Ulas Cikla, MD

Teaching Philosophy

5/17-18/2024 Faculty Brainstem Cavernous Malformation Surgery With a Brief Review of Retrosigmoid Approach University of Wisconsin Annual Skull Base Course, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison,WI 10/07/2023 Co-Director and Faculty Microsurgery and Microvascular Anastomosis Course, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison,WI 10/28/2023 Faculty SMPH Medical Student Neurosurgery Exposure Conference Microneurosurgery Practice with Alternative Lab Training Methods University of Wisconsin 07/06/2023 Invited Faculty Diagnostic Cerebral Angiograms for neurosurgeons, Izmir Katip Celebi University, ION, Ataturk EAH, Department of Neurological Surgery, Online course 05/19/2023 Invited Faculty Brief Review of Cerebrovascular Anatomy with Diagnostic Angiograms, Microsurgery Reunion and Skull Base Course, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI 11/21-22/2022 Invited Faculty A Story of a Neurosurgeon, Neuroanatomy from a Neurosurgeon’s Perspective International Career Series, Medipol University Kavacik South Campus and Medipol Mega Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye 11/18/2022 Invited Faculty Microsurgery education in Neurosurgery and Recommendations to Young Neurosurgeons Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Young Neurosurgeons Committee Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk EAH, Izmir, Turkiye 10/20/2022 Invited Faculty Neurosurgery as a Career; a Student, a Resident and a Faculty Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk EAH, Department of Neurological Surgery, Online course 09/24/2022 Invited Faculty Microsurgery and Microvascular Anastomosis Course, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI 05/20/2022 Invited Faculty Endovascular vs Microsurgery, Microsurgery Reunion & Skull Base Course at Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 3/27/2021 Invited Faculty Retrosigmoid Approach/ How I do it? International Basic Neurosurgery Course Webinar – Basic Neurosurgical Approaches, Turkish Neurosurgical Society-Online course 2/6/2021 Invited Faculty Laboratory training of Vascular Neurosurgery. Nervous System Surgery Society/ Vascular Neurosurgery Meeting, Online course 09/10/2020 Invited Faculty International medical training and my journey to Harvard. Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk EAH, Department of Neurological Surgery, Online course 05/15/2020 Invited Faculty Microsurgery training and tricks for improving neurosurgical skills. Gazi University, School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Online course 02/2018- 01/2019 Invited Faculty The Chicago Review Course in Neurological Surgery Overview of Cerebrum and Cerebellum Anatomy (02/2018) Overview of Skull Base Anatomy (02/2018) Review of the cerebral and cerebrovascular anatomy from a neurosurgical perspective (01/2019) Overview of Skull Base Anatomy (01/2019) at Chicago Review Courses, Chicago, IL 04/5-6/2019 Invited Faculty Univ. of Cincinnati Microsurgical Skills Course, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Cincinnati, OH 11/30-12/01 /2018 Invited Faculty Microsurgery Skills Course, Univ. of Minnesota, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Minneapolis, MN 09/08/2018 Faculty Microsurgery and Microvascular Anastomosis Course, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI 10/2014 – 10/2016 Instructor/ Faculty Microsurgery and Microvascular Anastomosis Course, UW Department of Neurological Surgery-Plastic surgery and ENT. UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI, US 2014 – 2015: Instructor 2016: Faculty, at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US 05/2013 – 05/2019 Instructor/ Faculty Annual Wisconsin Skull Base Course for Neurosurgery Residents at Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Univ. of Minnesota, Rush University, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago and Loyola University 2013 – 2014 – 2015: Instructor 2016 – 2017 – 2018 – 2019: Faculty 10/2012 – 05/2019 Instructor/ Faculty Annual “Hands-On” Microneurosurgical Dissection Course: Drilling, Suturing, Reviewing Neuro-Anatomy in Perfused Cadaver Heads. Neuroscience Interest Group, UW School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital – Baskaya Laboratory 2012 – 2013 – 2014: Instructor 2015 – 2016 – 2017- 2018- 2019: Faculty 07/2012 – 10/2017 Instructor/ Faculty Neuroanatomy and Cadaveric Dissection Course for Medical Students of Univ. of Illinois Champaign-Urbana 2012 – 2013 – 2014: Instructor 2015 – 2016 – 2017: Faculty at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital – Baskaya Laboratory

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