Prof. Dr. Ufuk Talu is an experienced orthopedic surgeon specializing in orthopedics and spine surgery who served on the faculty at UCSF and as a professor at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.

Education

High School (1979 - 1983)
Robert College of Istanbul

Medical Degree (MD) (1983 - 1989)
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine

Experience

Internal Medicine Rotation (Haziran 1987 - Haziran 1987)
Eastbourne District General Hospital, UK

Orthopedics Rotation (Temmuz 1987 - Ağustos 1987)
University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, UK

Resident (Research Assistant) (Mayıs 1990 - Aralık 1995)
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

Physician (Mart 1993 - Nisan 1993)
Istanbul Balmumcu Military Outpatient Clinic

Chief Resident (Pediatric Orthopedics / Spine Surgery) (Nisan 1994 - Ekim 1994)
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, USA

Orthopedic Surgeon (Mart 1996 - Kasım 1996)
Florence Nightingale Hospital

Faculty Member / Associate Professor (Kasım 1996 - Şubat 2007)
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

Spine Surgery Training (Kasım 2003 - Kasım 2003)
Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Heidelberg University, Germany

Assistant Professor (Haziran 2004 - Haziran 2005)
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Department of Spine Surgery

Professor (Şubat 2007 - Ağustos 2017)
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

Orthopedic Surgeon (2017 - )
American Hospital Istanbul

Memberships

AO Spine International
Turkish Medical Association
Scoliosis Research Society
Turkish Pediatric Orthopaedic Society
Groupe International Cotrel Dubousset (GICD)
SICOT
Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology