Prof. Dr. Merter Yalçınkaya graduated from Tarsus American College in 1999 and from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2005. During his medical education, he served as an observer in 2004 at the Anatomic Pathology Section of Surgical Pathology within the Department of Pathology at the University of Chicago.

Between 2005 and 2010, he completed his residency training at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic of the Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, earning the title of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Specialist. From 2011 to 2012, he fulfilled his compulsory public service at the Ministry of Health Horasan State Hospital.

In 2013, after successfully passing the relevant examination, he was appointed as a specialist physician to the Chief Resident (Senior Instructor) position at the Ministry of Health Metin Sabancı Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital. In 2012, he successfully completed the Turkish Orthopaedics and Traumatology Education Council (TOTEK) Proficiency Examinations, obtained the TOTEK Board Certification, and became a TOTEK member. In 2014, he passed the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EBOT) Examinations, earning the EBOT Diploma and the title of FEBOT (Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology).

In 2014, he completed a clinical fellowship in musculoskeletal orthopedic oncology surgery at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, 3rd Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic in Bologna, Italy.

In 2015, he successfully passed the associate professorship examination and was awarded the title of Associate Professor.

Between 2017 and 2018, he worked at İstinye University Hospital Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir; from 2018 to 2019 at Medicana International Istanbul Hospital; and from 2019 to 2020 at Şişli Kolan International Hospital. In 2020, he began working at Bahçeşehir University Medical Park Göztepe Hospital.

In 2021, he was appointed to the Professor position at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and assumed the role of Head of Department. From October 2022 to June 2024, he served as Vice Dean of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, and from June 2024 to December 2025, he held the position of Dean, taking an active role in the faculty’s academic and institutional development.

Since 2017, Prof. Dr. Merter Yalçınkaya has served as an examiner in the EBOT Oral Examination. Since December 2020, he has been the Turkey Representative in the Orthopaedics Section of the Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS) – EBOT. As of October 2025, he has been serving as the Chair of the EBOT-TK Turkish Oral Examination.

Prof. Dr. Merter Yalçınkaya has been serving as Associate Editor of Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica since 2018 and as an Editorial Board Member of the journal Orthopedics since 2019.

He currently sees patients at his private practice in Fulya, Istanbul.

In his clinical practice, Prof. Dr. Merter Yalçınkaya primarily focuses on orthopedic oncology surgery, adult reconstruction and arthroplasty (joint replacement) surgery, and orthopedic traumatology, continuing his work with a strong commitment to scientific principles, ethical responsibility, and a patient-centered approach.

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