Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul

About

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul was born in Ankara in 1983.

After completing primary school, middle school, and high school in Ankara, Yurdakul enrolled at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in 2001.

After graduating, he pursued a residency in orthopedics.

Focusing in particular on hand microsurgery and sports injuries, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul attended, during these years, numerous trainings at universities, different centers, and workshops together with leading names in the field.

His scientific articles, some of them co-authored with Erciyes University academics, have been published in 40 journals abroad and about 20 journals in Turkey.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul was assigned to Osmaniye State Hospital in 2014 upon completing his residency and served there for 3 years. During this time he also continued his academic work.

Expanding his experience by attending international workshops in Italy, France, and the Netherlands, Yurdakul, following his compulsory service in Osmaniye, spent some more time at İzmir EMOT Hospital working on hand surgery.

Returning to Kayseri to achieve his goal of establishing Kayseri’s first Microsurgery and Athlete Health Center, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul worked at a private hospital for a while and then, assembling an experienced team, founded OMS. Adding advanced medical technology to the quality and trust he had established, Yurdakul made OMS the region’s favorite clinic and health brand in a short time.

A member of the Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Yurdakul attended the annual training meetings held in Europe by the European Hand and Microsurgery Academy (FESSH Academy) as part of the 4-person team from Turkey.

Fluent in English, Yurdakul is married to ophthalmologist Bilge. The couple has 2 children, named Nur Zeynep and Ali Mahir.