Eylem Öcal

Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Neurosurgery, College of Medicine

11 h-index 53 pubs 456 cited

Research Areas

Global Maternal and Child Health Birth, Development, and Health Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Child and Adolescent Health Neurological disorders and treatments Healthcare Policy and Management Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

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Eylem Öcal's research focuses on neurosurgery, with a particular emphasis on global public health initiatives and pediatric neurosurgery. Öcal has investigated the role of neurosurgeons in advocating for public health measures, such as folic acid fortification of staple foods to prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida. This work includes contributing to the first neurosurgery-driven resolution at the World Health Assembly calling for micronutrient fortification. Öcal also studies surgical interventions and outcomes for preterm infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus and investigates sleep-related breathing disorders in pediatric populations, including those with spina bifida and Chiari I malformation. Öcal's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11, 53 total publications, and 456 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 53
  • Citations: 456

Selected Publications

  • Letter: Lunch With a Legend: Pearls From Prof M. Gazi Yasargil in His Final Conversation With Neurosurgeons, as He Neared His 100th Birthday (2026) DOI
  • Targeted Inhibition in Pediatric MET and ALK-Altered Hemispheric Gliomas: Objective Responses Followed by Treatment Resistance (2025) DOI
  • Clinical Improvements Following Posterior Cranial Vault Remodeling in a Patient with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Case Report (2025) DOI
  • Neurosurgery as a Catalyst for Global Health and Surgery Targets: Road to 2030 Highlights from World Health Organization's 78th World Health Assembly (2025) DOI
  • Corrigendum to Global Neurosurgery at the 76th World Health Assembly (2023): First Neurosurgery-Driven Resolution Calls for Micronutrient Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida [World Neurosurgery, 2024 May:185:135-140] (2025) DOI
  • The Power of Advocacy in Global Neurosurgery (2024) DOI
  • Surgical interventions and short-term outcomes for preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus: a multicentre cohort study (2024) DOI
  • Global Neurosurgery at the 76th World Health Assembly (2023): First Neurosurgery-Driven Resolution Calls for Micronutrient Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida (2024) DOI
  • Neurosurgeon-Led Advocacy for Folic Acid Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida (2023) DOI
  • WITHDRAWN: The Role of Neurosurgeons in Global Public Health: The Case of Folic Acid Fortification of Staple Foods to Prevent Spina Bifida (2023) DOI
  • Sleep related breathing disorders in the spina bifida population ages 1–20 years: A retrospective study in Arkansas (2022) DOI
  • The role of neurosurgeons in global public health: the case of folic acid fortification of staple foods to prevent spina bifida (2022) DOI
  • Management of Sleep Apnea in Children with Chiari I Malformation: A Retrospective Study (2022) DOI
  • Women in pediatric neurosurgery (2021) DOI

Collaborators

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Murat Gökden University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Sateesh Jayappa University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Laura Hobart‐Porter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications David K. Wilson University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Kevin Bielamowicz University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Kariel Thornton University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Gregory W. Albert University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Curran Henson University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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