38 سنة خبرة
In clinical practice, 1,500+ procedures performed
2 Specializations
Clinical focus areas covered as a medical advisor
2 لغات
يتحدث Ali English, Turkish.
What Makes Ali a Trusted Advisor?
Assoc. Prof. Ali Zırh graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1983 and specialised in neurosurgery at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 1988. He trained further at Johns Hopkins and Toronto Western Hospital.
He has more than three decades of clinical and surgical experience in functional brain surgery, with over 1,500 surgical interventions for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders and more than 1,000 deep brain stimulation procedures.
Since September 2018 he has practised at the Medipol University Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center (PARMER). He has publications in international journals, eight book chapters and more than 150 conference presentations.
Role on the Medical Advisory Board
As a member of Bookimed's Medical Advisory Board, this doctor reviews published content on neurosurgery and movement disorders for medical accuracy.
What Ali Reviews
As a Medical Advisory Board member, Ali reviews Bookimed's clinic listings, procedure pages, and other site content for medical accuracy — rather than authoring or being credited on individual articles.
Ali's top-reviewed listings, by patient arrivals:
Medical Background & Qualifications
- ✅ Guinness World Records entry (2018) for the largest number of deep brain stimulation procedures performed
- ✅ Eight book chapters and more than 150 conference presentations
الخبرة العملية
Medipol University Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center (PARMER)
Neurosurgeon
2018–Present
Education
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
1983
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Specialisation, Neurosurgery
1988
Johns Hopkins
Training, functional neurosurgery
Toronto Western Hospital
Training, functional neurosurgery
Certification & Accreditation
American Parkinson Disease Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
How Ali Reviews Content
Every piece of content Ali reviews goes through the same process before it's approved for publication.
Clinical Review
Reads the draft against current clinical practice
Evidence Verification
Checks claims against peer-reviewed sources
Medical-Accuracy Check
Confirms procedures, risks, and outcomes are described correctly
Source Validation
Verifies cited studies and statistics
Periodic Re-review
Re-checks published content as guidelines evolve
About the Medical Advisory Board
Independent, not employed by Bookimed. Medical Advisory Board members are independent, board-certified physicians who volunteer their clinical expertise to review Bookimed's content for accuracy. They are not Bookimed employees, and members are selected based on credentials and patient outcomes. Members may also be listed as treating doctors on Bookimed's platform; where that is the case, their advisory role is kept editorially separate from any commercial listing. Read our full Editorial Policy.
Credentials verified by Bookimed Medical Team