Previous Experience :
Interventional Radiologist and Neuroradiologist
Medicana Healthcare
Medicana Camlica Hospital
Uskudar, Istanbul (October 2015-December 2016)
Interventional Radiologist and Neuroradiologist
Private Practice
Atasehir, Istanbul, Turkey
(August 2014- October 2015)
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Radiology,
Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology Clinics
December 2012-August 2014
Department of Radiology,
Yeditepe University
Istanbul, Turkey
Early Employment/ Postresidency Training
Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship, July 2011- July 2012
Department of Radiology,
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Consultant Neuroradiologist (November 2010-June 2011)
TDV 29 Mayis Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship, September 2010- October 2010
Department of Radiology,
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Neuroradiology Fellowship, July 2009-July 2010
Department of Radiology,
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Research Fellowship, Diffusion Tensor and Perfusion Imaging, July, 2008-June, 2009
Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology,
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
Faculty Position, Assistant Professor of Radiology, July, 2005-July, 2008
Radiology Department,
Gaziosmanpasa University Medical Faculty
Tokat, Turkey
Attending Radiologist (temporary), May, 2005-July, 2005
Radiology Unit
Mesa Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Academic Promotions in Turkey
Associate Professor, October 9th, 2012
Education and Residency Training
Residency, December, 2001-May, 2005
Radiology Department
Hacettepe University School of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey
Residency, November, 2000- December, 2001
Radiology Unit
Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
MD, November, 1994-June, 2000
Hacettepe University School of Medicine (training in English)
Ankara, Turkey
ECFMG Certification: January, 2009
Examinations
USMLE Step 1, July 2003 212(86)
USMLE Step 2 CK, October 2004 205(83)
USMLE Step 2 CS, January 2009 passed
USMLE Step 3, May, 2009 199 (81)
Languages:
English fluent written and spoken,
Turkish (native language)
Professional Organizations: Radiological Society of North America
American Society of Neuroradiology
Society of Interventional Radiology
European Society of Radiology
Türk Radyoloji Dernegi
Türk Nöroradyoloji Dernegi
Türk Girişimsel Radyoloji Dernegi
Grants and Awards:
Turkish Radiological Society, grant support for training abroad (2008-09)
Primary Interests and Experience in Radiology
• Being an only active member of SIR in Istanbul, Turkey, focused on establishing an interventional radiology private practice on all aspects of interventional radiology, including but not limited to neurointerventional, peripheral vascular disease and interventional oncology.
• Currently focused on public awareness and raising consciousness about interventional radiology and minimally invasive image guided procedures. Invited to several national TV shows and magazine and newspaper interviews. Personal fan page on social media is one of the largest interventional radiology platforms in the country.
• At Yeditepe University, after assuming the chair position, payed efforts on increasing the workload as well as quality of service through revising imaging protocols and establishing missing ones, encouraging lectures and meetings.
• Received clinical training in all aspects of vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology during VIR fellowship, 2010-2012, at University of Minnesota including some exposure to neurointerventional. Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship program involves rotation of fellow through three different hospitals with diverse patient groups to improve training. Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit at University of Minnesota has been one of the pioneering units in USA. University of Minnesota is well known for transplant center and has been the first center to perform pancreas transplant in the world. Therefore, obtained skills on performing IR on transplant related issues.
• Received training in all aspects of clinical neuroradiology during fellowship at University of Minnesota, 2009-2010, including pediatric neuroimaging and head and neck imaging. Also participated in neurointerventional treatment cases.
• Research fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, 2008-2009 (supervisor:James Provenzale, M. D.; primary research topic: diffusion tensor imaging assessment of normal brain development, also participated in several projects including acute stroke imaging)
• Faculty at Gaziosmanpasa University Hospital in Turkey, 2005-2008, practiced neuroradiology, interventional neuroradiology and head and neck radiology, limited coverage of the Chest and Breast Imaging. Neuroradiology interests as a faculty radiologist had focused on diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of cerebrovascular disease, with special focus on acute stroke diagnosis and intervention.
