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Summary Medical doctor, PhD on anatomy, instructor of anatomy, managing editor of NEUROANATOMY
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
 TUNALI Selcuk
Address Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy 06100 Sihhiye, ANKARA, TURKEY
Telephone
 +90-312-305 21 07 (office)
Fax
 +90-312-310 71 69
E-mail
 tunali@hacettepe.edu.tr, selcuk@hawaii.edu
Nationality
 Turkish
Date of birth
 December 31, 1973
Marital status Married
Military service Completed (September 30, 2006)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to)
 July 2005 -
• Name and address of employer
 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy 06100 Sihhiye, ANKARA, TURKEY
• Type of business or sector
 Academics
• Occupation or position held
 Instructor of Anatomy
• Main activities and responsibilities
 Giving lectures on gross and cross-sectional anatomy, managing students and research assistants during laboratory practices, macroscopic and microscopic anatomy studies, plastination, medical journalism.
• Dates (from – to) January 2002 – April 2005
• Name and address of employer
 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100, Sihhiye, ANKARA/TURKEY
• Type of business or sector
 Academics
• Occupation or position held
 Doctor of Medicine, Research Assistant
• Main activities and responsibilities
 Managing students during laboratory practicals, dissecting the cadavers for the courses.
• Dates (from – to)
 November 2000 – January 2002
• Name and address of employer
 Baskent University Hospital, Bahcelievler, ANKARA/TURKEY
• Type of business or sector
 Healthcare
• Occupation or position held
 Doctor of Medicine, Physician of the blood center
• Main activities and responsibilities
 Managing the blood center, determining the volunteers suitable to be a donor after a physical examination, providing medical care during & after donation.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to)
 January 2002 – April 2005
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training
 Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences, Ph.D. program on Anatomy
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
  • Macroscopic anatomy
  • Medical journalism
  • Digital photogrammetry
  • Plastination
  • Three-dimensional reconstruction
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • Anaglyph techniques
• Title of qualification awarded
 Ph.D. on Anatomy
• Level in national classification
(if appropriate)
• Dates (from – to)
 1991-2000
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training
 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
 Medicine
• Title of qualification awarded
 Doctor of Medicine
• Level in national classification
(if appropriate)
• Dates (from – to)
 1984-1991
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training
 Ankara Anadolu Lisesi
• Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered
 Secondary & high school education
• Title of qualification awarded
 High School Graduate
• Level in national classification
(if appropriate)
PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Mother tongue
 Turkish
Other languages
 English
 French
• Reading skills
 Fluently
Good
• Writing skills
 Fluently Good
• Verbal skills
 Fluently
Good
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
  • Member of Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
  • Plastination
  • Medical journalism
  • Digital photogrammetry
  • Computer aided three-dimensional reconstruction techniques
  • Macintosh & Windows Operating Systems
  • Internet applications & web page design
  • Scanning electron microscopy
ARTISTIC SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
  • Member of Hacettepe University Turkish Folk Music Chorus (1993-2000)
  • Member and fourder of Pervane Music Group (1998 - )
OTHER SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
  • Managing Editor of NEUROANATOMY (2007 - )
  • Technical Editor of Turkish Journal of Biochemistry (2007 - )
  • Language Editor of NEUROANATOMY (2003 - 2006)
  • 5 publications   in international journals
  • More than 20 oral/poster presentations in national/international conferences
  • 7 research projects, 5 of them completed
DRIVING LICENCE(S)
 B Class
INTERESTS
  • Turkish and Balkan music
  • Poetry
  • Running
ACADEMIC INFORMATION  
DOCTORATE THESIS

Morphometry and variations of the auricle in Turkish adults. Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute, PhD Thesis in Anatomy, Ankara, Turkey, 2005
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
  • Celik HH, Tore H, Tunali S , Tatar I, Aldur MM. Light and scanning electron microscopic examination of hair in Griscelli syndrome. Saudi Med J. 2007 Aug;28(8):1275-1277.
  • Tunali S , Celik HH, Uslu S, Aldur MM. Scanning electron microscopic observation of the brown tumor of the head of the mandible. Saudi Med J 2005; Vol.26(5):856-858.
  • Celik HH, Aldur MM, Tunali S , Ozdemir MB, Aktekin M. Multiple variations of the deep artery of arm: double deep artery of arm and deep artery of arm with the superior ulnar collateral artery. A case report. Morphologie. 2004 Dec;88(283):188-90.
  • Demircin M, Guvener M, Dogan OF, Tunali S , Aldur MM, Celik HH. Double-orifice mitral valve and an associated malformation: secundum atrial septal defect. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2004 Aug; 63(3):351-3.
