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- Title
History of Turkish neuroscience meetings (USK), in memory of our esteemed plenary lecturer: Yücel Kanpolat.
- Authors
Ulupınar, Emel
- Abstract
The first "National Neuroscience Meeting (USK)" was held in Eskişehir, on March '6-20, 2002, with contribution of more than 350 neuroscientists across from Turkey. Since then, it has been organizing to enhance and explore the research areas in neuroscience and establish collaborations among young and old neuroscientists. As one of the keynote speakers, Professor Yücel Kanpolat gave special lectures in several opening ceremonies of the USK, about lives and disciplines of famous scientists, including Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Ramon Cajal, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. He graduated from Ankara University Medical School in 1965. He won the WHO's "Best Public Health Service Unit Award". He was the president of the "Neurosurgical Society" twice (in 1990-1991 and 1995-1996), and received the "Paxton International Professorship" from Oregon Health Sciences University in 2006. He was elected and appointed as the president of the "Turkish Academy of Sciences" (TÜBA) following his retirement. He also was elected as a member of the "European Academy of Sciences and Arts" where he was a member of up to 30 Nobelian scholars. Kanpolat's main areas of interest were trigeminal neuralgia and pain surgery. "Kanpolat Kit" is a world-renowned design. He was the first surgeon, successfully performed the surgery, known as "chronic atypical facial pain". He developed a special electrode system and practiced "CTguided stereotactic pain surgery" for the first time worldwide in 1986 and trained more than 100 neurosurgeons from Turkey and abroad throughout his career.
- Subjects
TURKEY; TURKISH history; FACIAL pain; NEUROSCIENCES; STEREOTAXIC techniques; TRIGEMINAL neuralgia; LECTURERS; ART &; science
- Publication
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 2019, Vol 13, Issue S1, pS77
- ISSN
1307-8798
- Publication type
Article