About
Associate Professor Sevda Diker, MD, is a medical professional with extensive clinical experience and a strong academic background in the field of, nörolojogy
She actively accepts and evaluates patients across all core areas of neurology, primarily focusing on cerebrovascular diseases, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, migraine and headaches, vertigo, neuromuscular disorders, epilepsy, and sleep disorders.
Throughout her academic career, she has contributed to medical education and science both nationally and internationally. She has published numerous scientific articles, book chapters, and congress presentations indexed in prestigious databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Her scientific work has been cited in nearly 100 publications worldwide. She is a member of the Turkish Neurological Society and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Education
Associate Professorship Title (Neurology): Interuniversity Council of the Republic of Turkey Evaluation (March 2023)
Specialty Training (Neurology): Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology (2008 – 2014)
Residency Training (Cardiology): Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology (2006 – 2007)
Medical Education: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (English Medicine) (1999 – 2005)
Work Experience
Faculty Member: Cyprus International University Faculty of Medicine (2020 – Present)
Faculty Member: Near East University Faculty of Medicine (2016 – 2020)
Specialist Doctor (Neurology): Acquisition of Neurology Specialist Title (2014)
Specialties and Clinical Interests
Cerebrovascular Diseases
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Demyelinating Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, etc.)
Migraine and Headaches / Vertigo
Neuromuscular Disorders
Epilepsy
Sleep Disorders
Academic and Scientific Publications
Articles Published in International Refereed Journals
DİKER SEVDA, Ortaş, N., Ozankaya, Ç. et al. Uncommon radiological findings of aggressive primary central nervous system lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient. Egypt J Neurosurg 40, 43 (2025).
DİKER SEVDA, Selçuk F, Balyemez U. Preeclampsia with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a pregnant patient with COVID-19. Agri. 2025 Apr;37(2):125-128.
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR. Awakening ptosis, extending the clinical characteristics. Acta Neurol Belg 124, 1093–1094 (2024).
Gelener, P., Mut, S. E., DİKER SEVDA & Çelik, F. Demographic and Neuropsychologic Profiles of Patients with Neurodegenerative Dementia: Results from A Tertiary Referral University Hospital. European Journal of Geriatrics & Gerontology, 5(1) (2023).
Tanburoglu A, Karluka I, DİKER SEVDA, Gelener P. Predictive Values of the CHA2DS2-VASc Score and Left Atrial Diameter for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Geriatric Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Cureus. 2023 Oct 26;15(10):e47764.
Eker, A., Kaymakamzade, B., DİKER SEVDA., Cumaogulları, O., & Yigitoglu, P. H. Axial posture disorders in Parkinson’s disease: Clinical correlates and future treatment directions1. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 35(6), 1321-1328 (2022).
DİKER SEVDA, RUSO DERLEN ÖZGEÇ, BAYRAKTAR NESİL, BALYEMEZ UĞURCAN. Intracranial tuberculomas or neurocysticercosis: differentiated by cervical lymph node pathology. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 58(117), 1-5 (2022).
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR, TERALI KEREM, ERGÖREN MAHMUT ÇERKEZ, TUNCA CEREN, BAŞAK AYŞE NAZLI, TAN MEHMET ERSİN. A combined clinical and computational approach to understand the SOD1A4T-mediated pathogenesis of rapidly progressive familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neurologica Belgica, 122(4) (2022).
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR, EREM AYŞEGÜL, BALYEMEZ UĞURCAN. Association of Dilated Perivascular Spaces With Lipid Indices in Ischemic Stroke Patients. Cureus Journal of Medical Science, 14(9), 1-8 (2022).
DİKER SEVDA. Fingolimod in Multiple Sclerosis and Familial Mediterranean Fever Coexistence. NEUROLOGY INDIA, 70(1), 392-394 (2022).
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR, EKER AMBER, KAYMAKAMZADE ÇULHAOĞLU BAHAR, ERTUĞRUL MUT SENEM, EREM AYŞEGÜL, BALYEMEZ UĞURCAN. Association between cerebral microbleeds and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with ischemic stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 58(43), 1-9 (2022).
GELENER PINAR, Severino Mariasavina, DİKER SEVDA, TERALI KEREM, TUNCEL DEREBOYLU GÜLTEN, Tuzlalı Hatice, Manara Elena, Paolacci Stefano, Bertelli Matteo, ERGÖREN MAHMUT ÇERKEZ. Adult-onset glutaric aciduria type I: rare presentation of a treatable disorder. Neurogenetics, 21(3), 179-186 (2020).
DİKER SEVDA, Diker Ömer. Optic atrophy after cabazitaxel treatment in a patient with castration-resistant prostate cancer: a case report. Scottish Medical Journal, 64(2), 71-73 (2019).
