Prof. Neşe Tuncer is a neurologist and researcher with long-standing commitment to neurodegenerative disease care, education, and advocacy. She completed advanced training at the Karolinska Institutet Center for Alzheimer’s Research in 2007 and currently practices at Acıbadem Health Group (since 2022). Her clinical and research interests include Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, and neuropsychiatry. Active in both national and international professional communities, she holds memberships in the Turkish Medical Association, Turkish Neurological Association, Turkish Epilepsy Association, Neurodegenerative Diseases Association, and the Association of Cerebrovascular Diseases. International affiliations include the American Academy of Neurology, the Alzheimer’s Association, the Movement Disorder Society, and the Mediterranean Stroke Society. She is a founding member of the Alzheimer’s Association of Turkey Kadıköy Branch and serves on the Turkish Neurological Association Behavioral Neurology Dementia Working Group, as well as the board of the Neuropsychiatry Association. Neşe Tuncer combines clinical practice with education and organizational leadership to improve diagnosis, treatment, and support for patients and families affected by neurological disorders.
Education
- 2007 Karolinska Instituet Center for Alzheimer’s Research
- 1999 – 2002 MSc Neuroscience Istanbul University Aziz Sancar Experimental Medicine Research Institute
- 1999 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Neurology
- 1992 – 1994 Medical Specialization Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry
- 1989 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2022 Acibadem Health Group
- 2010 – 2022 Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital Neurology Clinic
- 1994 – 2010 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology
- 1992 – 1994 Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
- 1990 – 1991 Antalya SSK Hospital, Internal Medicine and Emergency Department Units
- 1989 – 1990 Erzurum SSK Hospital, Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Units, (compulsory service after graduation)
Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association
- Neurodegenerative Diseases Association
- Turkish Epilepsy Association
- American Academy of Neurology
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Association of Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Movement Disorder Society
- Founding Member of Alzheimer’s Association of Turkey Kadıköy Branch
- Turkish Neurological Association Behavioral Neurology Dementia Working Group
- Board Member of Neuropsychiatry Association
- Mediterranean Stroke Society
Publications
- The Clinician’s Point of View for exercise in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Acta Physiologica 2022;234:10 Tuncer N. - A Case of Chronic Functional Parkinsonism Treated Over 10 Years for the Diagnosis of Juvenile Parkinsonism
Puan Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry , vol.32, sa.4, ss.286-290, 2021 Bulut N. S. , Yorguner N. , Çarkaxhiu-Bulut G., Tuncer E. N. - Successful treatment of influenza B associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy in an adult using combination of high dose oseltamivir-IVIG-pulse methylprednisolone
Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2020 Aug 9. doi: 10.1007/s13760-020-01462-8 Erdil E., Vural E., Kahraman PK., Tuncer E. N. - Evaluation of depressive mood and cognitive functions in patients with acromegaly under somatostatin analogue therapy.
J Endocrinol Invest 2017 ;40(12):1365-1372 Alibas H, Uluc K, Koytak PK, Uygur MM, Tuncer N, Tanrıdag T, Yavuz DG. - The choroid and lamina cribrosa is affected in patients with Parkinson’s disease: Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography study
Acta Ophthalmologica 2016 Feb;94(1):e68-75.doi: 10.1111/aos.12809. Eraslan, M.a , Cerman, E.a, Yildiz Balci, S.b, Celiker, H.a, Sahin, O.a, Temel, A.a, Suer, D.c, Tuncer Elmaci, N - Executive functions in sarcoidosis: A Neurocognitive assesment study
Sarcoidosis Vasc. AND Diff. Lung Disease 2016;33:426-433 Topcuoglu O.B, Kavas M, Alibas H, Cetintas G, Arinc S, Midi I, Tuncer Elmaci N. - Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Patients With Primary Open-angle Glaucoma and Parkinson’s Disease
J Glaucoma. 2016 Jul;25(7):e639-46. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000239. Eraslan M, Balci SY, Cerman E, Temel A, Suer D, Elmaci NT. - A severe case of systemic lupus erythematosus with increased pressure communicating hydrocephalus
Eur J Rheumatol 2015; 2: 76-7 Ozen G, Yilmaz-Oner S, Tuncer N, Akbas T, Tuglular S, Direskeneli H. - Headache during air travel: An unusual cause of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
Headache Volume 55, Issue 1, January 1, 2015, Pages 174-175 Alibas, H., Ceferova, S., Kahraman Koytak, P., Uluc, K., Midi, I., Tuncer Elmaci, N., Aktan, S., Tanridag, T. - Severe neuro-Behcet’s disease treated with a combination of immunosuppressive and a TNF inhibitor.
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2012 Jun;25(2):57-62. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3182593c75 Korkmaz FN, Ozen G, Unal AU, Kahraman Koytak P, Tuncer N, Direskeneli H.
