Prof. İhsan Solaroğlu, M.D.

Neurosurgery

Head of Department

His research focuses on hematopoietic growth factors in neuroprotection following experimental stroke, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.
His research has been published in high-level academic journals including Stroke, Neuroscience, and the Journal of Neuroscience Research.
Has authored or co-authored well over 70 papers and has 50 presentations and has more than 950 citations (h-index: 17).
Has been awarded (including Prof. Raja Award for Young Neurosurgeon 2007, AACNS Young Neurosurgeon Award 2007) many times by different societies.
Member of advisory board or reviewer of many scientific journals including Stroke, Experimental Neurology, Neurological Research, Acta Neurochirurgica, and Spine.
President of IBNC and the Scientific Chairman of 2017 WFNS World Congress.

Principal fields of clinical interest:

Education	Institution	Year
Associate	Anadolu University, Management of Health Institutions	2008 - 2011
Post-doc Research Fellow	Loma Linda University, LLUMC, Neuroscience Research Laboratories	2005 - 2006
Neurosurgery Residency	Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital	1998 - 2004
Medical Education	Osmangazi University, School of Medicine	1990 - 1996

Title	Institution	Year
Chair of Department of Neurosurgery	Koç University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery	2025 - To date
Neurosurgeon and Academic Staff	Koç University, Department of Neurosurgery	2011 - To date
Adjunct Professor	School of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University, CA, USA	2013
Assoc. Prof.	Koç University, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Research Laboratories, Istanbul	2011
Neurosurgeon	American Hospital, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Istanbul	2011
Academic Staff	Neurosurgeon, Ankara Ataturk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara	2004 - 2011