OUR DOCTORS

Assoc. Prof. Önder Çerezci, M.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Assoc. Prof. Önder Çerezci, M.D.
  • Dr. Çerezci played an active role in the establishment of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at American Hospital in 1996.
  • Contributed to the book titled " Rehabilitation Protocols for Shoulder, Elbow, Knee and Ankle".
  •  Authored and edited Turkey’s first " Hand Rehabilitation Book" in collaboration with various centers and physicians working on Hand Rehabilitation in Turkey along with Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit of American Hospital. 
  • Instructed Botox practice for the treatment of spasticity in 1996.
  • Principal fields of clinical interest:
    • Orthopedic rehabilitation,
    • Ergonomics,
    • Spine rehabilitation,
    • Muscle pain syndromes (fibromyalgia syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome),
    • Treatment and rehabilitation of osteoarthritis,
    • Neurological rehabilitation,
    • Cancer rehabilitation,
    • Lymphedema,
    • Geriatric rehabilitation.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Education Institution Year
Investigator Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury, St Barth’s Rehabilitation Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 1995 - 1996
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Şişli Etfal Hospital, MoH 1991 - 1995
Medical Education School of Medicine, Ankara University 1983 - 1989

CAREER

Title Institution Year
Attending Physician / Assoc. Prof. Chief of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Hospital 2007 - to date
Attending Physician, Lecturer Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation College, Üsküdar University         2014 - to date
Attending Physician Deputy Chief of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Hospital 1996 - 2007