Karahan Nazim

Work experience

• 2009–2011: Chief Physician, District Health Department, Erzurum Khorasan Province Health Directorate, Turkey.

• 2016–2017: Consultant Physician, Diyarbakır Military Hospital, Turkey.

• 2017–2019: Consultant Physician, Selahattin Eyyubi State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

• 2019–2021: Consultant Physician, Çorlu State Hospital, Tekirdağ, Turkey.

• 2021–2024: Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

• 2024–present: Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Orhun Medical, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Education

• 2002–2009: Cumhuriyet University, Medical School.

• 2011–2016: Residency in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology.

• Since 2022: Co-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Turkish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

• Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Education Board (TOTBID)

• Turkish Association of Sports Injuries and Arthroscopic Surgery (TUSYAD)

• Turkish Association of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgery (KADAD)

Areas of Interest

• Arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder, knee, ankle, and elbow joints

• Shoulder instability (dislocations)

• Tears of the glenoid labrum of the shoulder joint

• Acromioclavicular joint injuries and arthritis

• Rotator cuff tears (including massive and reparable tears)

• Fractures of all limbs except spine

• Shoulder joint arthritis / endoprosthesis

• Articular surface and ligament injuries of the ankle

• Elbow joint injuries and lesions

• Meniscus and cartilage injuries of the knee

• Primary and revision knee and hip arthroplasty

• Deformity surgery

• Pediatric orthopedics

Publications

• 2022: Şirin Evrim, Aktaş Erdem, Yılmaz Barış, Karahan Nazım, Kaya Murat. Assessment of functional outcomes of open and mini-open surgery in carpal tunnel syndrome. Boğaziçi Tıp Dergisi, 9(3), 161–165. DOI: 10.14744/bmj.2022.72692

• 2022: Kaya Murat, Karahan Nazım, Yılmaz Barış, Kahraman Ahmet Nedim, Pepele Kurdal Demet, Kart Hayati. Ideal trans-syndesmotic angle and axis of syndesmosis fixation: MR slice analysis. Bosphorus Medical Journal, 9(3), 178–184. DOI: 10.14744/bmj.2022.76093

• 2022: Kaya Murat, Karahan Nazım et al. Can phosphatidylcholine increase the efficacy of bioactive glass grafts when used as a carrier? Experimental study. Journal of Health Sciences Medicine, 5(4), 1044–1050. DOI: 10.32322/jhsm.1099367

• 2022: Kaya Murat, Karahan Nazım. Effect of different pin configurations on cyclic stability in proximal humerus fracture fixation in children: Sawbones model study. Injury, 53(6), 1824–1828. DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.02.032

• 2022: Kaya Murat, Karahan Nazım. Comparison of lateral wedge and reverse V osteotomy in cubitus varus: model study. Annals of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 13(1), 31–35. DOI: 10.4328/ACAM.21125

• 2021: Öztermeli Ahmet, Karahan Nazım. Relationship between peroneal tendons and anterior talofibular ligament. American Journal of Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 4(18). DOI: 10.28933/ajorr-2020-12-0205

• 2021: Karahan Nazım et al. Assessment of critical shoulder angle and acromion index in anterior shoulder instability and rotator cuff tears. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 55(3), 220–226. DOI: 10.5152/j.aott.2021.20072

• 2020–2021: Additional peer-reviewed articles on orthopedic surgery and arthroscopy (fully cited in original).

Scientific Presentations

• 2021: Karahan Nazım. Influence of tibial morphology in patients with Ramp lesions. Bone Joint 2021.

• 2020: Pepele Kurdal Demet et al. Treatment of focal cartilage defects by microfracture: rat model experiment. 1st Virtual TOTBID Congress.

• 2019: Pepele Kurdal Demet et al. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor for mortality in diabetic foot patients. 29th National Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Books and Chapters in Scientific Books

• 2021: Karahan Nazım. Injuries of the tarsal bones. In: Orthopedic Trauma Assistant Handbook. ISBN: 978-625-7354-82-0 (in Turkish).

• 2020: Vezirhüyük Mustafa, Karahan Nazım, Kılınç Bekir. Shoulder joint. In: Sports Injuries. ISBN: 978-2-490773-51-0 (in English).

• 2020: Karahan Nazım, Yılmaz Barış. Allografts and autografts in carpal tunnel syndrome. In: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. ISBN: 978-605-335-534-2.

• 2019: Kaya Murat, Karahan Nazım et al. Structure and classification of tendons. In: Tendons. ISBN: 978-1-83962-986-0 (in English).