About Me

Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and completed his residency at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic at Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital in 2007, becoming an Orthopedic Specialist.

Between 2011 and 2013, he participated in a fellowship program at the Alfred I. duPont Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Hospital at Thomas Jefferson University in the United States, working as a research fellow.

Between 2015 and 2018, he served as an assistant professor at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, where he earned the title of associate professor. In 2018, he participated in the fellowship program at the Florida Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute in the United States.

Between 2018 and 2022, he served as a faculty member at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine and worked at Ankara Bilkent City Hospital.

Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ, who was awarded the title of Professor in 2021, currently works at the Private Pediatric Orthopedics Clinic in Çukurambar, Ankara. Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ has served as an instructor, speaker, and session chair at numerous national and international scientific courses, congresses, and meetings. He has also served as a reviewer for national and international scientific publications. He is married with two children and has a good command of English.

Educational Background 

Professional Experience

Memberships in Scientific Organizations

• Member of the Board of Directors, Turkish Pediatric Orthopaedic Association (ÇOD)
• Turkish Orthopaedic Association (TOTBİD)
• AAOS
• EPOS
• POSNA
• Member of the Board of Directors, SERÇEV

Works

A. Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals:

1. Karatas AF, Bober MB, Rogers K, Duker AL, Ditro CP, Mackenzie WG.  Hip Pathology in Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type II. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Apr 3.Doi:10,1097/BPO.0000000000000183
2. Karatas AF, Dede O, Atanda AA, Holmes L Jr, Rogers K, Gabos P, Shah SA.  Comparison of Direct Pars Repair Techniques of Spondylolysis in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: Pars Compression Screw versus Pedicle Screw-Rod-Hook. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2012 Oct 16. DOI:10.1097/BSD.0b013e318277cb7d
3. Karatas AF, Dede O, Rogers K, Ditro CP, Holmes L, Bober M, Shah SA, Mackenzie WG. Growth-sparing spinal instrumentation in skeletal dysplasia. Spine (PhilaPa 1976). 2013 Nov 15;38(24):E1517-26. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a590f0.
4. Yalcin N, Kilicarslan K, Karatas F, Mutlu T, Yıldırım H.  Cementless total hip arthroplasty with subtrochanteric transverse shortening osteotomy for severely dysplastic or dislocated hips.  Hip Int. 2010 Jan-Mar;20(1):87-93.
5. A.A.Dhawale, A.F.Karatas, L.Holmes, K.J.Rogers, K.W.Dabney, F.Miller  Long-term outcome of reconstruction of the hip in young children with cerebral palsy  Bone Joint J 2013;95B:Feb:15 doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B2.30374.
6. Karatas AF, Miller EG, Miller F, Dabney KW, Bachrach S, Connor J, Rogers K, Holmes L Jr. Cerebral palsy patients discovered dead during sleep: experience from a comprehensive tertiary pediatric center. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2013 Jan 1;6(4):225-31. doi: 10.3233/PRM-140257.
7. Holmes L Jr, Joshi A, Lorenz Z, Miller F, Dabney K, Connor J and Karatas AF. Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Life Expectancy: Has Survival Improved Over Time?Pediat Therapeut 2013, 3:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0665.100014
8. Kılıçarslan K, Yalçın N, Karataş F, Catma F, Yıldırım H.  Cementless total hip arthroplasty for dysplastic and dislocated hips.  Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi. 2011;22(1):8-15.
9. Shah SA, Karatas AF, Dhawale AA, Dede O, Mundis GM Jr, Holmes L Jr, Yorgova P, Neiss G, Johnston CE, Emans JB, Thompson GH, Pawelek JB, Akbarnia BA; Growing Spine Study Group. The effect of serial growing rod lengthening on the sagittal profile and pelvic parameters in early-onset scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Oct 15;39(22):E1311-7. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000565.
10. Harcke HT, Karatas AF, Cummings S, Bowen JR.  S. Sonographic Assessment of Hip Swaddling Techniques in Infants With and Without. D. DDH. J. Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]
11. Bayhan IA, Karatas AF, Rogers KJ, Bowen JR, Thacker MM. Comparing Percutaneous Physeal Epiphysiodesis and Eight-Plate Epiphysiodesis for the Treatment of Limb Length Discrepancy.  JPediatrOrthop.2017Jul/Aug;37(5):323-327.  doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000000647. PubMed PMID: 26368859.

