
Birthplace
ADANA
Languages
ENGLISH
Prof. Pelin Karaaslan MD was born in Adana in 1972. She completed her medical education at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English-medium) in 1996. She completed her Anesthesiology and Reanimation specialty training at Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Ankara Hospital in 2004 and received the title of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialist.
She prepared her specialty thesis on ‘Comparison of continuous spinal, continuous epidural and general anesthesia methods in hip arthroplasty surgery in elderly patients’.
After her specialization, she worked as an Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialist at Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Ankara Hospital, and then in 2007 served as the anesthesiologist in charge of the operating rooms at Ankara HRS Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Between 2010 and 2012, Dr. Pelin Karaaslan served as the specialist in charge of the operating rooms and intensive care unit at Antalya Medline Hospital; in 2012, she began working at Istanbul Medipol University as an assistant professor.
After receiving the title of Associate Professor at Istanbul Medipol University in 2018, she continued her academic career and was appointed to a professorship at the same center in 2024. Her particular areas of interest are: liver and kidney transplantation recipient and donor surgeries; resuscitation and first aid; painless labor and all gynecological surgeries, and airway surgeries. She is an active instructor in ERC-Turkish Resuscitation Council Basic and Advanced Life Support.
Professor Pelin Karaaslan is a member of the European Resuscitation Council, the Turkish Resuscitation Council, the ERAS Society, ARUD, the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Anesthesia, the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and the Turkish Society of Intensive Care.
2010 - 2012
Private Gelecek IVF Center
M.D., Specialist
2010 - 2012
Private Medline Antalya Hospital Complex
M.D., Specialist
2007 - 2010
Private Hrs Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital
M.D., Specialist
2004 - 2007
Başkent University Faculty of Medicine
M.D., Specialist
2004
Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Reanimation
1996
Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine
1. A. Pirat, P. Karaaslan, S.Candan, P Zeyneloğlu, B Varan, K. Tokel, A. Torgay, G. Arslan. Topical EMLA cream versus prilocaine infiltration for pediatric cardiac catheterization. Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia 2005 Oct;19(5):642-5 2. P. Karaaslan, A. Dönmez, G. Arslan. Severe hypoxemia following intravenous nitroglycerine administration in an obese patient: case report. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2005;22(12):951-8 3. C. Araz, P. Karaaslan, A. Esen, P. Zeyneloglu, S. Candan, A. Torgay, M. Haberal. Successful treatment of a child with fulminant liver failure and coma due to Amanita phalloides poisoning using urgent liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 2006;38(2):596-7 4. P. Karaaslan, S. Candan, C. Basaran. Paraplegia after spinal anesthesia as a result of previously undiagnosed vertebral tuberculosis. Anesth Analg 2006;102(6):1900-1 5. A. Esen, P. Karaaslan, R. C. Akgun, G. Arslan. Successful spinal anesthesia in a patient with Huntington's chorea. Anesth Analg 2006;103(2):512-3 6- P. Zeyneloglu, P. Karaaslan, A. Kizilkan, L. Durmaz, G. Arslan. An unusual adverse effect of an accidental epidural morphine overdose. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006;23(12):1061-2 7- O. Basaran, P. Karaaslan, A.E. Sakallioglu, E. Kesik, H. Karakayali, M. Haberal. Successful treatment of burn and visceral injury combined with full thickness loss of the abdominal wall after blast injury. J Burn Care Res 2006;27(5):753-6 8- Güner M, Pirat A, Zeyneloğlu P, Karaaslan P, Sevmis S, Colak T, Arslan G. Effect of interval between organ donor brain death and organ harvesting on kidney graft function after transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2007 May;39(4):837-41 9- Karaaslan P, Pirat A, Karakayalı H, Can U, Arslan G. Bilateral thalamic infarct after general anaesthesia for laparotomy: an unusual case of perioperative cryptogenic stroke. