Dr. Kayhan Turan, Orthopedic surgeon, Spinal cord injury specialist - Bursa, Turkey

Bio:

• The founder and head-chief of Turan & Turan Health Group as well as the Robotic Orthopedic Surgery Center.
• The first orthopedic surgeon who performed a robotic-assisted total knee and hip arthroplasty in Turkey.
• He is also the most experienced surgeon in the field of robotic-assisted arthroplasty in Turkey and the whole region.
• He performed more than 2000 knees and hip robotic-assisted arthroplasty.
• He has more than 25 years of experience in Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Sub-Specialists:

• Robotic Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery
• Joint Prosthesis Surgery
• Arthroscopic Surgery
• Regenerative Orthopedics

Technologies:

• Robotic Joint Replacement Systems
• Kinematic Approach of Knee Replacement Surgery
• Journey II Knee Prosthesis System

Externship:

• Northwestern University Medical School - Chicago (1997)
• Orthopedic Surgery Department

Career Education:

• Uludag University Medical Faculty(1993 - 1998)
• Orthopedics and Traumatology Department

Undergraduate Education:

• İstanbul University Capa Medical Faculty (1985 - 1992)

 Detailed Education Information:

• Kayhan TURAN, MD started to work as a Research Assistant Doctor in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of Uludag University Faculty of Medicine in 1993, after graduating from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1992.
• Dr. Kayhan TURAN completed his Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialization training at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1998.
• In 1997, at the Northwestern University School of Medicine Sports Orthopedics clinic in Chicago, United States, he worked with James Hill, MD and Gordon Nuber, MD and prepared his specialty thesis on patients who had shoulder surgery here. During his stay in Chicago, he attended courses as a staff assistant at the American Orthopedic Learning Center.
• Kayhan Turan, MD was working in Bursa Cekirge State Hospital Orthopedics Clinic between 1999-2007 as well as he has been the medical director of the Turan&Turan Bone Muscle Joint Health Centersince 1999 and the Robotic Orthopedic Surgery Center which established in 2016.

Congress and Courses Information:

• In 2001, at the Northwestern University School of Medicine Orthopedics Clinic, He worked with Gordon Nuber, MD in the shoulder arthroscopy field for a month.
• In 2002, at the Northwestern University School of Medicine Orthopedics Clinic, He increased his knowledge on foot and ankle surgery alongside Armen S. Kelikian, MD.
• In 2003 and 2004 in Mainz, Germany, He participated in complex knee arthroscopy surgeries at Jakob Grevenstein's clinic.
• In the Sports Orthopedics Clinic at Rush University School of Medicine in Chicago, He was with Brian Cole, MD as an observer doctor.
• Kayhan Turan, who started hip arthroscopy surgeries in 1999, attended the surgeries performed by Christopher Larson, MD in Twin Cities Orthopedic Center in Minneapolis, USA in 2014 to observe advanced techniques in arthroscopic hip surgery. After that, he became one of the pioneers of arthroscopic hip surgeries in Turkey.
• In 2012 and 2013, he worked with Stephen Howell, MD, who developed the revolutionary kinematic knee prosthesis surgery method in total knee joint replacement in Sacramento, USA. After learning this surgical technique from him, he became the first physician to apply the kinematic method in knee replacement surgeries in Turkey. Kayhan TURAN, MD performed robotic total knee replacement surgery for the first time in Turkey in 2016 as well as he started to apply robotic total hip replacement surgeries for the first time in 2018. He has performed more than 2000 robotic knees and hips joint replacement surgeries until this time. Kayhan Turan, MD also gave robotic knee replacement surgery training to dozens of orthopedic specialists from Turkey and abroad. He still continues these training programs at TT Orthopedic Academy