Education

• Professor Ordinary: Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993
• Professor: Neurosurgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA, 1993
• Fellowship: Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1992
• Assistant Professor: Neurosurgery, Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973
• Fellowship: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, USA, 1967
• Chief Residency: Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1960
• Residency: Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1957
• Residency: General Surgery, Interlaken, Switzerland, 1952
• Residency: Internal Medicine, Interlaken, Switzerland, 1951
• Residency: Psychiatry, Münsingen, Switzerland, 1951
• Doctorate: Medical Faculty of University of Basel, Switzerland, 1950
• Post Graduate: Brain Anatomy, Department of Anatomy of University of Basel, Switzerland, 1949
• M.D.: Medical Faculty of University of Basel, Switzerland (10 Semesters), 1949
• M.D.: Medical Faculty of Friedrich Schiller University, Germany (2 Semesters), 1945

Board Certifications

• Alfred Vogt-Award of the Swiss Ophthalmological Society, 1957
• Robert Bing Prize of Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, 1968
• Marcel Benoist Science Prize of Swiss Federal Council, 1976
• Pioneer Microsurgeon Award, International Microsurgical Society, Sidney, Australia, 1981
• Honorary Medal, Universita de Napoli e della Compagna, 1988
• Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı Medical Award, Istanbul, TURKEY, 1991
• Medal of Honor World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, 1997
• Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1998
• Honored as “Neurosurgeon of the Century” by the Brazilian Neurosurgical Society, 1998
• Medal of Honor, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, 1999
• Honored as “Man of the Century 1950-2000” by the journal, “Neurosurgery” at the Congress of Neurological surgeons Annual Meeting, 1999
• Fedor Krause Medal, German Society of Neurosurgery, 2000
• Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2000
• “Yaşargil Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery” University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little, Rock, Arkansas (Founded), 2000
• State Medal of Distinguished service Republic of Turkey, 2000
• Award of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, 2000
• International Francesco Durante Award, Italy, 2002
• Puusepp Medal, Estonia, 2002
• National Sovereignty and Honor Award Grand National Assembly of Turkey, First Recipient, 2005
• Independence Medal of the First Order United Arab Emirates, 2007
• Golden Neuron Award, World Academy of Neurological Surgeons, First recipient, 2007
• M. Gazi Yaşargil and Dianne C.H Yaşargil Lecture University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences USA, 2008
• First Yaşargil Lecture, Inauguration of the Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 2014
• Tissot Medal, Swiss League Against Epilepsy, 2015
• Eurasian Academy, Founding Member, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2016

Affiliations

• Academia Brasileira de Neurocirurgia
• Society of Neurological Surgeons, USA
• American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas, USA (Honorary Fellow)
• Canadian Neurosurgical Society
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Japan Neurosurgical Society
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Swiss Society of Neuroradiology
• Royal Society of Medicine, London, Section of Neurology
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• International Skull Base Society (ISBS)
• Swiss Society of Neurosurgery
• Argentine Association of Neurosurgery
• American Society of Neuroradiology
• Turkish Academy of Sciences
• Peruvian Society of Neurosurgery
• Italian Society of Neurosurgery
• Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society
• Georgia Neurosurgical Society
• Polish Society of Neurosurgeons
• Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association
• Portuguese Neurosurgical Society
• Taiwan Neurosurgical Society
• Hellenic Neurosurgical Society