Hakan Gündüz

Prof. Hakan Gündüz is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a specialist in Pain Medicine at Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye. His clinical and academic work focuses on interventional pain management, particularly image-guided spinal injections and minimally invasive procedures for spinal and musculoskeletal pain. His areas of interest include epidural injections, facet joint interventions, radiofrequency ablation, sacroiliac joint procedures, and interventions for coccydynia.
He graduated from Hacettepe University and completed his residency at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. His international experience includes work at the University of Pittsburgh and Louisiana State University, where he further developed his expertise in interventional pain medicine.
Prof. Gündüz played a key role in establishing the Pain Medicine Section at Marmara University and has extensive experience in training specialists in spinal interventions. He has published widely, served as Dean and Chief Physician, and chaired the 5th International Coccyx Diseases Symposium in Istanbul in July 2026