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Prof. Dr. Azmi HAMZAOĞLU

Spine Surgeon

Prof. Dr. Azmi HAMZAOĞLU

Professor

36+ years of experience

Florence Nightingale Hospital, İstanbul - Turkey

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    Areas of Expertise

    Prof. Dr. Azmi HAMZAOĞLU

    **Major Conditions Treated**
  • Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
  • Adult Spinal Deformity
  • Congenital Scoliosis & Kyphosis
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • Cervical Disc Disease
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Vertebral Fractures
  • Spinal Tumours (oncology referrals)
  • Tuberculous Spondylitis
    • **Sub-specialties**
  • Scoliosis & Spinal Deformity Correction: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, adult deformity, and revision deformity surgery — making him a leading Spine Surgeon specialist in Istanbul, Turkey for international patients seeking the best Spine Surgeon doctor abroad for scoliosis.
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Full-endoscopic disc surgery and minimally invasive decompression / fusion.
  • Complex Reconstructive Spine Surgery: Posterior total wedge resection osteotomy, vertebrectomy, and revision spine procedures.
    • **Advanced Procedures & Treatments**
  • Posterior Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis
  • Anterior Spinal Fusion
  • Posterior Total Wedge Resection Osteotomy (Kyphosis Correction)
  • Vertebral Column Resection (VCR)
  • Full-Endoscopic Disc Surgery
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Lumbar Decompression & Fusion
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Revision Spine Surgery

    • Qualifications & Credentials

    **Medical Degrees**
  • MD — Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 1979
  • Specialization in Orthopaedics & Traumatology — Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 1983
  • Associate Professor — Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 1989
  • Professor — Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 1996
    • **Fellowships & Special Training**
  • Fellowship in Spine Surgery — Minnesota Spine Center, Minneapolis, USA, 1989–1990
  • Fellowship in Spine Surgery — University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan, 1991 (under Dr. Kiyoshi Kaneda)
    • **Certifications & Accreditations**
  • Turkish Medical Council Registration
  • Member — Turkish Medical Association
  • Member — Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
  • Member — American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
  • Member — Eurospine

    • Professional Experience

    **Current Affiliation**
  • Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey — Chief, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology; Founder, Istanbul Scoliosis and Spine Center (2003–Present)
    • **Past Affiliations**
  • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey — Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (1996–2004)
  • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey — Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (1989–1996)
  • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey — Research Assistant, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (1983–1989)
  • Minnesota Spine Center, Minneapolis, USA — Spine Surgery Fellow (1989–1990)
  • University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan — Spine Surgery Fellow (1991)
    • **Academic & Research Roles**
  • Founder & Director — Istanbul Scoliosis and Spine Center
  • Vice President — 2nd International Congress on Spine Surgery, Turkey, 1992
  • Active speaker — Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meetings (Chicago 2012; Tel Aviv 2012; Vietnam 2012; Riyadh 2013), AAOS, Eurospine, IMAST
    • **Key Achievements**
  • 42+ years of orthopaedic and spine surgery practice with thousands of complex deformity cases
  • Founder of Turkey's first Spine Surgery Center
  • Leads a 40-member specialist team for complex spine surgery
  • Numerous PubMed-indexed publications on spine surgery and scoliosis
  • Trains international spine surgeons through advanced spine surgery courses

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