Prof. Koray Özduman, MD

Prof. Koray Özduman, MD is a neurosurgeon at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, where he provides care within the Neurosurgery unit. His professional background combines clinical neurosurgery with neuro-oncology research and molecular biology training, and he has spent more than 34 years in medicine. He consults with patients in Turkish and English.

Dr. Özduman graduated from Avusturya High School in 1992 and from İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1998. He completed his specialty training at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery in 2005 and became Assistant Associate Professor at Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine in 2009. His training abroad included molecular biology training at the Boyer Molecular Medicine Institute of Yale University (1999–2000), an observership at Japan Matsumoto University Department of Neurosurgery (2000–2002), a fellowship at Yale University Nöroşirurji A.B.D. (2002–2003) and a neuro-oncology research fellowship at Yale University Department of Neurosurgery (2005–2007). From 2007 to 2008 he served as Chief of the Neurosurgery Clinic at Gümüşsuyu Military Hospital, and he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2008.

Clinical focus

Dr. Özduman’s areas of expertise are neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and molecular biology. His published work reflects this combination of surgical practice and research. He has co-authored surgical series on anterior clinoidal meningiomas and on non-meningeal tumors of the cavernous sinus, reviews on the tumor biology and current treatment of skull-base chordomas, and reports on the use of an intraoperative ultrahigh-field 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging system in low-grade glioma resection.

His laboratory research has addressed viral approaches to brain tumors and the developing brain, including studies of vesicular stomatitis virus in multifocal glioma and metastatic carcinoma models, angiogenesis-related gene expression in the neonatal rodent retina as a model of cerebral vascular development, and cytomegalovirus in the developing brain. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgery, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Society of Neruscience, the Türk Nöroşirürji Association and the Nervous System Surgery Association. Treatment decisions for brain tumors and other neurosurgical conditions depend on the individual case, and each patient is assessed on the basis of their own history, examination and imaging.

How Dr. Özduman works with international patients

Dr. Özduman speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. The international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options that may be appropriate. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation before travelling, and any recommendations made remotely are subject to confirmation after an in-person assessment.