B. Papers presented at international scientific conferences and published in proceedings:

1. Kılıçarslan K, Yalçın N, Karataş AF, Catma F, Yıldırım H.  Treatment of developmental dysplasia and dislocation of the hips with cementless total hip arthroplasty. SICOT-SIROT XXIV.Triennial World Congress,Hong Kong, 2008
2. Yalçın N, Kılıçarslan K, Karataş AF, Catma F, Yıldırım H  Cementless total hiparthroplasty in dislocated dysplastic hips with subthoracanteric femoral shortening.  SICOT-SIROT XXIV.Triennial World Congress,Hong Kong, 2008
3. Ali F. Karatas; Alfred Atanda, LaurensHolmes, Kenneth J. Rogers, Peter G. Gabos, Suken A. Shah,  Comparison of Direct Pars Repair Techniques of Spondylolysis: Pedicle Screw-Rod- Hook vs. Laminar Pars Compression Screw 19th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) July 18-21, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey
4. Suken A. Shah , Ali F. Karatas, , Arjun A. Dhawale, , Ozgur Dede, Laurens Holmes Jr., PetyaYorgova, Geraldine Neiss , John B. Emans , George H. Thompson , , Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., Jeff B. Pawelek , Behrooz A. Akbarnia. (Growing SpineStudy Group)  The Effect Of Serial Growing Rod Lengthening On TheSaggital Profile And Pelvic Parameters In Early Onse tScoliosis  47th Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society September 5-8,2012 Chicago, IL, USA
5. Ali F. Karatas, Freeman Miller,; Kirk W. Dabney, ; JustinConnor, , KennethRogers,; Laurens HolmesJr., Long-term out comes of peri-ilial pelvic osteotomy in young children with cerebral palsy  31st Annual Meeting European Paediatric Orthopaedi cSociety 18th - 21st April, 2012 Helsinki / Finland
6. Laurens HolmesJr. Ali F. Karatas, Kirk W. Dabney, ; Justin Connor, , Kenneth Rogers, Freeman Miller;  Dİscovered Dead During Sleep Phenomenon in the Causal Pathway of Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Survival  4th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS 2012) October 5-9, İstanbul \ Turkey
7. Ali F. Karatas , Arjun Dhawale , Laurens Holmes Jr., Kenneth Rogers Kirk Dabney , Freeman Miller,  Radiographic, Pain And Functional Quality Of Life Outcomes After Hip Reconstruction In Cerebral Palsy: A 20 Year Follow-Up Study. Podium presentation at the 6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
8. Ali F. Karatas, , Michael B. Bober, , Rogers Kenneth, Angela L. Duker, , Colleen Ditro, William G Mackenzie.  “Hip Pathology In Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type II”.  Podium presentation at the 6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
9. Ali Karatas Fuat, Ozgur Dede, Kenneth Rogers, Michael Bober, Suken Shah, William Mackenzie. “Growth sparing spinal instrumentation in skeletal dysplasia”  6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies on Thursday, May 2, 2013.(Eposter)
10. Ali F Karatas, MD ,ArjunDhawale, MD, Laurens, Jr. Holmes, PhD, DrPH, KennethRogers, PhD, ATC, Kirk W Dabney, MD, Freeman Miller, MD Outcomes After Pelvic Osteotomy For Hip Dysplasia In Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy.  6th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies on Thursday, May 2, 2013.(Eposter)
11. Ali Karatas Fuat,Ozgur Dede, Kenneth Rogers, Michael Bober, Suken Shah, William Mackenzie. “Growth sparing spinal instrumentation in skeletal dysplasia”  32nd European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 17-20 April 2013, Athens, Greece .
12. Ali F. Karatas, MD; Freeman Miller, MD; Kirk W. Dabney, MD ; Justin Connor, MD , Kenneth Rogers, ATC, PhD; Laurens HolmesJr., PhD, Dr PH Discovered Dead During Sleep Phenomenon In The Causal Pathway Of Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Survival. 32nd European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 17-20 April 2013, Athens, Greece . (Poster)
13. Ali F Karatas, MD ,ArjunDhawale, MD, Laurens, Jr. Holmes, PhD, DrPH, Kenneth Rogers, PhD, ATC, Kirk W Dabney, MD, Freeman Miller, MD  OutcomesAfterPelvic Osteotomy For Hip Dysplasia In Ambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy.  32nd European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 17-20 April 2013, Athens, Greece . (Poster)
14. Ali F. Karatas MD, Arjun Dhawale MD, Laurens HolmesJr., Kenneth Rogers Kirk Dabney , Freeman Miller, Radiographic, Pain And Functional Quality Of Life Outcomes After Hip Reconstruction In CerebralPalsy: A 20 YearFollow-Up Study.  32nd European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 17-20 April 2013, Athens, Greece . (Poster).
15. Ali F. Karatas, MD, Michael B. Bober, MD, Rogers Kenneth, PhD, Angela L. Duker, MS, Colleen Ditro, William G Mackenzie., MD  Hip Pathology In Majeswki Osteodysplastıc Primordial Dwarfism Type II.  32nd European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting 17-20 April 2013, Athens, Greece . (Poster).

