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Prof. Dr. Barış Kocaoğlu

Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist

Profile

Prof. Barış Kocaoğlu is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with a strong background in clinical care, education, and sports team medicine. He completed the 2019 ESSKA-AOSSM Traveling Fellowship, reflecting his commitment to continuing education and international collaboration. From 2008 to 2013 he served as a lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, teaching and mentoring medical students while maintaining clinical duties. He is actively involved in professional and sports medicine organizations, including membership in ESSKA and KSSTA, and participation in the Hip Arthroscopy and Preventive Joint Surgery Association. He is also a member of ELPA (Euroleague Player Association). In national sports medicine, he serves on the Turkish Basketball Federation medical board and is team doctor for the men's national basketball team. His practice focuses on orthopaedic care for athletes, hip arthroscopy, and preventive joint surgery.

Areas of Expertise

Education

  • 2019 ESSKA-AOSSM Traveling Fellowship
  • 2018 Professorship
  • 2013 Associate Professorship
  • 2006–07 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Sports Medicine Division, USA — Fellowship
  • 2005 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  • 1999 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
  • 1986–93 Ted Ankara College

Experience

  • 2008–13 Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine — Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Lecturer
  • 2005 Acibadem Health Group

Professional Memberships

Selected Publications

Effect of Mitomycin-c on post-operative adhesions in tendon surgery: an experimental study in rats

Kocaoglu B, Agir I, Nalbantoglu U, Karahan M, Turkmen M. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010 Jun;92(6):889-93.

Adhesion reduction after knee surgery in a rat model by Mitomycin C

Kocaoglu B, Akgun U, Nalbantoglu U, Poyanlı O, Karahan M. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2010 May 8.

Single-row versus double-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in small- to medium-sized tears

Aydin N, Kocaoglu B, Guven O. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2010 Mar 18.

No difference between knotless sutures and suture anchors in arthroscopic repair of Bankart lesions in collision athletes

Kocaoglu B, Guven O, Nalbantoglu U, Aydin N, Haklar U. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2009;17(7):844-7.

Preventing blood-induced joint damage with the use of intra-articular iron chelators: an experimental study in rabbits

Kocaoglu B, Akgun U, Erol B, Karahan M, Yalcin S. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2009;129(11):1571-5.

The use of screw at the fracture level in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Guven O, Kocaoglu B, Bezer M, Aydin N, Nalbantoglu U. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Aug;22(6):417-21.

Open versus minimally invasive repair with Achillon device

Aktas S, Kocaoglu B. Foot Ankle Int. 2009.

Combination of Luque Instrumentation With Polyaxial Screws in the Treatment of Myelomeningocele Kyphosis

Kocaoglu B, Erol B, Akgülle H, Gasimov E, Yalçın S. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2008 May;21(3):199-204.

Two-stage autologous chondrocyte implantation

Kocaoglu B, Bayram B, Gamli A. Totbid Derg. 2022 Sep;21(5):526-530.

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