Department: Neurosurgery (Brain & Spine Surgery)
Date of Birth: 14 September 1977
Place of Birth: Antalya, Türkiye
Education: Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine
E-mail: ethemtaner.goksu@ofmantalya.com
Languages: English

Advanced Training & Appointments (Selected)

• Department of Neurosurgery, Akdeniz University – Neurosurgery (Faculty/Clinic)

• Neurovascular Surgery Program, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA

• Center for Cranial Base Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, UPMC, PA, USA

• Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ, USA

• Konya Seydişehir State Hospital

Areas of Expertise

• Scoliosis Surgery (Spinal Deformity)

• Brain Tumor Surgery

• Spinal Cord Tumor Surgery

• Head & Neck Tumor Surgery

Publications in International Peer-Reviewed Journals (Selected)

• Göksu E, Doğan Ö, Ülker P, et al. Pentoxifylline Alleviates Early Brain Injury in a Rat Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Acta Neurochir. 2016;158:1721–1730.

• Akbaş M, Yeğin M.A., Özdemir İ., Göksu E, Akyüz M. Subcutaneous Stimulation as Additional Therapy to Spinal Cord Stimulation in Post-Laminectomy Syndrome. Agri. 2016;28(1):49–53.

• Göksu E, Kazan S. Spontaneous Shrinkage of a Suprasellar Arachnoid Cyst… Turkish Neurosurgery. 2015;25(4):670–673.

• Göksu E, Korkmaz E, Akyüz M, et al. Long-term Angiographic Follow-up after Surgery for Intracranial Aneurysms. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2015;25(3):404–409.

• Cengiz K, Göksu E, et al. Efficacy of Amifostine in Vasogenic Brain Edema (Cold Injury Model). Turkish Neurosurgery. 2015;25(1):43–52.

• Özyurt E, Göksu E, et al. Prognostic Factors in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2015;25(6):877–882.

• Göksu E, Göksu E, et al. CSF Cystatin C after Aneurysmal SAH Treatment. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2014;24(3):391–397.

• Göksu E, Akyüz M, Tuncer R. Screening Asymptomatic At-Risk Relatives in Intracranial Aneurysm Families. Turkish Neurosurgery. 2012;22(1):55–61.

• Akyüz M, Göksu E, Aralaşmak A, Tuncer R. Retroclival Arachnoid Cyst with Hemorrhage. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010;152(1):161–162.

• Plus additional papers in Stroke, Headache, British Journal of Neurosurgery, Turk J Trauma Emerg Surg, Neurol Neurochir Pol, and others.

Publications in National Peer-Reviewed Journals (Selected)

• Alan S, Göksu E, Başsorgun Cİ, Uçar T. Scalp-Invasive Glioblastoma Multiforme. Selçuk Med J. 2015;31(3):134–136.

• Göksu E, Kazan S. Intraventricular Tumors: Subependymoma and SEGA. Turk Neurosurg J. 2014;24(2):73–78.

• Multiple additional Turkish-language clinical and case reports (2012–2015).

Books & Book Chapters

• Kazan S, Göksu E. Introduction: The Changed Epidemiology of CSF Shunt Complications. In: Complications of CSF Shunting in Hydrocephalus. Springer; 2015:263–266.

• Tuncer R, Göksu E. Minimally Invasive, Non-surgical Interventions for Low Back Pain. In: From Diagnosis to Treatment: Low Back Pain. Akademi; 2013:236–245.

Conference Proceedings / Abstracts (International – Selected)

• Comparison of PET/CT with Diffusion/Perfusion MRI in Malignant Brain Tumors. EANM, Hamburg, 2015.

• Intracavitary Interferon-α in Cystic Craniopharyngiomas. ISPN 43rd, İzmir, 2015.

• Genetic Studies in Familial Intracranial Aneurysm (multiple abstracts). AANS/CNS meetings, USA, 2006.

• Numerous additional oral/poster presentations (2002–2015).

Research Projects (Selected)

• Genetic studies in intracranial aneurysms (Yale University; collaborator).

• Prognostic impact of LOH at 1p/10q/19q in glioblastoma (investigator).

• Pentoxifylline effects after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (principal investigator).

• Roles of chemokines in primary/metastatic human brain tumors (investigator).

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Neurosurgical Society