‪Emre Acaroğlu‬

Emre R. Acaroğlu‬ earned his MD degree in 1986 and started residency in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology in Hacettepe University. Upon completion of the residency in 1991, worked in the same department as a clinical instructor for one and a half year, and was appointed as an assistant professor in December 1992.

He did his spine fellowship in New York from 1993 to 1994 (Columbia University, directed by Drs. JP Farcy and M Weidenbaum) with a parallel research appointment in the Orthopedic Research Laboratory, directed by Dr. V. Mow.

He earned the title of Associate Professor in 1995 and received tenure in 1996. He became a Full Professor of Orthopedics and Traumatology in 2002. He had spent 15 months in the University of California San Francisco from 2003 and 2004 as a sabbatical. He served as the chief of spinal surgery in Hacettepe University Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology up till 2009. Currently, he is the director of Ankara Spine Center and chief of Orthopedic Spine.

He maintains a keen interest in medical education. Had been a member of the EduComm of Eurospine for three years between 2008 and 2011. He is the Orthopedic Education officer of AOSpine EU now (3-year term, started July 2013).

Dr. Acaroglu clinically specializes in Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity. He is an executive member of an international study group that focuses on adult deformity (European Spine Study Group). His research on the pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in collaboration with scientists from UCSF and U of Montreal is funded by the SRS and Cotrel Foundation.