Assoc. Prof. Dr. ALİCAN TAHTA

Assoc. Prof. Alican Tahta, MD was born in Malatya in 1985. He completed his medical education at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2009. He finished his residency training in Neurosurgery at Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, qualifying as a neurosurgeon in 2015.

He has been practicing at Medipol Mega University Hospital since 2017. In 2019, he began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine and attained the title of Associate Professor in Neurosurgery in 2023. He is currently pursuing a doctoral program in Clinical Anatomy.

He conducts clinical work in the fields of neuro-oncology, pediatric neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, hydrocephalus, endoscopic neurosurgery, and spinal surgery. His primary professional interests include brain and spinal cord tumors, complex cranial approaches, epilepsy surgery, craniosynostosis, and spinal surgery.

His scientific output focuses on brain tumors and prognostic markers, pediatric central nervous system tumors, meningiomas, epileptogenic lesions, surgical anatomy, and spinal surgery. He has authored or co-authored over 100 papers, articles, and book chapters published and presented in high-impact scientific journals and at professional meetings. His international publications include studies on the Ki-67 index in the prognosis of primary intracranial tumors in infants, the pathological characteristics of chordoid and atypical meningiomas, the etiology and treatment of focal cortical dysplasia, flow-diverter stents for small cerebral aneurysms, and complications associated with fully endoscopic lumbar disc surgery. Additionally, he has authored a book chapter on the indications and technical details of the supracerebellar infratentorial approach.

Assoc. Prof. Alican Tahta, MD serves as a clinical researcher in international project proposals—conducted within the scope of European Union research programs—that focus on artificial intelligence, multimodal clinical data analysis, and virtual human twin approaches in neuro-oncology. In these studies, he contributes to defining clinical scenarios, data requirements, and feasibility criteria regarding glioblastoma and high-risk pediatric brain tumors.

His specialization thesis was awarded the Prof. Dr. Aysima Altınok Specialization Thesis Award by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society in 2016. He teaches undergraduate courses on brain tumors and supervises graduate-level theses.

Assoc. Prof. Alican Tahta, MD aims to provide high-quality, science-based healthcare services in the field of neurosurgery by combining his academic expertise with modern surgical techniques and a patient-centered approach. 

• Turkish Neurosurgical Society (2015)
• Society of Nervous System Surgery (2022)

•  18 scientific articles published in internationally indexed journals
•   A total of 24 scientific articles, including those in other international and national peer-reviewed journals
•   6 book chapters published by international publishing houses
•  Over 50 presentations at national and internatioal scientific meetings

• University of Washington – Harborview Medical Center, USA (2011)

Serves as a clinical researcher in international project applications—conducted within the scope of European Union research programs—that focus on artificial intelligence, multimodal clinical data analysis, and virtual human twin approaches in neuro-oncology. In these studies, contributes to defining clinical scenarios, data requirements, and feasibility criteria regarding glioblastoma and high-risk pediatric brain tumors.