Prof. Mehmet Çağlar Berk, M.D.

Fields of Study:

• Spine Surgery,
• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery,
• Pain Surgery,
• Cervical Disc Replacement,
• Movement Disorder Surgery,
• DBS/Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery,
• Pediatric Neurosurgery,
• Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors

Career Summary:

Mehmet Caglar Berk, MD is a neurosurgery professor with  double fellowship training; both in Stereotactic, Functional & Restorative Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery. 
Dr. Berk has clinical expertise in treating complex neurosurgical problems, with special focus on pediatric  neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery and image guided minimally invasive spine surgery.  
He is board certified by: The American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS), European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), and the Turkish Board of Neurosurgery. He also holds the Licentiate of Medical Council of Canada (LMCC). 
Dr. Berk is tenured as Professor of Neurosurgery at Yeditepe University, in Istanbul and he is the only neurosurgeon in Turkey -and one of the few outside the United States-  wıth the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) certification. 
Dr. Berk earned his medical degree from Hacettepe University, in his native country - Turkey. He reached the rank of Associate Professor of Neurosurgery before embarking on his career in the USA.  He also completed residency training in Neurological Surgery, and a postgraduate certificate program in Human Investigations at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Dr. Berk's research focuses on clinical outcomes and he authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. 
Dr. Berk is the first and only double residency and double fellowship trained neurosurgeon in the State of Oregon and one of the few in the US. Dr. Berk has been practicing in Portland, Oregon, since 2005 until his return to Turkey in 2023. He is especially proud to have established the first- and busiest- surgical movement disorders and chronic pain program in a community setting in 2012, first ever Gamma knife radiosurgery to treat essential tremor in 2020, and first ever robotic spine neurosurgery in 2021; in the State of Oregon.
As a leading neurosurgeon, he has continued to stay ahead of the latest findings and advancements, and he enjoys working with people and helping them make better choices while providing each patient with compassionate, personal and best possible expert care. 

Memberships:

AANS: American Association of Neurological Surgeons
CNS: Congress of Neurological Surgeons
ASSFN: American Society for Stereotactıc and Functional Neurosurgery
TND: Turkish Neurosurgical Society

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