Biography:
Professor Mehmet Erkan Üstün is a Professor of Neurosurgery with extensive experience in vascular and functional neurosurgery. He completed his medical education at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1986 and his residency training in Neurosurgery at Ankara University in 1992. He was promoted to Professor of Neurosurgery in 2009 and earned a PhD in Anatomy in 2011. His research focuses on cerebrovascular conditions, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, and innovative microsurgical techniques. He has authored more than 60 publications and received over 1,000 citations in SCI and SCI-Expanded journals. He has also participated as an invited speaker at the 2023 World Congress of Neurosurgery in Cape Town, South Africa.