Doctor Erdal Karaoz

About the Doctor

Membership

• Turkish Academy of Sciences – Stem Cell Working Group

• Turkish Stem Cell and Cellular Therapy Association (Board Member)

• International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)

• Turkish Society for Histology & Embryology

Experience

• Founder & Director – Kocaeli University Stem Cell and Gene Therapies Research Center (2006 – 2014)

• Founding Vice Rector (2015 – 2019) and Rector (2019 – 2022) of İstinye University

• Director – LivMedCell Regenerative Medicine Center (2014 – Present)

• Visiting Scientist – Harvard Medical School (Joslin Diabetes Center, 2005)

Publications

• Author of 4 books and 14 book chapters (10 international)

• Published 190 scientific papers (169 international)

• H-index: 38 (Google Scholar)

• Invited speaker at 300+ international congresses

• Lead investigator in 30 TÜBİTAK projects and numerous MOH-approved clinical trials on MSC therapy for neurological and systemic diseases.

Education

• B.Sc. Biology – Dicle University (1986)

• M.Sc. Histology & Embryology – Dicle University (1989)

• Ph.D. Histology & Embryology – Gazi University (1994)

• Associate Professor (1996) · Professor (2002)

Certificates

• Advanced Spine Surgery Workshop

• Pediatric Neurosurgery Certification

• Deep Brain Stimulation Training

• Johns Hopkins Observership Certificate.

Services

• Personalized regenerative treatments

• Mesenchymal stem cell therapy

• Gene-based therapy

• Tissue and organ regeneration

• Clinical applications for neurological

• Ophthalmic, and musculoskeletal disorders