International Publications
1. Aysegul Altunkas, Basar Sarikaya, Fatma Aktas, Zafer Ozmen, Fitnet Sonmezgoz, Berat Acı, Tansu Pinarbasili, Mehmet Murat Firat. Vertebral anomalies accompanying Robinow syndrome. Spine J. 2016; 16(5):e341-2.
2. Mehmet Akif Ozturk, Orhan Onder Eren, Basar Sarikaya, Ekrem Aslan, Basak Oyan. Pituitary Metastasis of Colon Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Dec;45 Suppl 1:85-7.
3. Alexander M McKinney, Brandon Lohman, Basar Sarikaya, M Benson, Michael S Lee, Manferd T Benson. Accuracy of routine fat-suppressed FLAIR and diffusion-weighted images in detecting clinically evident acute optic neuritis. Acta Radiol. 2013; 54:455-61.
4. Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney, Benjamin Spilseth, Charles L Truwit. Comparison of Spin Echo T1- and T2-weighted and Gradient Echo T1-weighted Images at 3.0T in Evaluating Very Preterm Neonates at Term Equivalent Age. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. AJNR. 2013; 34:1098-103
5. Basar Sarikaya, Huseyin Demirbilek, Deniz Akata, Nurgun Kandemir. The Role of Resistive Index in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Sonographic Pilot Study in the Pediatric Age Group. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2012; 67:1253-7.
6. Basar Sarikaya. Acute Alterations on DTI Caused by Alcohol Consumption: Region of Interest-Based Diffusion Tensor Analysis Limited Because of Poor Reproducibility, with the Additional Detrimental Effects of a Small Population Size and Minute Changes. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012; 33:E115.
7. Alexander M McKinney, Basar Sarikaya, Christine Gustafson, Charles L Truwit. Detection of Microhemorrhage in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome using Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging. AJNR. Am J Neuroradiol. 2012; 33:896-903.
8. Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney. Spectrum Bias: Patient Selection May Affect Performance of Calcium volume in Detecting Carotid Stenosis. AJNR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012; 33:E13-4.
9. Basar Sarikaya, Brandon Lohman, Alexander M. McKinney, Sameer Gadani, Muna Irfan, Leandro Lucato. Correlation Between Carotid Bifurcation Calcium Burden on Nonenhanced CT and Percent Stenosis, as Confirmed by Digital Subtraction Angiography. BJR British Journal of Radiology. 2012; 85:e284-92
10. Fatih Ersay Deniz, Erol Oksuz, Basar Sarikaya, Semiha Kurt, Unal Erkorkmaz, Hasan Ulusoy, Sule Arslan. Comparison of the diagnostic utility of Electromyography, Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging in idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome determined by clinical findings. Neurosurgery. 2012; 70:610-6
11. Won-Jin Moon, James M Provenzale, Basar Sarikaya, Yon-Kwon Ihn, John Morlese, Steven Chen, Michael D DeBellis. Diffusion-tensor imaging assessment of white matter maturation in childhood and adolescence. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011; 197:704-12
12. Brandon D Lohman, Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney, Mohiuddin Hadi. Not the Typical Tornwaldt's Cyst This Time? A Nasopharyngeal Cyst Associated With Canalis Basilaris Medianus. BJR British Journal of Radiology. 2011; 84:e169-71.
13. Alexander M McKinney, Basar Sarikaya, Jennifer Spanbauer, Brandon D Lohman, Eric Uhlmann. Acute Hepatic (or Hyperammonemic) Encephalopathy: Diffuse Cortical Injury and the Significance of Ammonia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011; 32:E142; author reply E143.
