Dr. Alp Özgün Börcek was born in Eskişehir in 1978. After completing his primary and secondary education in Eskişehir, he entered Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1996. He graduated in 2002 and began his neurosurgery residency at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine the same year.
During the final year of his residency, he received an AANS International Travel Scholarship and worked as a pediatric neurosurgery observer with Prof. Dr. James Rutka at The Hospital for Sick Children, affiliated with the University of Toronto.
After completing his compulsory service at Batman Regional State Hospital between 2009 and 2011, he returned to Gazi University, Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery Division, where he worked with Prof. Dr. M. Kemali Baykaner.
Dr. Börcek became an associate professor in 2015 and has authored more than 70 scientific articles in national and international journals, as well as 13 book chapters. He has worked as a researcher in two international projects and led a major TÜBİTAK-funded research project between 2011 and 2017. Since 2019, he has also worked with the Presidential Digital Transformation Office on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
He is a member of several national and international scientific societies. His main field is pediatric neurosurgery, and many of his patients are children. He also has long-standing experience in Gamma Knife radiosurgery for both adults and children. He was appointed Professor of Neurosurgery in 2022.
His clinical interests include childhood brain tumors, endoscopic surgical procedures, congenital anomalies, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, and skull shape disorders. He commonly treats brain tumors, hydrocephalus, congenital conditions, and cranial reshaping needs in children, and has actively treated adult and pediatric patients with Gamma Knife radiosurgery for more than 15 years.
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, which holds international accreditation from the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, provides care with advanced technologies including intraoperative MRI, intraoperative CT imaging, neuronavigation, and endoscopy systems.