  • Tatar I, Akpinar G, Acikgoz B, Tunali S , Aldur MM, Celik HH, Kapakin S, Surucu HS. Circumventricular organs of rats that experimental hydrocephalus and subarachnoidal hemorrhage carried out: an anaglyphic SEM study. Neuroanatomy, 2004, Volume 3, Pages 35-37.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Aldur MM, Celik HH, Aksit MD, Basar R, Tascioglu AB, Tatar I, Tunali S . Neuroanatomy: an annual interdisciplinary journal of neuroanatomy. 1 st Congress of the Serbian Anatomical Society with international participation. September 12-15, 2006, Novi Sad, Serbia (Oral Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Basar R, Aldur MM, Tatar I, Celik HH. Morphometry and variations of the auricle in Turkish adult population. 10 th National Congress of Anatomy, September 6-10, 2006, Bodrum, Turkey (Oral Presentation)
  • Yalcin B, Tunali S , Ozan H. A new description for the inferior laryngeal nerve: Detailed investigation of the terminal part of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. 10 th National Congress of Anatomy, September 6-10, 2006, Bodrum, Turkey (Poster Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Tatar I, Kapakin S, Aldur MM, Celik HH. Three-Dimensional (3D) Reconstruction and Morphometrical Analysis of Vertebral Canal and Spinal Cord. 18 th International Symposium On Morphological Sciences, June 5-8, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Oral Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Tunali S , Aldur MM, Celik HH. The Use of “Anaglyph” Technique In The Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigation of Biological Specimens. 18 th International Symposium On Morphological Sciences, June 5-8, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Oral Presentation)
  • Celik HH, Tatar I, Surucu S, Karaduman A, Aldur MM, Tunali S . Hair Changes In Some Clinical Syndromes: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study. 18 th International Symposium On Morphological Sciences, June 5-8, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Oral Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Celik HH, Sargon MF, Aldur MM, Tunali S , Basar R. An anaglyphic three-dimensional (3D) investigation of SEM images taken from the olfactory region of rat. 4 th National Congress of Neuroscience, March 29-April 2, 2005, Mersin, Turkey. (Poster Presentation)
  • Sargon MF, Aldur MM, Tunali S , Tatar I, Celik HH, Aksit MD. 3-D reconstruction of the layers of the eyeball from serial light microscopic images. 4 th National Congress of Neuroscience, March 29-April 2, 2005, Mersin, Turkey. (Poster Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Kapakin S, Tatar I, Aldur MM, Celik HH. Computerized three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions of vertebral canal and spinal cord based on Visible Human Project Image Dataset-2. 6 th International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy, October 8-10, 2004, Varna, Bulgaria. (Oral Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Tunali S , Kapakin S, Aldur MM, Celik HH. An anaglyphic method for scanning electron microscopic investigation of biological specimens. 6 th International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy, October 8-10, 2004, Varna, Bulgaria. (Oral Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Aldur MM, Celik HH. Is "Ex Oriente Lux" In Anatomy? 8 th National Congress of Anatomy, August 26-30, 2004, Konya, Turkey. (Oral Presentation)
  • Kapakin S, Tunali S , Tatar I, Aldur MM, Celik HH, Aksit MD. Volume analysis, three-Dimensional (3D) reconstructions and anaglyph imaging of the thyroid gland and carotid sheath. 8 th National Congress of Anatomy, August 26-30, 2004, Konya, Turkey. (Poster Presentation)
  • Kamani T, Tatar I, Surucu S, Celik HH, Aldur MM, Tatar E, Tunali S . An anaglyphic three-dimensional (3D) investigation of SEM images taken from the mucosa of deviated septum. Koprivshtitsa Morphological Days 5 th National Conference of Anthropology, June 4-6, 2004, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria. (Poster Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Tunali S , Kapakin S, Celik HH, Aldur MM, Aksit MD. Anaglyph method for 3D investigation of SEM images taken from the hair in Giant Axonal Neuropathy. Koprivshtitsa Morphological Days 5 th National Conference of Anthropology, June 4-6, 2004, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria. (Poster Presentation)
  • Kapakin S, Tunali S , Tatar I, Aldur MM, Celik HH, Basar R. Three dimensional reconstruction and anaglyph of limbic sistem related structures. 3 rd National Congress of Neuroscience, April 7-11, 2004, Denizli, Turkey. (Abst. Neuroanatomy, 2004, Volume 3, Suppl. 1) (Poster Presentation)
  • Celik HH, Tunali S , Kapakin S, Aldur MM, Tatar I, Aksit MD. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the hair in giant axonal neuropathy. 3 rd National Congress of Neuroscience, April 7-11, 2004, Denizli, Turkey. (Abst. Neuroanatomy, 2004, Volume 3, Suppl. 1) (Poster Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Cavusoglu T, Celik HH, Aldur MM, Omeroglu S, Tunali S , Kapakin S. An anaglyphic three-dimensional (3D) investigation of SEM images taken from fibrin glue method for cranial bone healing in experimental rabbit model, 7 th National Congress of Anatomy, September 1-5, 2003, Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Poster Presentation)