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR, ERTUĞRUL MUT SENEM, KEMAL HATİCE. A case with classical triad of Andersen Tawil Sydrome and KCNJ2:c,919A>G mutation. Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology, 35(3), 151-153 (2018).
DİKER SEVDA, Okar Serhat, Mehdikhanova Lale, ARSAVA ETHEM MURAT, Kurne Aslı, ÜNAL ÇEVİK IŞIN, AKYÖN YILMAZ YAKUT, Alp Şehnaz, İNKAYA AHMET ÇAĞKAN, AKOVA MURAT, MUT AŞKUN MELİKE, GÖÇMEN RAHŞAN, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER, TOPÇUOĞLU MEHMET AKİF. Neuroinvasive Listeriosis: Could Petechial Hemorrhages be a Diagnostic Clue?. The Neurologist, 23(3), 86-91 (2018).
DİKER SEVDA, ÖZKAYALAR HANİFE, KALFAOĞLU MUSTAFA, SHORBAGİ ALİ İBRAHİM. Refractory megacolon in Parkinson’s disease: May not only be due to autonomic dysfunction. European Geriatric Medicine, 8(1), 73-74 (2017).
DİKER SEVDA, Has Arzu Ceylan, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, GÖÇMEN RAHŞAN, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER, KARABUDAK RANA. The association of cognitive impairment with gray matter atrophy and cortical lesion load in clinically isolated syndrome. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 10, 14-21 (2016).
DURHAN GAMZE, DİKER SEVDA, Has Arzu Ceylan, KARAKAYA KARABULUT JALE, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER. Influence of cigarette smoking on white matter in patients with clinically isolated syndrome as detected by diffusion tensor imaging. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 22(3), 291-296 (2016).
DURHAN GAMZE, DİKER SEVDA, Has Arzu Ceylan, KARAKAYA KARABULUT JALE, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, KARABUDAK RANA, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER. Assessment of the effect of cigarette smoking on regional brain volumes and lesion load in patients with clinically isolated syndrome. International Journal of Neuroscience, 126(9), 805-811 (2016).
ALTINTAŞ AYŞE, KARABUDAK RANA, BALCI FATMA BELGİN, TERZİ MURAT, SOYSAL AYSUN, SAİP SABAHATTİN, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, UYGUNOĞLU UĞUR, NALBANTOĞLU MECBURE, Gozubatik-Celik R Gokcen, IŞIK NİHAL, ÇELİK YAHYA, GÖKÇAY FİGEN, DUMAN AHMET TAŞKIN, BOZ CAVİT, YÜCESAN CANAN, MANGAN MEHMET SERHAT, ÇELEBİSOY NEŞE, DİKER SEVDA, ÇOLPAK IŞIKAY AYŞE İLKSEN, KANSU TÜLAY, SİVA AKSEL. Neuromyelitis Optica and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Patients in Turkish Cohort. The Neurologist, 20(4), 61-66 (2015).
ERDENER ŞEFİK EVREN, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, DİKER SEVDA, KARABUDAK RANA. Rituximab in Turkish neuromyelitis optica patients with limited response to other immunosuppressants. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 359, 106-107 (2015).
Articles Published in Nationally Indexed Journals
DİKER SEVDA, TANBUROĞLU ANIL. Relationship Between Recurrent Ischemic Stroke / Transient Ischemic Attack and Atrial Fibrillation. Dicle Medical Journal, 49(1), 187-192 (2022).
DİKER SEVDA, EKER AMBER, KAYMAKAMZADE ÇULHAOĞLU BAHAR, EREM AYŞEGÜL, BALYEMEZ UĞURCAN. Association of spinal cord lesions with cognition in multiple sclerosis. Cukurova Medical Journal, 47(3), 1040-1049 (2022).
GELENER PINAR, DİKER SEVDA, KESKİNER FIRAT. A Case of Antiglutamic Acid Decarboxylase and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Antibody-Associated Limbic Encephalitis With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(1), 99-102 (2021).
DİKER SEVDA. Trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with multiple sclerosis: Coincidental? An attack ? Teriflunomide induced?. Ağrı – The Journal of The Turkish Society of Algology, 33(1), 42- 45 (2021).
ÇOLPAK IŞIKAY AYŞE İLKSEN, GÜLMEZ SEVİM DUYGU, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, DİKER SEVDA, KARABUDAK RANA, KADAYIFÇILAR SİBEL, KANSU TÜLAY. Analysis of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Macular Volume in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in a Turkish Cohort. Turkish Journal Of Neurology, 25(1), 26-31 (2019).
TOPÇUOĞLU MEHMET AKİF, BINOL ESMA, ARSAVA ETHEM MURAT, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER, ÜNAL ALİ, DİKER SEVDA, MEHDIKHANOVA LALE, AKPINAR ERHAN, GÖÇMEN RAHŞAN. Reversible hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy coexistent with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Turkish Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases, 25(1), 42-47 (2019).
