Best Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (tlif) Doctors Abroad for Australian Patients

Professor Sangwon Hwang has performed over 6,000 spine surgeries, making him one of the most prolific neurosurgeons in the field.

• Specialises in endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques for faster recovery
• Former Adjunct Professor at Asan Medical Center, a top-ranked Korean institution
• Heads the Spine Centre at Leadheal Hospital as CEO and Chief Surgeon
• Focuses on precise diagnosis to avoid unnecessary surgical procedures
• Member of the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society

Dr. Bugra Bilge Keseroglu specializes in robotic and laparoscopic urology. His robotic work includes radical prostatectomy (conventional and Retzius-sparing), radical cystectomy, sacrocolpopexy, and Burch colposuspension. His laparoscopic work includes radical prostatectomy with lymph node dissection, radical cystectomy, sacrocolpopexy, and Burch colposuspension. He also performs laparoscopic nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty, all endourological surgeries (stone surgery and endoscopic procedures), HOLEP, and female incontinence surgery.

Education: Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, 1990–1996. Specialization: S.B. Ankara Training and Research Hospital, 1997–2002. Experience: Yozgat State Hospital, 2002–2006 and 2012–2016; Yozgat Private Hospital, 2006–2011; S.B. Ankara Training and Research Hospital, 2016–2019; Bilkent City Hospital, 2019–2024.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Necati Kaplan is a neurosurgeon specializing in brain, spine, and peripheral nerve surgery. He treats tumors, vascular disorders, hydrocephalus, trauma, degenerative spine disease, pediatric neurosurgical conditions, and Chiari malformation. He also works with experimental stem cell and exosome therapies.

He graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2000. He completed training in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Techniques in Mainz/Tuttlingen in 2016. He also trained in Advanced Neuroendoscopy (2004), the Keyhole concept (2003), Microsurgery at GATA (2005), Pediatric Neurosurgery (2015), and minimally invasive lumbar surgery (2015).

He has served as a Board Member of the Association of Nervous System Surgery since 2018. He is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Association (since 2008) and the Association of Stem Cell and Cellular Therapies (since 2019). He co-authored series on vertebroplasty (111 patients/140 segments), 200 anterior cervical surgeries, 271 lumbar microdiscectomies, 673 mild head trauma cases, and stem cell therapies.

Dr Ali Osman Mucuoglu is a specialist neurosurgeon at Atlas University Hospital with advanced training in complex spinal interventions. He has a particular focus on modern surgical techniques for the spine.

• Completed the prestigious Dr Mehmet Zileli Advanced Spinal Surgery Course twice
• Member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
• Specialised in minimally invasive approaches for spinal stabilisation and decompression
• Published research on neural foraminal issues and spinal case management
• Registered with the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine

Professor Halil Can is a specialist neurosurgeon who has published extensive anatomical research on the lumbar spine and transforaminal pathways.

• Specialises in endoscopic and microsurgical techniques for lumbar disc surgery
• Published peer-reviewed studies on the morphometric analysis of lumbar arteries and neural foramen
• Performs minimally invasive pain management including transforaminal and facet injections
• Expertise in complex spinal stabilisations and degenerative spine diseases
• Accomplished academic reaching the rank of Professor at Istinye University