Prof. Salih Marangoz is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in pediatric orthopedics and limb reconstruction. He earned the European Board of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EBOT) Diploma (FEBOT) in 2015 and has been affiliated with Acibadem Health Group since 2018. He is actively involved in national and international professional organizations: corresponding member of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society and of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA); active member of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society; and a member of the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association. He served on the Board of Directors of ASAMI Türk (Association for the Application and Development of Limb Reconstruction and Ilizarov Methods) and remains engaged with the association. He is a founding member of both the Hip Preventive Surgery Association and the Pediatric Orthopedics Association. His practice focuses on complex pediatric deformity correction, limb lengthening and reconstruction techniques, and hip preservation surgery, combining evidence-based care with advanced surgical methods to improve function and quality of life for children and adolescents.
Education
- 2015 European Board of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EBOT) Diploma, (FEBOT)
- 2012 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine / Associate Professorship Certificate
- 2010 Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Board Diploma
- 2007 – 2008 The International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute For Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA. Chief Clinical Fellow / Deformity Corrective Surgery and Bone Lengthening Surgery
- 2006 – 2007 New York University, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Center for Children, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery New York, USA Clinical Fellow/Super Residency in Pediatric Orthopaedics
- 2005 – 2006 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. Baltimore, USA. Visiting Physician / Pediatric Orthopedics
- 2005 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Orthopedics and Traumatology
- 2000 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2018 Acibadem Health Group
- 2014 – 2017 Koç University Hospital, American Hospital, Koç University Faculty of Medicine
- 2017 Memorial Sisli Hospital
- 2009 – 2014 Hacettepe University Hospitals, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Memberships
- Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Corresponding Member
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Corresponding Member
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Application and Development of Limb Reconstruction and Ilizarov Methods (ASAMI Türk), Former Member of the Board of Directors
- Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association
- Hip Preventive Surgery Association-Founding Member
- Pediatric Orthopedics Association-Founding Member
- European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society-Active Member
Publications
- The place and effectiveness of varus osteotomy in the treatment of Legg Calve Perthes disease; current evaluation
TOTBID Journal 2017; 16:36 41. S MARANGOZ. - Is there a correlation between the change in the interscrew angle of the eight-plate and the delta joint orientation angles?
Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2017 Jan;51(1):39-43. S. MARANGOZ, K Buyukdogan, S Karahan. - Physeal Injuries. In: Doral MN, Karlsson J (eds) Sports Injuries. Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation. Second Edition.
Book Chapter. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2015, pp 2625-2634. S MARANGOZ, MC Aksoy. - Neonatal physeal separation of distal humerus during cesarean section.
S Kamaci, M Danisman, S MARANGOZ. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2014 Nov;43(11):E279-81. Review. - Malunions and Nonunions in the Lower Extremity. In: Levin LS (ed) Complications in Orthopaedics, Open Fractures, pp 55-69.
Book Chapter. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2010. S MARANGOZ, JD Conway, JE Herzenberg. - Gait analysis in adults with severe hip dysplasia before and after total hip arthroplasty.
Hip Int. 2010 Oct-Dec;20(4):466-72. S MARANGOZ, B Atilla, H Gök, G Yavuzer, S Ergin, AM Tokgözoğlu, M Alpaslan. - Joint-sparing Surgical Techniques in Adolescent Hip Problems
Turkiye Klinikleri J Orthop & Traumatol-Special Topics 2010;3(4):14-9. S MARANGOZ. - Correction of arthrogrypotic clubfoot with a modified Ponseti technique.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 May;467(5):1283-93. Epub 2009 Jan 14. HJ van Bosse, S MARANGOZ, WB Lehman, DA Sala. - Articulated hip distraction: a treatment option for femoral head avascular necrosis in adolescence.
J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Mar;29(2):163-9 JA Gomez, H Matsumoto, DP Jr Roye, MG Vitale, JE Hyman, HJ van Bosse, S MARANGOZ, DA Sala, MI Stein, DS Feldman. - Femoral deformity correction in children and young adults using Taylor Spatial Frame.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Dec;466(12):3018-24. Epub 2008 Sep 23. S. MARANGOZ, DS Feldman, DA Sala, JE Hyman, MG Vitale.
