Faik Altıntaş, M.D.

Prof. Faik Altıntaş, M.D.

Orthopedics and Traumatology

Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital

Faculty and Graduation Year

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 1976

Place and year of birth

Ankara, 1952

E-Mail

[email protected]

Fields of Study

  • Arthroplasty (prosthesis) surgery; total hip prosthesis since 1983, total knee prosthesis since 1988, more than 3000 prosthesis surgeries
  • Venous Thromboembilism
  • Cerebral Palsy

Career Summary

  • 1981 - 1983 Ağrı Military Hospital Medical Officer
  • 1983 - 2006 Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital
  • 1987 Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • 1990 Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic Chief
  • 2000 - 2002 TOTBID Board Member
  • 2004 TOTBID Arthroplasty Branch Board Member
  • TOTBID Thromboembolism Working Group Chairman
  • TOTBID Osteoporosis and Osteoarthrosis Working Group Member
  • 1981 5th National Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress Secretariat
  • 1981 - 1990 Tevfik Sağlam Health Vocational High School-Anatomy-Physiology Courses (6 hours a week)
  • 1994 - 2006 SB Göztepe Training and Research Hospital EPKK Member
  • 2001 - 2007 Chairman of the Academic Board of the Spastic Children's Foundation of Turkey and Metin Sabanci Spastic Children and Education Production Centre
  • Presidency of "Botulinum Toxin Application Course" which has been held every year since 2002
  • Lecturer in numerous Orthopedics and Traumatology courses and scientific meetings
  • Participation in many courses and congresses in Turkey and abroad, including AAOS, SICOT, EFORT
  • 2006 Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Head of Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • He has trained 25 Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialists working in various cities of Turkey.

Professional Awards

  • MoH Göztepe Training and Research Hospital 2005 Best Publication Award (A Eren, F Altıntaş, EF Atay, H Ömeroğlu. A new capsuloplasty technique in open reduction of developmental dislocation of the hip Journal of pediatric orthopedics B 2004, 13: 139-41.) 
  • MoH Göztepe Training and Research Hospital 2005 Best Publication Award (A Eren, H Ömeroğlu, M Güven, E Uğutmen, F ALtıntaş. Incomplete triple pelvic osteotomy for the surgical treatment of dysplasia of the hip in adolescents and adults. J. Bone Joint Surg. 2005, 87-B: 790-5.)

Memberships

  • Turkish Orthopaedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBID)
  • Hip Knee Arthroplasty Association
  • American Academy Of Orthopedic Surgeons (Affiliated member)
  • European Hip Society
  • SICOT
  • EFORT

Place and year of specialization

Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, 1981

Place and Year of PhD Associate Professorship

Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, 1987

Professorship Place and Year

Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, 2007

Foreign Languages

English

Number of Foreign Publications

33

Number of Publications in Turkish

46

Number of International Papers

18

Number of National Papers

162