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008 Feb;52(2):316 10- P. Karaaslan, E. A. Akpek, A. Ersayın, G. Arslan. Organization and outcomes of the emergency resuscitation team at our hospital. Journal of Anesthesia 2001; 9(3):208-211 11- P.Karaaslan, A.Pirat, G. Arslan. Prolonged muscle relaxant effect due to vecuronium in a newborn (Case Report). Journal of Anesthesia 2005; 13(4):284-286 12- A. Torgay, Ş. Gedik, A. Pirat, P. Karaaslan. Respiratory arrest occurring during retrobulbar anesthesia. Dialysis, Transplantation and Burns 2006;17(1);118-20 13- P. Karaaslan, A. Pırat, R. Tandoğan, A. M. Koçay, G. Arslan. Comparison of continuous spinal, continuous epidural, and isoflurane-remifentanil anesthesia in hip prosthesis surgery in elderly patients. Journal of Anesthesia 2006;14(3):186-191 14- A. Torgay, P. Karaaslan, S. Özkan, A. Dönmez. Combination of spinal cord protection methods in thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: case report. Journal of the Thoracic Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Society 2007;13(1):43-45 15- P. Karaaslan, Ş. Canikli, L. Durmaz Titiz, Ö. Başaran, A. Dönmez. Our anesthesia experience in burn patients. Journal of Anesthesia 2007;15(2):109-112 16- A. Camkıran, D.S.Sulemanji, P. Zeyneloğlu, P. Karaaslan, S. Ercan, G. Arslan. Use of renal replacement therapies in a patient with colchicine and tricyclic antidepressant intoxication. Türkiye Klinikleri J Anest Reanim 2011;9(1):56-60 17- P. Karaaslan, A. Pirat, M. Agildere, G. Arslan. Comparison of propofol versus ketamine induced upper airway anatomic changes in children using magnetic resonance imaging. Euroanaesthesia 2004/Discussed Poster Oral Presentation 18- P. Zeyneloğlu, G. Varol, A. Pirat, S. Candan, P. Karaaslan, G. Arslan. Use of drotrecogin alfa, levosimendan and ultra-high dose vasopressor in a patient with catheter-related septic shock. 15th International Intensive Care Symposium 2005/Poster 19- S. Candan, A. Camkıran, P.Zeyneloğlu, P. Karaaslan, G. Arslan. Pancytopenia complicated by ARDS and septic shock. 15th International Intensive Care Symposium 2005/Poster 20- P. Zeyneloğlu, L. Titiz, S. Candan, P. Karaaslan, A. Pirat, G. Arslan. One center's experience with the use of drotrecogin alfa in 15 septic shock patients. 15th International Intensive Care Symposium 2005/Poster 21- P. Karaaslan, A. Pırat, R. Tandoğan, A. M. Koçay, G. Arslan. Comparison of continuous spinal, continuous epidural and general anaesthesia in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: perioperative complications and stress response. ESA European Congress of Anaesthesiology 2006/Oral Presentation 22- P. Karaaslan, A. Pirat, O. Basaran, S.Candan, C. Celik, G. Arslan. Percutaneous dilational tracheotomy in burn patients. 13th ISBI Congress 2006/Oral Presentation 23- P. Karaaslan, G. Arslan, O. Basaran, S. Canikli, M. Haberal. Anesthesia management in pediatric burn patients: experience of one center. 13th ISBI Congress 2006/Oral Presentation 24- P. Karaaslan, T. Aksu, C. Aydın, Z. Kayhan. A survey about the preference of regional anaesthesia in the obstetric population. 28th Annual ESRA Congress 2009/Poster Oral Discussion 25- P. Karaaslan, A. M. Koçay, A. Dönmez, A. Sezgin, A. Akman. The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on intraocular pressure in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. TARK 2004/Poster Presentation 26- P. Karaaslan, N. Gürel, A. Dönmez, A. Esen, İ. Akkoyun. Our anesthesia experience in infants with retinopathy of prematurity. TARK 2005/Poster Presentation 27- P. Karaaslan, Ş. T. Balcı, G. Akkuzu, E. Tarhan, A. Dönmez, L. N. Özlüoğlu. Comparison of remifentanil and dexmedetomidine in septorhinoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery operations. TARK 2006/Oral Presentation
Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC)
European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
Turkish Resuscitation Council,
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society
Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialists (ARUD)
Turkish Society of Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Anesthesia,
Turkish Society of Intensive Care
35 Articles Published In International Peer-Reviewed Journals
16 Articles Published In National Journals
35 Papers Presented At International Scientific Meetings And Published In Proceedings Books
51 Papers Presented At National Scientific Meetings And Published In Proceedings
7 Chapter Written In National Books.
Organ Transplantation Coordinatorship (2005)
TARD Board Certification in Anesthesiology and Reanimation (2017)
European and Turkish Resuscitation Council BLS-ALS Lecturing (2019)