Assoc. Prof. MD. Atakan Emengen

Education

• 2014 – Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine

• 2021 – Kocaeli University, Department of Neurosurgery

Experience

• Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Medicine

• Bahçeşehir University, Assistant Professor

• VM Medical Park Pendik

Supervised Master’s and PhD Theses

• “Investigation of demyelination and remyelination processes of the optic nerve after experimental compression applied to the optic chiasm in rats”
  Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, 2020
  Advisor: Prof. Dr. İhsan Anık

Publications and Research

• H-index: 4

International Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (SCI, SSCI, Arts and Humanities)

• Endoscopic transnasal surgery in optic pathway gliomas located in the chiasma-hypothalamic region: case series of ten patients in a single-center experience and endoscopic literature review
  Yilmaz E., Emengen A., Ceylan E. C., Çabuk B., Anık İ., Ceylan S. Childs Nerv Syst., 2022

• Operative nuances and surgical limits of the endoscopic approach to clival chordomas and chondrosarcomas: A single-center experience of 72 patients
  Ceylan S., Emengen A., Caklili M., Ergen A., Yılmaz E., Uzuner A., Icli D., Cabuk B., Anik İ. Clin Neurol Neurosurg., vol.208, 2021

• A single-center experience with giant cell tumors of sphenoid bone and clivus
  Yaprak Bayrak B., Özcan E., Vural Ç., Emengen A., Çabuk B., Ceylan S. Tumori Journal, 2021

• An endoscopic endonasal approach to craniopharyngioma via the infrachiasmatic corridor: a single center experience of 84 patients
  Ceylan S., Caklili M., Emengen A., Yilmaz E., Anik Y., Selek A., Cizmecioglu F., Cabuk B., Anik İ. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol.163, no.8, pp.2253-2268, 2021

• Endoscopic Transorbital Approach to the Cavernous Sinus Lateral Compartment (Anatomical Cadaver Study)
  Caklili M., Emengen A., Cabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. Turk Neurosurg., vol.31, no.5, pp.813-819, 2021

• Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Endoscopic Surgical Outcomes of Symptomatic Rathke's Cleft Cysts
  Çabuk B., Selek A., Emengen A., Anık İ., Cantürk Z., Ceylan S. World Neurosurg., vol.132, 2019

• Investigation of demyelination and remyelization processes of the compressed optic chiasm: an experimental model
  Emengen A., Anik İ., Kokturk S., Karson A., Yilmaz E., Başaran Emengen E., Caklili M., Anik Y., Ceylan S., Çabuk B., Ceylan S. Turk Neurosurg.

• Endoscopic Endonasal Approach Limitations and Evolutions for Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas: Data from Single-Center Experience of Sixty Patients
  Caklili M., Emengen A., Yilmaz E., Genc H., Cabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. Turk Neurosurg.

• Rarely used endoscopic transnasal transdiaphragmatic technique in cases with suprasellar extension: A tertiary center's experience with eleven patient cases
  Emengen A., Yilmaz E., Gökbel A., Uzuner A., Cabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. World Neurosurg., 2024 Feb 9;S1878-8750(24)00207-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.02.010. PMID: 38342165

Other International Peer-Reviewed Journals

• A cervical paravertebral schwannoma: A case report
  Emengen A., Ergen A., Genç M.H., İlbey M.K. Medical Science and Discovery, vol.6, no.12, pp.347-350, 2019

• Endoscopic Transsellar Transdiaphragmatic Surgery; A Minimally Invasive Approach for Infundibular Lesions: A Case Series of Seven Patients
  Emengen A., Yilmaz E., Cabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. Open Access J Neurol Neurosurg, June 2022

International Scientific Meetings (Abstracts in Conference Proceedings)

• Extended Endoscopic Approach for Recurrent Craniopharyngiomas
  Anik İ., Çabuk B., Caklili M., Emengen A., Ceylan S. EANS, Dublin, Ireland, 24–28 September 2019

• Endoscopic approach to craniopharyngioma: retrospective evaluation of 40 cases
  Caklili M., Emengen A., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. WFNS 2017, Istanbul, Turkey, 20–25 August 2017

National Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Çabuk B., Emengen A., Çirak M., Çaklili M., Anik İ., Ceylan S. Endoskopik Transnazal Kafa Tabanı Cerrahisi Sonrası Gelişen Epistaksis: Klinik Değerlendirme ve Cerrahi Müdahalesi. Türkiye Klinikleri. Tip Bilimleri Dergisi, 38(4), 322-328, 2018

National Scientific Meetings (Abstracts in Conference Proceedings)

• Clinical approach and postoperative outcomes in symptomatic Rathke’s cleft cysts
  Emengen A., Caklili M., Ergen A., Selek A., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. 33rd TND Congress, Turkey, 11–14 April 2019

• Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery Results for Pituitary Apoplexy Cases: Retrospective Evaluation of 66 Patients
  Polat C., Emengen A., Şen H.E., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. TND 33rd Scientific Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 11–14 April 2019

• Endoscopic Approach to Craniopharyngioma: Retrospective Evaluation of 40 Cases
  Caklili M., Emengen A., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. WFNS 2017, 16th World Congress of Neurosurgery, 20–25 August 2017

• Surgical approach to meningiomas with dural sinus invasion
  Gökbel A., Çabuk B., Emengen A., Anik İ., Ceylan S. 31st TND Congress, Turkey, 29 March–2 April 2017

• Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery Complications for Pituitary Adenomas: Retrospective Evaluation of 1600 Patients
  Caklili M., Çabuk B., Emengen A., Anik İ., Ceylan S. 31st TND Congress, Turkey, 29 March–2 April 2017

• Endoscopic Intrasellar Transdiaphragmatic Approach in Infundibular/Suprasellar Lesions
  Emengen A., Yilmaz E., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. 35th TND Congress, Turkey, 24–27 November 2022

• Endoscopic Transnasal Surgery in Optic Pathway Gliomas in the Chiasma-Hypothalamic Region
  Yilmaz E., Emengen A., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. 35th TND Congress, Turkey, 24–27 November 2022

• Investigation of demyelination and remyelination processes in optic nerve after experimental compression in rats
  Emengen A., Anik İ., Köktürk S., Karson A., Yilmaz E., Başaran Emengen E., Caklili M., Anik Y., Ceylan S., Çabuk B., Ceylan S. 35th TND Congress, Turkey, 24–27 November 2022

• Neuroprotective Effects of Myricetin on Neurodegeneration
  Yilmaz E., Anik İ., Emengen A., Köktürk S., Karson A., Caklili M., Çabuk B., Ceylan S. SSCD 19th Scientific Congress

• Retrospective Review of Rhinorrhea Cases After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery in 2020
  Emengen A., Karataş M., Yilmaz E., Caklili M., Çabuk B., Anik İ., Ceylan S. SSCD 19th Scientific Congress

Posters Presented at International Scientific Meetings

• Volkan Etus, Murat Geyik, Umit Celakil, Aykut Gokbel, Melih Caklili, Atakan Emengen – Third ventricle floor variations and anomalies in myelomeningocele-related hydrocephalus: experience in 300 endoscopic third ventriculostomy procedures – ISPN 2015, Izmir, 4–8 October 2015

• Volkan Etus, Hakan Karabagli, Murat Geyik, Umit Celakil, Aykut Gokbel, Melih Caklili, Atakan Emengen – Ultra-early surgery and outcome in neonatal myelomeningocele cases – ISPN 2015, Izmir, 4–8 October 2015

Posters Presented at National Scientific Meetings

• Cervical Paravertebral Schwannoma: Case Presentation
  Emengen A., Ceylan E.C., Ergen A., Genç H., İlbey K.

 Invited Speaker

• SSCD 2022: “Management of Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage”

• SSCD 2023: “Prognostic Factors in Head Trauma”

• TND 36th Scientific Congress, Young Neurosurgeons’ Discussion Session: “Management of Cranial CSF Fistula Causes”

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Neurosurgical Society

• Society for Nervous System Surgery

• 2023–2024: Turkish Neurosurgical Society Young Neurosurgeons Board, Alternate Member

Awards

• TND 2023: TNDer Prof. Dr. Mahir Tevrüz Award

• SSCD 19th Scientific Congress: Best Paper Award