Professor Yasin Temel (born 2 July 1977 in

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) is a

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

with a strong interest in

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

Early life

Yasin Temel did his primary school at the Minister Calsschool ( Almelo, The Netherlands) He went to secondary school at the Philips van Horne Scholengemeenschap (Weert, The Netherlands). In 1995, he started with Medicine at

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( Maastricht, The Netherlands) and graduated with designation in 2001.

Career

After receiving his Medical degree, Yasin Temel combined his training in Neurosurgery with his PhD training at Maastricht University Medical Center from 2001 to 2010. In this period he obtained his PhD cum laude from the faculty of Medicine of Maastricht University on 2 February 2007. In 2012 he was appointed as Professor of Neurosurgery. He was the youngest professor of Maastricht University. The main clinical activities of Temel are in the field of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery and Skull Base surgery. His research is related to these areas of Neuroscience. For his scientific work, he has received several personal awards including the Science award of the Dutch brain foundation in 2011 and the JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons special Award in 2011.

Interests

The main scope of Temel’s research is understanding the mechanisms of brain disease and developing therapies.

External links

*Maastricht University: https://mhens.mumc.maastrichtuniversity.nl/neuromodulation-experimental-neurosurgery *University Hospital: http://neurochirurgie.mumc.nl/medewerkers/temel *Brightlands: http://www.brightlands.com/meet-bright-people/yasin-temel/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Temel, Yasin Dutch neurosurgeons Dutch neuroscientists Maastricht University alumni 1977 births Living people