14. Basar Sarikaya, Sevda Sarikaya. Three-Dimensional Subtracted CT Angiogram for Aneurysm Detection. Eur J Radiol. 2011; 80:502-3
15. James M Provenzale, Basar Sarikaya, Lotfi Hacein-Bey, Max Wintermark. Causes of Misinterpretation of Cross-Sectional Imaging Studies for Dissection of the Craniocervical Arteries. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011; 196:45-52.
16. Brandon D Lohman, Christine Gustafson, Alexander M McKinney, Basar Sarikaya. Magnetic resonance imaging of leptomeningeal enhancement in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011; 32:E169-71
17. Taylan Kara, Erhan Akpinar, Basar Sarikaya, Gulbiz Dagoglu, Okan Akhan. Bile sludge that mimics hydatid cyst membranes: a potential pitfall for ultrasound. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010; 19:126
18. Basar Sarikaya, James M Provenzale. Frequency of various brain parenchymal findings of early cerebral ischemia on unenhanced CT scans. Emerg Radiol. 2010; 17:381-90
19. Alexander M McKinney, Brandon D Lohman, Basar Sarikaya, Eric Uhlmann, Jennifer Spanbauer, T Singewald, Jeffrey R Brace. Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Diffusion-Weighted and Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Findings, and Correlation with Plasma Ammonia Level and Clinical Outcome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2010; 31:1471-9.
20. Nilufer Cakir-Ozkan, Basar Sarikaya, Unal Erkorkmaz, Yeliz Akturk. Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Disc Displacement of the Temporomandibular Joint Compared With Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010; 68:1075-80.
21. Basar Sarikaya. Schizencephaly: As Seen With MR Tractography. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2009; 16:270-5
22. Yuksel Kaplan, G Semiha Kurt, Hatice Karaer, Basar Sarikaya, Nerses Bebek. Intra-familial incidence and characteristics of hot water epilepsy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2009; 36:575-81.
23. James M Provenzale, Basar Sarikaya. Comparison of test performance characteristics of MRI, MR angiography, and CT angiography in the diagnosis of carotid and vertebral artery dissection: a review of the medical literature. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009; 193:1167-74
24. Basar Sarikaya. Rupture of Very Small Sized Aneurysms. Stroke. 2009; 40:e410; author reply e411.
25. Basar Sarikaya, Erol Oksuz, Fatih Ersay Deniz, M. Murat Firat. Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Aneurysm At a Very Rare Location: Distal Azygos Anterior Cerebral Artery. Interventional Neuroradiology. 2008; 14:457-60
26. Sevda Sarikaya, Basar Sarikaya. Natural history of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Neurology. 2008; 71:1460.
27. Basar Sarikaya, Ahmet Eyibilen, Ibrahim Aladag, Mehmet Guven, M. Murat Firat. Unilateral Isolated Incus Agenesis: Detection by Virtual Endoscopy. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2008; 32:660-1.
28. Semiha Kurt, Basar Sarikaya, Berat Acu, Hatice Karaer, M. Murat Firat . Spontaneous Bilateral Carotid Artery Dissection: Diagnosis and Follow-up with MDCT. A Case Report. The Neuroradiology Journal. 2008; 21:275-278
29. Basar Sarikaya, Fatma S. Altugan, M. Murat Firat, Pierre L. Lasjaunias. Imaging Findings of a Patient with Incomplete Phenotypical Expression of the PHACES Syndrome. Interventional Neuroradiology. 2008; 14: 97-100
30. Fatma Bilge Ergen, Deniz Akata, Basar Sarikaya, Ulku Kerimoglu, Mutlu Hayran, Okan Akhan, Hero K. Hussain. Visualization of the Biliary Tract Using Gadobenate Dimeglumine: Preliminary Findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2008; 32:54-60
31. Basar Sarikaya, Sevda Sarikaya. Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome Revisited: A Didactic Case With Interesting Imaging Findings. Australas Radiol. 2007; 51 Spec No.:B10-3
32. Basar Sarikaya. Radiologic Aspects of Laryngoceles. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007; 137:691-2.
