Op. MD. Muhammed Bilal Kürk

Education and Specialization

• 2008–2014 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Çapa)
  
• 2015–2020 Residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology, M. Sabancı Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital

Experience

• 2020–2022 Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital
  
• 2022–2023 Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, Istanbul Istinye State Hospital
  
• 2023–2024 Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, Arnavutköy State Hospital
  
• 2024–2025 Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, M. Sabancı Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital
  
• 2025–Present Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist, Medical Park Maltepe Hospital

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBİD)
  
• Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTDER)
  
• Turkish Medical Association – Istanbul Medical Chamber (TTB)
  
• Turkish Society of Sports Injuries Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery (TUSYAD)

Courses and Certificates

• 2017 GKD-PEV Course
  
• 2017 National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress
  
• 2019 National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress
  
• 2019 Intramedullary Nailing Course
  
• 2020 TOTBID-TOTEK Qualification Examination
  
• 2020 Basic Arthroplasty Congress
  
• 2020 Hip Preservation Surgery Symposium and Hip Arthroscopy Cadaver Course
  
• 2020 National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress
  
• 2020 Extremity Deformity Analysis Course
  
• 2021 TUSYAD Congress
  
• 2021 Foot and Ankle Surgery Meeting
  
• 2021 Bone and Joint Surgery Congress
  
• 2021 Ilizarov Course
  
• 2022 AO Trauma Course
  
• 2022 Vienna Orthopädisches Spital Speising – Bone Lengthening with Precice Magnetic
• Nail Observer Program
  
• 2023 TUSYAD Congress
  
• 2023 Advanced Surgical Techniques in Knee Surgery in Sports Traumatology Course
  
• 2023 National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress
  
• 2024 TUSYAD Traveling Course on Hip Arthroscopy
  
• 2025 SECEC Congress – Rotterdam, Netherlands

Academic Publications List

• Comparison of isolated eccentric exercise and eccentric exercise combined with shock wave therapy in non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy. 
  J Foot Ankle Surg. 2025 Jun 26:S1067-2516(25)00175-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2025.05.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40578503
• Risk factors related reduction loss in nonoperatively treated Type II supracondylar humerus fractures. 
  Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2022 Sep;28(9):1340-1346. doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2021.61350. PMID: 36043929
• Which factor is more reliable considering prophylactic pinning of contralateral hip of unilateral SCFE patients? 
  Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2023 Jul;29(7):818-823. doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2023.91038. PMID: 37409921
• Increased femoral anteversion related to infratrochanteric femoral torsion is associated with ACL rupture. 
  Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Aug;28(8):2567-2571. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-05874-0. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PMID: 32030504
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopedic fracture characteristics in three hospitals in Turkey: A multi-center epidemiological study. 
  Jt Dis Relat Surg. 2021;32(2):323-332. doi: 10.52312/jdrs.2021.20. Epub 2021 Jun 11. PMID: 34145807
• Leaving the stable ramp lesion unrepaired does not negatively affect clinical and functional outcomes as well as return to sports rates after ACL reconstruction. 
  Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Nov;29(11):3773-3781. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06402-w. Epub 2021 Jan 15. PMID: 33452579
• Impact of subtalar joint debridement on fusion rates and outcomes in tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis. 
  J Orthop Surg Res. 2025 Apr 23;20(1):408. doi: 10.1186/s13018-025-05817-w. PMID: 40269925
• Evaluation of the clinical and radiological outcomes of syndesmotic screws not parallel to the ankle joint. 
  J Foot Ankle Surg. 2025 Aug 15:S1067-2516(25)00235-2. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2025.08.005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40819810
• Outcomes of nonoperative treatment of displaced anterior glenoid rim fractures without dislocation in the elderly: should instability be a concern?
  BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Jul 24;26(1):699. doi: 10.1186/s12891-025-08947-8. PMID: 40708020
• Comparison of parallel and orthogonal plating techniques and the predictive role of Hounsfield unit values in AO/OTA type 13-C distal humerus fractures in patients over 50.
  BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Sep 30;26(1):883. doi: 10.1186/s12891-025-09042-8. PMID: 41029614 
• Pehlivanoglu G, Yildiz KI, Albayrak K, Aykut US, Kurk MB, Gurbuz S. Smoking is associated with inferior postoperative outcomes after autologous osteochondral transplantation for osteochondral lesions of the talus: a minimum 5-year clinical follow-up study. J Orthop Surg Res. 2025 Nov 12;20(1):992. doi: 10.1186/s13018-025-06428-1. PMID: 41225542.