Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özcan Kaya

2001–2007 — İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi — Medical education

2007–2013 — İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi — Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology

Thomas Jefferson University & Rothman Institute, ABD — Observership training in spine surgery

Medical Park TEM Sultangazi İstanbul — Orthopedics and Traumatology specialist

2015–2016 — Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul Scoliosis and Spine Surgery Team — clinical fellow

2013–2015 — Istanbul Arnavutköy State Hospital — compulsory service

Spine surgery

Hip and knee replacements

Closed and open trauma surgery

Minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery

Cervical disc disorders

Spinal stenosis

Long- and short-bone fracture surgery

Scoliosis Research Society — candidate membership

Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBID)

Turkish Spine Society

TOTBID Spine Branch — general secretary of the executive board

Kaya O, Ulusoy OL, Karadereler S, Hamzaoglu A. Cervicothoracic spine duplication: a 10-year follow up of a neurological intact boy. European Spine Journal. 2018;27:489–493. PMID:29455294.

Ceylan HH, Kaya Ö, Çaypınar B, Öztürk MB. Factors affecting the success of conservative management in de Quervain cases. Archives of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 2018;3(1):6–9.

Kaya O, Ozkunt O, Sungur M, Cakir MS, Baydogan M, Sariyilmaz K. Intraoperative lateral wall breach simulation in the cadaveric spine and the impact of thread designs of screws on pullout strength in the osteoporotic thoracic vertebrae: A biomechanical study in human cadavers. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2024;58(1). PMID:38525511.