33. Basar Sarikaya, Sevda Sarikaya, Fatih Ersay Deniz, Berat Acu , Yuksel Kablan, M. Murat Firat. Unregistered Subtracted CT Angiography For The Visualization Of Intracranial Arteries At Or Near The Skull Base: Preliminary Experience. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2007; 13:105-8.
34. Safiye Gurel, Basar Sarikaya, Kamil Gurel, Deniz Akata. Role of sonography in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. J Clin Ultrasound. 2007; 35:509-17. Review
35. Atilla Senayli, Engin Sezer, Taner Sezer, Yesim Senayli, Dogan Koseoglu, Nurper Filiz, Basar Sarikaya . Coexistence of sacral dimple, solitary collagenoma and mid-dorsal hypertrichosis in a child with occult spinal dysraphism. Br J Dermatol. 2007; 156:1065-6.
36. Kursat Yelken, Mehmet Guven, Yuksel Kablan, Basar Sarikaya. Isolated Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Paralysis Following Open Septoplasty. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008; 46:308-9.
37. Ayse Yilmaz, Semiha Kurt, Basar Sarikaya, M. Murat Firat, Serpil Ocal, Ali Yeginsu. Recurrent Cerebral Fat Embolism Due to Pleural Irrigation: Fat Density Lesions on CT. A Case Report. The Neuroradiology Journal. 2007; 20:287-290.
38. Basar Sarikaya. Monkey's type of anterior cerebral artery mimicking aneurysm: CT angiography findings. Neuroanatomy. Published online June 8, 2006.
39. Basar Sarikaya, Yeliz Akturk, Ulku Bekar, Safiye Topaloglu. Bilateral renal lymphangiomatosis mimicking hydronephrosis: multidetector CT urographic findings. Abdom Imaging. 2006; 31:732-4.
40. Burce Ozgen, Kader Karli-Oguz, Basar Sarikaya, Betul Tavil, Aytemiz Gurgey. Diffusion-Weighted Cranial MR Findings in a Patient with Hemophagocytic Syndrome. AJNR. Am J Neuroradiol. 2006; 27:1312-4.
41. Basar Sarikaya, Tahsin Edguer, Efsun Senocak, Aysenur Cila. Multidetector computed tomography findings of an adult patient with Morgagni hernia presenting with perforated appendicitis. European Journal of Radiology Extra. 2006; 58:2
42. Tuncay Hazirolan, Basar Sarikaya, Barbaros E. Cil, Ferhun Balkanci, Aytekin Besim. Diffuse Contrast Enhancement of Right Ventricular Wall in a Patient with Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: A Clue to the Question Dysplasia or Myocarditis? European Journal of Radiology Extra. 2005; 55:2
43. Basar Sarikaya, Erhan Akpinar, Kader Karli-Oguz, Barbaros E. Cil. Joubert Syndrome: magnetic resonance imaging findings. Neuroanatomy. Published online July 6, 2004.
Conference and Meeting Faculty/Speaker
Invited Speaker 46th Annual Western Angiogaphic and Interventional Society Conference. Kaua, Hawai, USA, 10-15 September 2016
Faculty (hosting the neuroradiological image interpretation of demonstrated cases) at 5th Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course. Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 22-28 June 2014.
Invited Speaker. Philips precongress meeting, March 6, 2014 at 20th ECR Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
Faculty (hosting the neuroradiological image interpretation of demonstrated cases) at 4th Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course. Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 17-22 June 2013.
International Meeting and Symposium Presentations
1. Aysegul Sarsilmaz, Basar Sarikaya, Zeynep Firat, Aziz M Ulug, Geysu Karlikaya, Canan Aykut Bingol, Mutlu Cihangiroglu, Ilhami Kovanlikaya. Diffusion tensor imaging in early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 3T MRI. October 3-5, Toulouse, France ESMRMB, 2013.
2. Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney, Brandon D Lohman, Charles L Truwit. Comparison of Spin Echo and Gradient Echo T1-weighted Images at 3T for Term and Term Equivalent Neonatal Myelination Evaluation and Intraobserver Comparison. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, May, 2010
3. Brandon D Lohman, Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney, Michael Benson, Manfred T Benson. Value of Fat-Suppressed FLAIR and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluating for Optic Neuritis with Clinical Correlation. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, Houston, Texas, USA, October, 2010. Invited Presentation
4. Brandon D Lohman, Basar Sarikaya, Alexander M McKinney, Michael Benson, Manfred T Benson. Value of Fat-Suppressed FLAIR and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluating for Optic Neuritis with Clinical Correlation. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, May, 2010
5. M. Murat Firat, Basar Sarikaya, Erol Oksuz, Safiye Asci-Topaloglu, Ulku Bekar, F. Ersay Deniz. Endovascular treatment of a ruptured giant serpentine aneurysm of the anterior cerebral artery. 10th Congress of the World Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology, Montreal, Canada, June 29th-July 3rd, 2009
6. Basar Sarikaya, Mehmet Guven, Berat Acu, Ahmet Eyibilen, Ibrahim Aladag, Kursat Yelken, Ulku Bekar, M. Murat Firat. Laryngoceles: Symptomatic or Incidental, Multidetector CT Findings. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Chicago, June, 2007
7. Basar Sarikaya, Fatma S. Altugan, Sevda Sarikaya, Yuksel Kablan, Semiha Kurt, M. Murat Firat, Pierre L. Lasjaunias. Imaging Findings of a Patient with Incomplete Phenotypical Expression of the Syndrome PHACES. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Chicago, June, 2007
8. Basar Sarikaya, Yuksel Kablan, Sevda Sarikaya, Ulku Bekar, Zehra Aktas, M. Murat Firat. Combined Cerebellar and Cerebral Cortical Malformations. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Chicago, June, 2007
9. Basar Sarikaya, Berat Acu, Erol Oksuz, Fatih E. Deniz, M. Emrah Guven, M. Murat Firat. Imaging Findings of Bilateral Bifid Median Nerves. American Society of Neuroradiology Meeting, Chicago, June, 2007
10. F. Bilge Ergen, Deniz Akata, Basar Sarikaya, Mustafa Ozmen, Okan Akhan. Gadobenate Dimeglumine as a biliary contrast agent: Preliminary report. ESGAR meeting, 2005
11. Nursen Yordam, Alev Ozon, Ayfer Alikasifoglu, Basar Sarikaya. Comparison of Iodized Oil Versus Iodized Salt Supplementation in a Region With Severe Iodine Deficiency: Results of a one-year follow-up. 30th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association, 2004.
12. Nursen Yordam, Alev Ozon, Ayfer Alikasifoglu, Basar Sarikaya. Efficiency of Iodized Oil in Severe Iodine Deficiency in Comparison to Iodized Salt: Results of a 1 year Trial in a Severe Iodine Deficiency Area. 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society For Paediatric Endocrinology. September, 2003
Editorial Board Member
Clinics in Surgery: Neurological Surgery 2016-
Reviewer For the Following Journals
American Journal of Roentgenology 2012-
European Journal of Radiology 2010-
European Radiology 2010-
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 2009-
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2009-
Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2009-
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2008-
Other Publications
Book Chapters
Basar Sarikaya, James M Provenzale. Huntington Disease, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Chronic Hypertensive Encephalopathy, Vascular Dementia, Multiple System Atrophy In: Osborn AG, Salzman KL, Barkovich AJ. Diagnostic Imaging: Brain. 2nd Edition, Manitoba, Canada: Amirsys; 2010.
Translation Editor (English to Turkish)
Primer of diagnostic imaging. Turkish Title: Tanısal görüntülemenin temeli. Weissleder R, Wittenberg J, Harisinghani MG; Translation Editors: Basar Sarikaya, Baris Tasbas ISBN: 975-87789-1-9