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About

Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Baran

Training, academic work and professional activities.

Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Baran at the operating microscope

Biography

Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Baran was born in 1984 in Merzifon, Amasya. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2010. From 2010 to 2011 he served his compulsory service as a general practitioner at Merzifon State Hospital.

Between 2012 and 2018 he completed his residency at the Department of Neurosurgery of İstanbul Training and Research Hospital. His residency thesis, “Microsurgical anatomy of the cerebellar peduncles”, was awarded the Dr. Aysima Altınok Residency Thesis Prize of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.

In 2015 he spent six months at the Microneurosurgery and Neuroanatomy Training and Research Laboratory of İstanbul University–Cerrahpaşa, working on the microsurgical anatomy of the brain and the ventricles. In 2015 and 2016 he pursued studies in surgical neuroanatomy as a research fellow with Prof. Albert L. Rhoton at the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, in the United States. In 2017 he trained in neuro-oncology, awake tumor surgery and functional brain mapping under the direction of Prof. Hugues Duffau at the Gui de Chauliac Hospital of the University of Montpellier.

He completed the four-year course program of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and passed the EANS board examination.

Between 2018 and 2020 he completed his post-residency compulsory service at the Department of Neurosurgery of Haseki Training and Research Hospital. He has practiced at Koç University Hospital since September 2020. In 2022 he trained in neuroendoscopic surgery at the Pituitary Research Center of Kocaeli University under the coordination of Prof. Savaş Ceylan.

He is the author of 84 articles published in national and international journals and of 17 book chapters. His work has been recognized with five awards, and he has taken part in research projects supported by TÜSEB, Koç University and the Turkish Neurosurgical Society. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in January 2022.

He is a member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), the International Rhoton Society, the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, the Turkish Neuro-Oncology Society and the Turkish Epilepsy Society. He has served on the board of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society since 2023. He is married and has two children.

In his approach to patients he gives precedence to accurate indication, safe surgery and individualized treatment options directed at preserving and improving quality of life.

Fellowships and Training

Academic path

Training completed in Türkiye and abroad, in chronological order.

  1. 2022

    Neuroendoscopic Surgery

    Pituitary Research Center, Kocaeli University — Prof. Savaş Ceylan

  2. 2017

    Neuro-oncology, Awake Tumor Surgery and Functional Brain Mapping

    University of Montpellier, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, France — Prof. Hugues Duffau

  3. 2015 — 2016

    Surgical Neuroanatomy · Research Fellow

    University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute, USA — Prof. Albert L. Rhoton

  4. 2015

    Microsurgical Anatomy of the Brain and the Ventricles

    İstanbul University–Cerrahpaşa, Microneurosurgery and Neuroanatomy Training and Research Laboratory — Prof. Necmettin Tanrıöver

Professional Memberships

Society memberships and offices

  • Turkish Neurosurgical Society

    Member · Member of the Board (2023)

  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

    EANS — Member

  • International Rhoton Society

    Member

  • Turkish Neuro-Oncology Society

    Member

  • Turkish Epilepsy Society

    Member

Peer Review

Journal peer review

Review undertaken for national and international peer-reviewed journals.

  • Turkish Neurosurgery Associate Editor · 2026 2024
  • Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi Associate Editor · 2026 2024
  • World Neurosurgery 2023
  • Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2023
  • Acta Neurochirurgica 2022
  • Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2022
  • Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
Publications

Scientific publications

Work published in international and national peer-reviewed journals, together with book chapters.

84Scientific Articles
17Book Chapters

Articles 84

Book Chapters 17

Awards

Scientific awards

Awards 5

  1. 2019

    Dr. Aysima Altınok Residency Thesis Prize

    Turkish Neurosurgical Society · residency thesis entitled “Microsurgical anatomy of the cerebellar peduncles”.

  2. 2019

    Papers of the Year — Second Prize

    “Arterial supply of the subthalamic nucleus” · 33rd Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.

  3. 2016

    Papers of the Year — Second Prize

    “Surgical anatomy of the perihippocampal region: description of the infrasubicular pathway” · 30th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.

  4. 2015

    Papers of the Year — Third Prize

    “Assessment of the relationship of posterior communicating artery aneurysms to the tentorium: infratentorial location and the anterior petroclinoid fold” · 29th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.

  5. 2015

    Papers of the Year — Second Prize

    “Distal transsylvian approach to the atrium” · 11th Scientific Congress of the Nervous System Surgery Society.

Research Projects and Grants

  1. 2025

    TÜSEB Research Project

    Health Institutes of Türkiye · Investigator · Project No. 46619

  2. 2025

    Koç University Seed Research Fund

    Koç University · Investigator

  3. 2021

    Research Project Support Grant

    Turkish Neurosurgical Society

Invited Lectures

Conference and panel lectures

36 invited lectures given at 32 meetings.

Lectures 36

Conferences

Scientific meetings attended

71 national and international congresses, symposia and courses in total.

Congresses, symposia and courses 71

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