B. Papers presented at national scientific conferences and published in conference proceedings:

1. Doğan, M., M. Bozkurt, H. Altıngöz, H. May and F. Karataş, “A New Option in Osteoporotic Hip Fractures: Wagner + Bipolar Head Combination“, I. Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis Congress, Belek – Antalya, April 30 – May 4, 2003, (Poster)
2. Ozkan H., K. Kılıçarslan, Işıklı N., Karataş A.F., Bulgak F., Yıldırım H., Results of Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty in Congenital Dislocated and Dysplastic Hips. XIX. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, May 14–19, Antalya, 2005
3. K. Kılıçarslan, N. Yalçın, Karataş A.F., Ozkan H., Yıldırım H. Early Functional Results of Cementless Total Hip Prosthesis in Dysplastic Hips: 103 Hips. XX. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, October 23–28, Ankara, 2007
4. Kılıçarslan K., A.F. Karataş, E. Arslan, F. Çatma, H. Yıldırım, Comparison of Short-Term Results of Cementless Metal-on-Metal and Polyethylene Total Hip Prostheses, 4th Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis Congress, 2006, Antalya
5. Kılıçarslan K., F. Buğlak, A.F. Karataş, E. Arslan, T. Mutlu, H. Yıldırım. Comparison of Anterolateral and Posterolateral Approaches in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. 4th Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis Congress, 2006, Antalya
6. Kılıçarslan K., N. Yalçın, A.F. Karataş, H. Çiçek, F. Çatma, H. Yıldırım, Our Experience of Complications in Total Hip Prosthesis Surgeries Performed on Dysplastic Hips. XX. National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress, October 23–28, Ankara, 2007

Published Book Chapters

D1. Complications in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology

Complications of Rheumatologic Diseases (JRA, Spondyloarthropathy, Transient Synovitis)

Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ

D2. Orthopedic Examination in Children

Lower Extremity Examination

Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ

D3. Simon Orthopedic Emergencies

Pediatric

Dr. Ali Fuat KARATAŞ

E. Art and Design Activities

E1. Developmental Hip Dysplasia Family Information Brochure