Prof. Dr. EMEL GÖNEN

Orthopedics and Traumatology

Koç University Hospital

In 1991, conducted research at Northwestern University, Chicago, within the Medical Exchange Program.
Received the title of Associate Professor in 2012 and of Professor in 2021. Has continued to serve as Head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology since 2023.
In 2003, worked at UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, and at Children’s Hospital as a Spine and Sports Traumatology Research Fellow.
Holds the diplomas of the UEMS-EBOT European Board of Orthopedics and Traumatology, the Turkish Board of Orthopedics and Traumatology, and the Turkish Spine Surgery Board.
Member of the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBİD), the European Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT), the International Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (SICOT), the Asia-Pacific Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (APOA), the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Council (TOTEK), the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Research Council (TOAK), the Pediatric Orthopedics Society, the Turkish Spine Society (TOD), AO Trauma, the TOTBİD Trauma Branch, and the TTB Accreditation and Credit Committee.
TOTBID National Delegate to the European Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT); Member of the Ethics Committee of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBİD); Board of the Pediatric Orthopedics Society; Founding member of the TOTBİD Women Orthopedists Working Group.
Chair of the Specialty Societies Competency and Education Commission (TTB-TUYEK);
Board member of WAVES (Asia Pacific Women Orthop. Advocacy Educate),
Member of the KU Ethics Committee, KAMER Guide, PGME Board, Faculty Board, Assessment and Evaluation Committee, and Curriculum Committees
Serves as associate editor of the journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica.

Main clinical areas of interest:
- Cerebral palsy surgery,
- Orthopedic problems due to neurological diseases such as myelomeningocele,
- Gait and deformity disorders in the pediatric age group,
- Hip (developmental dysplasia of the hip, Perthes, SCFE, etc.) and foot (clubfoot [pes equinovarus], flatfoot [pes planus], vertical talus, etc.) problems in the pediatric age group,
- Pediatric orthopedics, particularly pediatric trauma.