikmen P.Y, Ozden VE, Beksac B, Tozun IR. - Dual-mobility Bearings for patients with Abductor-Trochanteric Complex Insufficiency Dual offset metaphyseal-filling stems in primary total hip arthroplasty in dysplastic hips after a minimum follow-up of ten years
Hip Int. 2018 accepted malnuscript. Doi: 10.5301/hipint.5000377 DOI: 10.5301/hipint.5000598 / Int Orthop. 2018 Sep 19 doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-4161-y Ozden VE, Dikmen G, Beksac B, Tozun IR. - Oxidized zirconium on ceramic; Catastrophic coupling.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2017 Feb; 103(1): 137-140. Doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2016.10.004. Epub 2016 Nov 18. Ozden VE, Saglam N, Dikmen G, Tozun IR. - Tapered stems one-third proximally coated have higher complication rates than cylindrical two-third coated stems in patients with high hip dislocation undergoing total hip arthroplasty with step-cut shortening osteotome
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2017 Jun; 103(4): 569-577. Doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.01.010. Epub 2017 Mar 11. Ozden VE, Dikmen G, Beksac B, Tozun IR. - Total hip arthroplasty with step-cut subtrochanteric femoral shortening osteotomy in high riding hip dislocated patients with previous femoral osteotomy
J Orthop Sci. 2017 May; 22(3): 517-523. Doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2017.01.017. Epub 2017 Feb 21. Ozden VE, Dikmen G, Beksac B, Tozun IR. - Is acute compression and distraction superior to segmental bone transport techniques in chronic tibial osteomyelitis? Comparison of Distraction Osteogenesis Techniques
Acta Orthop. Belg., 2016, 82, 599-609. Levent Eralp, Halil İbrahim Balcı, Mehmet Kocaoglu, Cengiz Sen, Mustafa Celiktas, Yılmaz Tomak, Mahir Gu?lşen, Goksel Dikmen. - Biomechanical comparison of oblique and step-cut osteotomies used in total hip arthroplasty with femoral shortening.
J Orthop Sci. 2016 Jun 9. pii: S0949-2658(16)30046-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2016.04.015 Yıldız F, Kılıçoğlu ÖI, Dikmen G, Bozdağ E, Sünbüloğlu E, Tuna M. - The cementless fibre mesh coated anatomic femoral stem: 12 to 23 years clinical and radiological outcome study.
Hip Int. 2016 Jul 7:0. Doi: 10.5301/hipint.5000377. Ozden VE, Dikmen G, Kilicoglu OI, Beksac B, Tozun IR.
