Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Ur Özçelik
Neurology
About Emel Ur Özçelik
Assoc. Prof. Emel Ur Özçelik is a board-certified neurologist with a strong clinical and academic background in headache, pain, and neurophysiology. She completed neurology training at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2009 and currently practices with Acıbadem Health Group since 2024. Her clinical interests include migraine and other primary headache disorders, pain management, and clinical electrophysiology (EEG/EMG). She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the International Headache Society (IHS), the Global Migraine and Pain Association working group, the Clinical Electroneurophysiology (EEG-EMG) Society, the Turkish Society for the Fight against Epilepsy, the Turkish Neurology Association, and the Headache and Pain Research Association working group. These affiliations reflect her commitment to advancing care through clinical practice, research collaboration, and continued professional development.
Subspecialties
- Migraine
- Primary headache disorders
- Epilepsy
- Childhood absence epilepsy
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis
- Genetic generalized epilepsy
- Focal epilepsy
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Pain management
- Electroencephalography
- Electromyography
Education
- 2009 Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Neurology
- 2008 University of Washington, Seattle-USA, Center for Clinical Neurophysiology, Clinical Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery (Supervisor: John W. Miller, MD, PhD, University of Washington, Regional Epilepsy Center/ Seattle-USA) Observer Assistant Professor
- 2003 Ondokuzmayıs University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2024 Acibadem Health Group
- 2023 SBU Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital-Neurology Clinic
- 2022 – 2023 SBU Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital-Neurology Clinic / Chief Assistant Specialist Dr.
- 2022 SBU Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital-Neurology Clinic / Neurology Specialist
- 2022 Istanbul Health and Technology University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology / Assistant Professor
- 2021 – 2022 Istanbul Health and Technology University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy / Assistant Professor
- 2015 – 2021 SBÜ Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital-Neurology Clinic / Chief Assistant Specialist Doctor
- 2012 – 2015 SBU Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital-Neurology Clinic / Specialist Doctor
- 2010 – 2012 Nevşehir State Hospital (State Compulsory Service) / Specialist Doctor
- 2004 Mudurnu State Hospital / General Practitioner
Professional Memberships
- International Headache Society (IHS)
- Global Migraine and Pain Association Working Group Membership
- Clinical Electroneurophysiology, EEG-EMG Society
- Turkish Society for the Fight against Epilepsy
- Turkish Neurology Association
- Headache and Pain Research Association Working Group Membership
Selected Publications
- Long-term Prognosis of Childhood Absence Epilepsy Arch Neuropsychiatry. 2024;61:85?89. https://doi.org/10.29399/npa.28583 Atacan-Yaşgüçlükal M , Ur Özçelik E , Elmalı AD , Çokar Ö, Demirbilek V
- Head-MENA-A study group. Other primary headache disorders: Data from the HEAD-MENA-A study in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2024; 236, 108112. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.108112 Atalar A Ç, Genç, H, Ur Özçelik E, Bolay H, Uluduz D, Unal-Cevik I, Kissani N, Luvsannorov O, Togha M, Ozge A, Baykan B
- Diffusion tensor imaging in photosensitive and nonphotosensitive juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Seizure. Published online December 23, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2023.12.015 Acar D, Ur Ozcelik E, Baykan B, Bebek N, Demiralp T, Bayram A
- Lamotrigine in the prophylaxis of migraine:comparison of effectiveness in migraine with and without aura in patients with depression and anxiety symptoms. Comprehensive Medicine, 2023;15(1), 74-80. Özarslan M, Ur Özçelik E.
- Is there a relationship between the disease duration of migraine and symptoms of depression and anxiety? Kocaeli Medical Journal, 2022;11(3), 118-123. Ur Özçelik E, Özarslan M.
- Let there be light: Inhibitory effect of photic stimulation on spike frequency in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsy Res. 2021; 176:106734. Elmalı AD, Ur Özçelik E, Bebek N, Baykan B.
- Reflex Trigger Features in Genetic Generalized and Focal Epilepsies with Neuropsychological Activation Methods in Questioning and Electroencephalography Epilepsy. 2021; 27(1): 52-61 Ur Özçelik E, Ataklı D, Şirin NG, Köksal A, Bebek N, Baykan B.
- Validity and Reliability Study of the Modified Mini Mental Test for the Uneducated (MMSE-E) in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease in Turkish Population. Turkish Journal of Psychiatry. 2015;27(1). Babacan-Yildiz G, Ur E, Kolukisa M, Isik AT, Gursoy E, Kocaman G, Celebi A.
- Bipolar Mood Disorder And Mental Retardation Comorbid With Arnold-Chiari Malformation :Case Report. New/New Symposium Journal. 2010; 48(4): 289-291. Bakım B, Ur Özçelik E, Karamustafalıoğlu K.O, Cengiz Ceylan Y, Tankaya O.
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Neurology India 2009; 57(4): 497-9. Necioğlu Örken D, Kenangil G, Ur Özçelik E, Forta H.
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