DİKER SEVDA. Restless Leg Syndrome: Role of Iron and Vitamin D Deficiencies. Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 3, 114-116 (2018).
Academic Book Chapters
Current Neurology Studies (2021), Chapter: Infusion Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis, DİKER SEVDA, Akademisyen Publishing House, Edition: 1, Page Count: 277, ISBN: 978-625-7401-59-3, Turkish (Scientific Book)
Special Topics in Oncology (2019), Chapter: Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes, DİKER SEVDA, Akademisyen Publishing House, Edition: 1, Page Count: 304, ISBN: 978-605-258-372-2, Turkish (Scientific Book)
International Congress Presentations (Oral and Poster)
GELENER PINAR, DİKER SEVDA, GEMCİ EMİNE. Demographic and Neuropsychological Profiles of Patients with Neurodegenerative Dementia: Results from a Tertiary Center. 4th International and 15th Academic Geriatrics Congress (2022).
GELENER PINAR, DİKER SEVDA. Clinical analysis of cases with acute opthalmoplegia applying to emergency department. 7th International Emergency and Internal Medicine Congress (2021).
DİKER SEVDA, GELENER PINAR. Predictive Value of Left Atrium Size and CHA2DS2-VASc Score for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Stroke of Elderly. 3rd International and 14th Academic Geriatrics Congress (2021).
DİKER SEVDA, BALYEMEZ UĞURCAN. Association between cerebral microbleeds and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with ischemic stroke. 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (2021) (Abstract presentation).
EKER AMBER, KAYMAKAMZADE ÇULHAOĞLU BAHAR, DİKER SEVDA, CUMAOĞULLARI EKER ÖZGE. Axial Posture Disorders and Their Clinical Correlates in Parkinson’s Disease. 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (2021).
ERDENER ŞEFİK EVREN, DİKER SEVDA, KARABUDAK RANA, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI. Rituximab in Turkish neuromyelitis optica patients with limited response to other immunosuppressants. Joint Congress of European Neurology (2014) (Abstract presentation).
HAS ARZU CEYLAN, DURHAN GAMZE, DİKER SEVDA, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER. Influence of cigarette smoking on white matter in patients with clinically isolated syndrome as detected by diffusion tensor imaging. JOINT ANNUAL MEETING ISMRM- ESMRMB 2014 (Abstract presentation).
National Congress Presentations (Oral and Poster)
DİKER SEVDA. Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Ankara University Faculty of Medicine 4th Internal Medicine Days (2022).
DİKER SEVDA. Infections and Risk Factors Developing in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. 4th National Applied Biological Sciences Congress (2021).
EKER AMBER, KAYMAKAMZADE ÇULHAOĞLU BAHAR, DİKER SEVDA, CUMAOĞULLARI EKER ÖZGE. Posture Disorders and Related Clinical Characteristics in Parkinson’s Disease. 56th National Neurology Congress (2020).
ÇOLPAK IŞIKAY AYŞE İLKSEN, GÜLMEZ SEVİM DUYGU, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, DİKER SEVDA, KARABUDAK RANA, KADAYIFÇILAR SİBEL, KANSU ADİLE TÜLAY. Analysis of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Macular Volume in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in a Turkish Cohort. 50th National Neurology Congress (2014) (Abstract presentation).
DİKER SEVDA, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER, KARABUDAK RANA. Detection of Cortical Lesion Load by Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) Method and Determination of Its Relationship with Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome. 50th National Neurology Congress (2014) (Abstract presentation).
ERDENER ŞEFİK EVREN, DİKER SEVDA, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI. Hacettepe Experience Regarding the Use of Rituximab in Neuromyelitis Optica. 49th National Neurology Congress (2013) (Abstract presentation).
DİKER SEVDA, TOPÇU MERAL, DERİCİOĞLU NEŞE. Urbach-Wiethe Disease and Intractable Seizures. 49th National Neurology Congress (2013).
DİKER SEVDA, TUNCER MERYEM ASLI, ÇOLPAK IŞIKAY AYŞE İLKSEN, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER, KANSU ADİLE TÜLAY, KARABUDAK RANA. Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Case Series Presentation. 47th National Neurology Congress (2011) (Abstract presentation).
VURAL ATAY, DİKER SEVDA, DERİCİOĞLU NEŞE, TAN MEHMET ERSİN. A Case Report of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting with Refractory Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus. 46th National Neurology Congress (2010).
YILDIZ SARIKAYA FATMA GÖKÇEM, ELİBOL BÜLENT, DİKER SEVDA, VARLI KUBİLAY, KARLI OĞUZ HATİCE KADER. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Cerebellar Syndrome. 44th National Neurology Congress (2008).
Professional Memberships
Turkish Neurological Society
EAN (European Academy of Neurology)