Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Emir Tavşanlı
Neurology

About Mustafa Emir Tavşanlı
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Emir Tavşanlı is a neurologist with expertise in sleep medicine. He graduated from İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, completing his neurology training in 2010. Since 2022 he has been practicing with Acıbadem Health Group, where he provides patient-centered neurological care with a focus on sleep disorders and related conditions. He is an active member of the Turkish Sleep Medicine Association and the Turkish Neurology Association, contributing to professional development and clinical best practices in neurology and sleep medicine.
Subspecialties
- Sleep disorders
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
- Peripheral nervous system dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea
- Primary headache disorders
- Pediatric headache
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease-associated headache
- Tumefactive demyelinating lesions
- Demyelinating central nervous system disease
- Neurological complications of substance abuse
- Fabry disease
Education
- 2010 Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Neurology
- 2005 Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2022 Acibadem Health Group
- 2015 – 2019 Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital / Chief Assistant
- 2013 – 2015 Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital / Specialist Doctor
- 2012 – 2013 Cizre State Hospital / Compulsory Service
- 2011 – 2012 Kasımpaşa Naval Hospital / Reserve Officer
- 2005 – 2010 IU Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine / Specialty Education
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Sleep Medicine Association
- Turkish Neurology Association
Selected Publications
- Ratio of fabry disease in patients with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy: a single center study from turkey anatol j cardiol doi: 10.14744 (2019) Barman HA, Özcan S, Atıcı A, Özgökçe C, Öztürk A, Kafalı AE, Çakar NE, Tavşanlı ME, Küçük M, Şahin I, Okuyan E.
- Impact of intermittent hypoxia on peripheral nervous systems in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Neurlogical Sciences and Neurophysiology (Accepted) (2019) . Tavşanlı ME, Benbir-Şenel G, Gündüz A, Karadeniz D, Uzun Adatepe N.
- Emotional and Behavioral influence of headache in pediatric Rheumatic diseases J. Clin Neurosci Doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.03.025 (2017) Doğangün B, Tavşanlı ME, Şen E, Güntel M, Kasapçopur O, Sohtaoğlu M, (Stat) EY, Saip S, Uludüz D.
- Is cognitive processing affected in adults with hypospadias?: P300 study Open Med (Wars) doi: 10.1515/med-2015-0059 (2015) Tekeli H, Koçoğlu H, Alan C, Tavşanlı ME, Yaşar H, Malkoç E, Kendirli ME, Hayretdağ Örs C, Ersay AR, Özışık Karaman HI.
- Primary Headaches in pediatric patients with chronic rhaeumatic disease. Brain Dev. Doi: doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2014.01.009 (2014) Uludüz D, Tavşanlı ME, Uygunoğlu U, Saip S, Kasapçopur O, Özge A, Temel GO.
- Neurological Effects of Substance Abuse Okmeydanı Medical Journal 30 (supplement issue 2) 110-114; (2014) Örken C, Tavşanlı ME.
- Clinical and radiological characteristics of tumefactive demyelinating lesions: follow up study Mult Scler doi: 10.1177/1352458512438237 (2012) Altıntaş A, Petek B, Işık N, Terzi M, Bölükbaşı F, Tavşanlı M, Saip S, Boz C, Aydın T, Arıcı-Düz O, Özer F, Siva A.
- Immune Properties of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System and the Blood Brain Barrier Turkiye Klinikleri J Neurol-Special Topics 2009;2(4):1-7 Altintas A, Tavsanli ME, Esen F.
- Vogt?Koyanagi?Harada disease: headache as an initial manifestation j Headache Pain. 2008 Mustafa Tavsanli, Derya Uluduz, Sabahattin Saip, Gurhan Kendiroglu
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