KORHAN ÖZKAN

Prof. Korhan Özkan is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in bone and soft tissue tumors. He completed advanced training at the Medical University of Vienna in 2013, focusing on orthopedic oncology. Dr. Özkan currently practices with Acibadem Health Group (since 2023), where he manages complex musculoskeletal tumor cases and contributes to multidisciplinary patient care. He is an active member of professional organizations in Turkey, including the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTDER) and the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBID). Within these organizations he contributes to the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Branch and serves on the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association Education Council (TOTEK), supporting education and training in orthopedic oncology.

Education

• 2013 Medical University of Vienna (Orthopedic oncology center)
• 2012 Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham (Orthopaedic oncology center)
• 2011 Universitatklinikum Muenster (Center for Orthopedic Oncology) (Prof Dr Georg Gosheger)
• 2005 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Orthopedics and Traumatology
• 2005 Allgemeines und Orthopaedisches Landeskrankenhaus Stolzalpe (Prof. Reinhard Graf)
• 2000 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

Experience

• 2023 Acibadem Health Group
• 2006 – 2023 Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Department
• 2006 Specialist Dr. S.B Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital
• 2006 Specialist Dr Iznik State Hospital
• 2005 – 2006 Specialist Dr. Florence Nightingale Hospital Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
• 2000 – 2005 Research Assistant Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

Memberships

• Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTDER)
• Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBID)
• Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Branch
• Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association Education Council (TOTEK)

