Doç. Dr. Bedri Karaismailoğlu

• 2026

  EFAS Research Grant

  His study, a collaboration between CAST and the Harvard/MGH FARIL centre, received the European Foot & Ankle Society (EFAS) Research Grant.

• 2026

  EFAS video competition — top 5

  His percutaneous ATFL repair technique video was selected among the top five at the EFAS Congress video competition.

• 2025

  THE Awards Asia finalist

  CAST's personalised-medicine project, under his direction, was a finalist for Technological or Digital Innovation at the Times Higher Education Awards Asia.

• 2026

  BEOFAA Advanced Fellows Symposium

  Hosted the 2nd BEOFAA symposium in Istanbul, bringing together foot and ankle surgeons from the UK and Europe.

• EFAS

  Youth Committee & Fellowship Centre

  Member of the EFAS Youth Committee; his clinic serves as an EFAS Fellowship Centre welcoming fellows from across Europe.

• 2022–23

  Harvard / MGH research fellowship

  Postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Foot & Ankle Research and Innovation Laboratory (FARIL), Boston.

• 2022

  Founding director of CAST

  Founded and leads CAST, a Cerrahpaşa research centre focused on surgical simulation, biomechanics and design.

• 01

  Arthroscopy & percutaneous surgery

  Ankle arthroscopy and minimally invasive repairs through small incisions.

• 02

  Ligament injuries & instability

  Chronic ankle instability, ATFL repair and syndesmotic injuries.

• 03

  Achilles & tendon surgery

  Chronic Achilles ruptures, insertional tendinopathy and tendon transfers.

• 04

  Deformity correction

  Hallux valgus and rigidus, flatfoot and cavus foot; osteotomies and fusions.

• 05

  Foot & ankle trauma

  Ankle and calcaneal fractures, fracture surgery in elderly patients.

• 06

  Research & surgical design

  Weight-bearing CT, patient-specific guides, 3D simulation; surgical training with VR and 3D printing.

1. 2026Weight-bearing computed tomography volumetric analysis for diagnosis of syndesmotic instability: A new standard of care?Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy↗
2. 2026Use of bony landmarks for more accurate tibiofibular syndesmotic fixation: Validity and safety analysis of the angle bisector methodFoot and Ankle Surgery↗
3. 2025Systematic review and meta-analysis comparing open FHL tendon transfer, hamstring transfer, and turndown flaps to treat chronic Achilles tendon rupturesFoot & Ankle International↗
4. 2025Radiological safety atlas of minimally invasive midfoot fusion: A cadaver studyFoot and Ankle Surgery↗
5. 2025Impact of dorsal closing wedge calcaneal osteotomy on hindfoot alignment and biomechanics of patients with insertional Achilles tendinopathy: A weightbearing CT-based simulation studyFoot and Ankle Surgery↗

News and posts from the Cerrahpaşa Research Simulation and Design Centre he directs.

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  June 2025

  Featured in national media for pioneering health-tech work

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  June 2025

  Cerrahpaşa & Harvard joint meeting hosted at CAST

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  December 2024

  The MGH-IUC ORTHOPHD research fellowship launches

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  February 2024

  Surgical guide designed at CAST wins an award in the US

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  March 2023

  Collaboration between CAST and Harvard/MGH FARIL

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Recent posts on congresses, collaborations and fellowship programmes.

1. 2026–Manager, KIOPSI
2. 2022–Director, CAST (Cerrahpaşa Research Simulation and Design)
3. 2022–2023Postdoctoral Research Fellow, FARIL, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston
4. 2020–Associate Professor of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
5. 2018–2020Orthopaedic surgeon, Ayancık State Hospital, Sinop
6. 2012–2018Residency, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Istanbul University
7. 2011–2012Emergency physician, Akkuş State Hospital, Ordu
8. 2004–2011Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine