Academic Journey

From the founding years of stroke neurology in Türkiye to today — the firsts and turning points that opened the field.

  1. Firsts

    First Stroke Unit

  2. Research

    First prospective study demonstrating the benefit of a stroke unit in developing countries

  3. Firsts

    First Neurosonology Unit

  4. Firsts

    First TCCD (Transcranial Colour Doppler) examinations

  5. Firsts

    First IVT (intravenous thrombolysis) application

  6. Firsts

    First IA (intra-arterial) thrombolysis programme

  7. Firsts

    First home stroke care programme

  8. Firsts

    First stroke nursing practices

  9. Education & Guidelines

    1st and 2nd National Stroke Nursing Course

  10. Education & Guidelines

    1st and 2nd National Stroke Intensive Care Course

  11. Education & Guidelines

    First national thrombolytic therapy training course

  12. Education & Guidelines

    First national stroke guideline

  13. Education & Guidelines

    First thrombolytic therapy application guideline

  14. Research

    First national stroke organisation survey

  15. Organizations

    Signed the Helsingborg Declaration

  16. Education & Guidelines

    First neuro-nutrition course

  17. Firsts

    First neuro-nutrition practices in stroke

  18. Research

    Principal investigator of the first stroke nutrition trial (Food Trial)

  19. Research

    Co-investigator of the first haemorrhagic stroke trial (STICH Trial)

  20. Research

    Co-investigator of the first stroke anticoagulant trial (IST Trial)

  21. Organizations

    National Coordinator of SITS (European safe thrombolytic therapy platform)

  22. Organizations

    National Coordinator of SITS-EAST (Eastern European SITS group)

  23. Firsts

    First stroke unit and neuro-intensive care unit in a private hospital

  24. Firsts

    First stroke unit in a foundation university

  25. Firsts

    2002–2012: Sole centre in Istanbul providing IA thrombolysis

  26. Firsts

    First swallowing therapy practices, including training and service for swallowing therapists

  27. Firsts

    First videofluoroscopy assessment platform

  28. Firsts

    2005–2012: Sole centre in Istanbul on continuous IVT call

  29. Organizations

    Founding member of the TND Cerebrovascular Diseases Working Group

  30. Organizations

    Founding member of the TND Neuroradiology and Interventional Neurology Working Group

  31. Organizations

    Member of the YÖK and Ministry of Health subspecialty proposal group for Vascular and Interventional Neurology

  32. Organizations

    Co-chair of the 1st Eurasia Vascular and Interventional Neurology Group Workshop

  33. Firsts

    First post-cardiac-arrest hypothermia application

  34. Firsts

    Coordinator of the first neuro-intensive care EEG monitoring programme

  35. Research

    First national stroke quality programme data

  36. Organizations

    Coordinator of the first multi-hospital stroke treatment network (BAVİM)

  37. Education & Guidelines

    1st and 2nd BAVİM Paramedic & EMT Stroke Training Course

  38. Firsts

    Istanbul 112 digital stroke patient transfer programme

  39. Education & Guidelines

    First international thrombectomy and thrombectomy patient selection training courses

  40. Education & Guidelines

    Within the first 2 years of the platform, 6 interventional neurology specialists were trained

  41. Firsts

    First advanced stroke imaging platform service programme (RAPID)