Publications

• External validation of the PATHFx decision-support tool on Turkish patients with skeletal metastasis.
  Indian J Cancer. 2023 Feb 27. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_417_20. Ozkan K, Ozturan B, Karadag Z, Erol B, Alpan B, Ozger H, Gurkan V, Sofulu O, Yalcinkaya M, Okay E, Forsberg JA
• The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions on Musculoskeletal Pathology Services.
  Cureus. 2023 May 25;15(5):e39493. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39493. eCollection 2023 May. Toksöz Yildirim AN, Zenginkinet T, Okay E, Celik A, Tarcan ZC, Esen MF, Onay T, Turhan Y, Ozkan K, Akyurek M.
• Evaluation of patients with pathological fractures treated by standard trauma principles but neglecting the underlying malignant bone disease.
  Injury. 2022 Nov;53(11):3736-3741. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.052. Demiroz S, Oktem F, Celik A, Erdogan O, Ozkan K, Gurkan V.
• Primary Cutaneous Cribriform Carcinoma of the Heel: A Rare Case Report.
  J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2022 Jul-Aug;112(4):21-021. doi: 10.7547/21-021. Başdelioğlu K, Yıldırım ANT, Akkaya A, Özkanlı SŞ, Öztürk MB, Özkan K
• Bizarre Parosteal Osteochondromatous Proliferation (Nora’s Lesion) of the Foot: A Case Report and Literature Review of Nora’s Lesion of the Foot.
  Cureus. 2022 Apr 17;14(4):e24197. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24197. eCollection 2022 Apr. Basdelioglu K, Toksöz Yildirim AN, Reddy K, Ozkan K.
• Rosai-Dorfman Disease of the Talus in a Child: A Case Report.
  J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2021 Feb 1;111(1):Article_13. doi: 10.7547/20-050. Okay E, Yildiz Y, Yari T, Yildirim ANT, Ozkan K
• Preliminary results of a new intercalary modular endoprosthesis for the management of diaphyseal bone metastases.
  Jt Dis Relat Surg. 2021;32(3):713-720. doi: 10.52312/jdrs.2021.51. 19. Büyükdoğan K, Göker B, Tokgözoğlu M, İnan U, Özkan K, Çolak TS, Aslan L, Deveci MA, Ayvaz M.
• The Combination of Amygdalin with Some Anticancer, Antiparasitic, and Antigout Drugs Against MG63, Saos2, SW1353, and FL Cells In Vitro.
  J Med Food. 2021 Nov;24(11):1230-1234. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2020.0143. Aydın D, Özkan K, Aydın A
• Infantile digital fibromatosis successfully treated with topical imiquimod 5% combined with methylprednisolone aceponate 0.1.
  Dermatol Ther. 2020 Nov;33(6):e14012. doi: 10.1111/dth.14012. Karadağ AS, Koska MC, Cebeci Kahraman F, Bilgiç B, Bostan AB, Özkan K.
• A rare rib lesion due to parosteal osteosarcoma: a case report.
  J Med Case Rep. 2019 Jan 23;13(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13256-018-1958-7. Tozum H, Aydemir AN, Demiroglu M, Ozkan K, Ceyran AB, Kılıc B
• Zoledronic acid : Treatment option for Gorham-Stout disease.
  Orthopade. 2018 Dec;47(12):1032-1035. doi: 10.1007/s00132-018-3655-z. Illeez OG, Ozkan K, Ozkan FU, Bostan AB, Akpinar F, Bilgic B, Aktas I.
• An unusual presentation of Trevor’s disease at the ankle joint: Involvement of both medial and lateral epiphyses.
  Foot (Edinb). 2018 Sep;36:55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2018.01.003. Uygur E, Demiroglu M, Aydin D, Kiliç B, Ozkan K
• A Case of Schwannoma of the Common Peroneal Nerve in the Knee.
  Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2017 Feb 21;9(1):6825. doi: 10.4081/or.2017.6825. eCollection 2017 Feb 20. Öz TT, Aktaş B, Özkan K, Özturan B, Kilic B, Demiroğlu M.
• An Unusual Orthopaedic Disease: Sarcoidosis-A Case Report.
  Surg J (N Y). 2017 Apr 18;3(2):e75-e78. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1601879. eCollection 2017 Apr. Kemah B, Ozturan B, Bilgic B, Ozkan K, Akpinar F, Kilic B
• Deep peroneal nerve palsy due to to osteochondroma arising from fibular head and proximal lateral tibia.
  Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;31:200-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.050. Demiroğlu M, Özkan K, Kılıç B, Akçal A, Akkaya M, Özkan FÜ.
• Endometrial adenocarcinoma recurrence presenting with tibial metastasis: Report of a case.
  Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;36:15-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.009. Söylemez MS, Kemah B, Söylemez UPO, Kılıç B, Ozkan K
• A rare case of a medullary, multifocal lesion in the distal radius.
  JRSM Open. 2017 Jul 6;8(7):2054270417710396. doi: 10.1177/2054270417710396. eCollection 2017 Jul.PMID: 28748099 Aktas B, Ozturan B, Kilic B, Demiroglu M, Ozkan K
• Posterior interosseous nerve palsy due to to lipoma.
  Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2006;40(3):252-4. Eralp L, Ozger H, Ozkan K.
• Rare case of sacral mass due to chondromyxoid fibroma.
  BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 9;2016:bcr2015214145. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-214145.PMID: 26961558 Turkmen I, Ozturan B, Kaner T, Ozkan K.
• Clinical management of a challenging malignancy, osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma: a report of four cases and a review of the literature.
  Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2016 Aug 17;12:1261-70. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S102966. Ozger H, Alpan B, Söylemez MS, Ozkan K, Salduz A, Bilgic B, Sirin BK.
• Lung Metastasis Mimicking Fingertip Infection.
  Case Rep Oncol Med. 2015;2015:708789. doi: 10.1155/2015/708789. Soylemez S, Demiroglu M, Yayla MA, Ozkan K, Alpan B, Ozger H
• Saving a Child’s Elbow Joint: A Novel Reconstruction for a Tumor of the Distal Humerus.
  Case Rep Orthop. 2015;2015:404979. doi: 10.1155/2015/404979. Graci C, Gaston CL, Grimer R, Jeys L, Ozkan K.
• A case of intramuscular myxoma presenting as a swollen shoulder: a case report.
  J Med Case Rep. 2014 Dec 18;8:441. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-441. Kemah B, Soylemez MS, Ceyran B, Senol S, Mutlu S, Ozkan K
• Sciatica due to Schwannoma at the Sciatic Notch.
  Case Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:510901. doi: 10.1155/2013/510901. Haspolat Y, Ozkan FU, Turkmen I, Kemah B, Turhan Y, Sarar S, Ozkan K.
• Osteoid osteoma of the great toe mimicking osteomyelitis: a case report and review of the literature.
  Case Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:234048. doi: 10.1155/2013/234048. Turkmen I, Alpan B, Soylemez S, Ozkan FU, Unay K, Ozkan K.
• A rare cause of deep peroneal nerve palsy due to compression of synovial cyst – Case report.
  Int J Surg Case Rep. 2013;4(5):515-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.11.028. Erdil M, Ozkan K, Ozkan FU, Bilsel K, Turkmen I, Senol S, Sarar S.
• Solitary secondary malignant melanoma of clavicle two years after enuclation for ocular melanoma.
  Case Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:591679. doi: 10.1155/2013/591679. Tozum H, Ozkan K, Reddy K, Turkmen I, Ciloglu U, Senol S, Graci C.
• Synovial hemangiohamartoma presenting as knee pain, swelling and a soft tissue mass: a case report.
  J Med Case Rep. 2012 Jul 18;6:207. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-207. Senol S, Cift H, Ozkan K, Uygur E, Spinelli MS.
• Subchondral osteoid osteoma of the glenoid.
  Chir Organi Mov. 2009 Apr;93 Suppl 1:S79-81. doi: 10.1007/s12306-009-0011-9. Poyanli O, Unay K, Akan K, Ozkan K, Temiz D.
• Surgical treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with bone and soft tissue involvement in pediatric patients
  Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2006;40(4):280-4. Eralp L, Ozger H, Ozkan K, Bilsel K, Kebudi R, Ayan I