About

Yücel Doğruel is head of the Neurosurgery Clinic at the University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in İzmir, Türkiye. His clinical and academic work centres on cranial surgery: skull base tumours, cerebrovascular disease, brain tumours and epilepsy surgery. Two lines of research underpin it: cadaveric microsurgical neuroanatomy and the translation of that anatomy into patient-specific three-dimensional models.

Training

• 2014 — Ege University Faculty of Medicine, MD
• 2016–2021 — Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, residency in neurosurgery

Microsurgical neuroanatomy

• 2018–2019 — National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: specimen preparation, white-matter dissection, skull base approaches
• 2019 — Acıbadem University CASE Laboratory: white-matter dissection, endoscopic skull base approaches
• 2020 — Yeditepe University Microneurosurgery Laboratory: white-matter dissection
• 2022–2023 — Yeditepe University and The Neurosurgical Atlas: neuro-oncology, skull base and complex cranial surgery, artificial intelligence, neuroanatomy

Positions

• 2014–2016 — Samandağ State Hospital, emergency physician
• 2016–2021 — Pamukkale University, neurosurgery resident
• 2021–2022 — Iğdır State Hospital, neurosurgeon
• 2023–2024 — Tunceli State Hospital, neurosurgeon
• 2024– — Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, head of the Neurosurgery Clinic

Roles and memberships

• Chair, Young Neurosurgeons Committee, Turkish Neurosurgical Society (2025–2027)
• Scientific Publication Coordinator, Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi (the Society’s Turkish-language journal)
• Member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and the Nervous System Surgery Society

Publications

He has authored 45 articles in SCIE-indexed journals, four papers in national journals and seven book chapters, including one in the 8th edition of Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery. Images from his co-authored work have appeared on the covers of Brain Structure and Function (January 2023), the Journal of Neurosurgery (January 2024) and the Anatolian Journal of General Medical Research (August 2026). The full list is on the Publications page.

Awards

• 2021 — First prize, best surgical video, 34th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• 2022 — Dr. Aysima Altınok Neurosurgery Thesis Award, Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• 2025 — Prof. Dr. Mahir Tevruz Scientific Research Award

Correspondence

Referrals and academic correspondence: yucel@yuceldogruel.com. Patient appointments are made through the national appointment system (MHRS); see Contact.