  • Basar R, Tunali S , Tatar I, Kapakin S, Aldur MM, Celik HH. A New Approach To Cadaver Cross-Sections On Anatomy Practicals. 7 th National Congress of Anatomy, September 1-5, 2003, Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Oral Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Kapakin S, Tatar I, Aldur MM, Celik HH. Computerized Three-Dimensional (3D) Reconstructions of Vertebral Canal and Spinal Cord Based On Visible Human Project Image Dataset. 7 th National Congress of Anatomy, September 1-5, 2003, Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Oral Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Akpýnar G, Açýkgoz B, Tunali S , Kapakin S, Surucu S, Aldur MM, Celik HH. An Anaglyphic Method For Three-Dimensional Investigation of SEM Images Taken From The Circumventricular Organs of Rats That Hydrocephalus and Subarachnoidal Hemorrhage Performed Experimentally, 1 st Joint Meeting of EACA & AACA, July 8-11, 2003, Graz, Austria. (Abst. Clinical Anatomy 16:542 –564 (2003)) (Poster Presentation)
  • Tatar I, Kapakin S, Tunali S , Aldur MM, Celik HH. Three-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions Of Vertebral Canal And Spinal Cord Based On Visible Human Project Image Dataset, 1 st Joint Meeting Of EACA & AACA, July 8-11, 2003, Graz, Austria. [Abst. Clinical Anatomy 16:542 –564 (2003)] (Oral Presentation)
  • Tunali S , Kapakin S, Tatar I,  Aldur MM, Celik HH. A Review On Computerized Three-Dimensional (3D) Reconstruction of Neurological Structures In Turkey: The Past, Present and Future. 2 nd National Congress of Neuroscience, April 16-20, 2003, Bursa, Turkey. (Abst. Neuroanatomy, 2003, Volume 2, Suppl. 1) (Poster Presentation)
  • Bayramoglu A, Erbil KM, Demiryurek D, Mas M, Ozdemir B, Kapakin S, Lafci S, Tunali S . Bilateral Additional Renal Arteries And An Additional Right Renal Vein Associated With Unrotated Kidneys, Joint Meeting of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists and the Sociedad Anatomica Espanola, July 22-23, 2002, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. (Abst. Clinical Anatomy 16:77-93 (2003)) (Poster Presentation)

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES, WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  • 10th National Congress of Anatomy, September 6-10, 2006, Bodrum, Turkey (Oral Presentation)
  • 8th International Interim Conference For Plastination, 05-10 July 2005, Ohrid, Macedonia
  • 18th International Symposium On Morphological Sciences, June 5-8, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Oral Presentation)
  • Tenoscopy And Bursoscopy (Practical Cadaver Course). Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 16, 2005, Ankara, Turkey
  • Cavernous Sinus (Practical Dissection Course). Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 11, 2005, Ankara, Turkey
  • Training On Clinical Investigations. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, February 16-17, 2005, Ankara, Turkey
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, December 24, 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • Computer Assisted Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, November 26, 2004, Ankara, Turkey (Member of Scientific Committee, Lecturer)
  • Introduction to Confocal Microscopy and its Application, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 13-14 October 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • 6th International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy, 8-10 October 2004, Varna, Bulgaria. (Oral Presentation)
  • 8th National Anatomy Congress, August 26-30, 2004, Konya, Turkey. (Oral Presentation)
  • 12th International Conference on Plastination, 11-16 July 2004, Murcia, Spain
  • Postgraduate Course “Silicone Plastination Technique”, University of Murcia, 10-11 July 2004, Murcia, Spain.
  • Doctorate Programs in Anatomy and Their Contribution to Clinical Anatomy Studies, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, May 15-16, 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • Temporal Bone Dissection and Surgery to Cerebello-Pontine Angle. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 26, 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • Early Diagnosis and First Aid in Sport Injuries. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 24, 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • Clinical Aspects and Dissection of Temporomandibular Joint. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, January 23, 2004, Ankara, Turkey
  • Computer Assisted Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, November 15, 2003, Ankara, Turkey (Member of Scientific Committee, Lecturer)
  • 7th National Anatomy Congress, September 1-5, 2003, Diyarbakir, Turkey (Oral and Poster Presentations)
  • Anatomical and Clinical Aspects of Craniofacial Region. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, May 8-9, 2003, Ankara, Turkey (Lecturer)
  • 2nd National Congress of Neuroscience, April 16-20, 2003, Bursa, Turkey. (Poster Presentation)
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, April 10-11, 2003, Ankara, Turkey
  • Computer Assisted Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 7-8, 2003, Ankara, Turkey (Member of Scientific Committee, Lecturer)
  • Fundamentals of Biostatistics. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, December 11-26, 2002, Ankara, Turkey
  • Flap Dissection Course. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, November 29-30, 2002, Ankara, Turkey
  • The Role of Cadavers in Anatomy Teaching, macroscopic and Microscopic Dissection Techniques. Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, October 26-27, 2002, Ankara, Turkey
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, April 11-12, 2002, Ankara, Turkey
  • Course of Studying on Laboratory Animals. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, March 4-29, 2002, Ankara, Turkey
  • Transfusion and Blood Center Physicians Training Course. January- February 2001, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
  • Intrauterine Device Application Course, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, May 2000, Ankara, Turkey
  • 1st National Medical Education Congress. Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, April 2000, Ankara, Turkey

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