Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
✦ PT Deniz DİKMEN MERAL
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PT Deniz DİKMEN MERAL was born in 1975, in Izmir. Physical Therapist MERAL has been working in EMOT Family since 1999. She can speak English. She is married with two children.
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- ‣ Izmir Science High School • 1989-1991
- ‣ Karşıyaka Gazi High School • 1991-1992
- ‣ Hacettepe University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation • 1992-1997
- ‣ Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Eşrefpaşa Hospital Center for the Disabled • 1997-1998
- ‣ İzmir Balçova Thermal Facilities Spa Treatment Center • 1998-1999
- ‣ EMOT Hospital Izmir • 1999-2022
- ‣ EMOT Plus Hospital Izmir • 2022
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
- ‣ Turkish Physiotherapists Association
- ‣ Hand Therapists Association (Association Founder and Board Member)
- ‣ International Federation of Hand Therapists Associations
- ‣ European Federation of Hand Therapists Associations (Turkey Delegate) • 2015-2018
MEDICAL INTERESTS
- ‣ Rehabilitation After Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries
- ‣ Follow-up of Patients with OBPP (Child - Adult)
- ‣ Lymph Edema and Rehabilitation
- ‣ Upper Extremity Splint Applications
- ‣ Orthopedic Rehabilitation
EVENTS AND COURSES
- ‣ Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation - Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
- ‣ Splinting EMOT Hospital, O.T. Corianne Van Velze, 20-22 April 1999, Izmir
- ‣ Splinting Istanbul Hand Microsurgery Rehabilitation Center, O.T. Corianne Van Velze, 27-28 May 2000, Istanbul
- ‣ Orthopedic Manual Therapy Active Wellness Center, Fzt. Suat Dülger, April 2002- January 2004, Izmir
- ‣ PT. Philippe Terrade, Institut de la main, clinigue Jouvenet-Paris, June 2008
- ‣ Introduction to Upper Extremity Hand Therapists Association, 18-19 October 2008, Denizli
- ‣ Body Awareness Therapy EMOT Hospital, Fzt. Hamiyet Yüce, 4-5 January 2009, Izmir
- ‣ Upper Extremity Assessment Hand Therapists Association, 12-13 December 2009, İzmir
- ‣ Manual Lymph Drainage and Decongestive Physiotherapy Földi College, MLD Instructor Jörg DeuB, Assistant MLD Instructor Yeşim Bakar, 2010, Antalya
- ‣ Obstetric Brachial Plexus Paralysis Course Hacettepe University, November 2010, Ankara
- ‣ Hand Splinting Hand Therapists Association, O.T. Margareta Persson, 27-29 September 2013, Izmir
- ‣ Research Methods in Hand Rehabilitation, Hand Therapists Association, 14 October 2017, Ankara
- ‣ APPI Matwork Level 1, 26-27 September 2020, Izmir
1997
Beginning of the medical career
1999
Starts working at EMOT
DENEYİM, ARAŞTIRMALAR VE YAYINLAR
- ‣ Tendon Transfers Özerkan F, Enhoş A, Pt.Dikmen Meral D, Hand Rehabilitation: Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital,2013,321-332.
- ‣ Our Functional Results Following Muscle Transfer on the Shoulder in Patients with Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy Pt.Deniz Dikmen Meral, Dr.Fuat Özerkan, Pt.Aysel Enhoş, Pt.Firdevs Kul Fifth Congress International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy,June 2001, Istanbul
- ‣ Splinting After Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Repairs Pt.F.Kul, Pt.G.Arıkan, Pt.A.Enhoş, Pt.B.Keleşoğlu, Pt.E.Çiçek, FPt.D.Dikmen 40th Year Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Congress, 26 -29 October 2001, Belek, Antalya.
- ‣ Post-Extensor Tenolysis Rehabilitation Pt. D. Dikmen Meral Rehabilitation Methods and Problems in Tendon Injuries Symposium, 16-17 April 2004, Izmir.
- ‣ Splinting in Mallet Finger Deformity Pzt. Deniz Dikmen Meral, Pt. Aysel Enhos, Dr. Sait Ada IX. Turkish Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Congress, May 2004, Bodrum
- ‣ Evaluation of Upper Extremity Edema Pt. D. Dikmen Meral Hand Therapists Association 2nd Training Course, 12-13 December 2009, İzmir
- ‣ Results of Extensor Tenolysis Eurohand 2008(FESSH XIII, EFSHT IX Congress),June 2008, Lausanne
- ‣ Rehabilitation in Elbow and Wrist Region Tendon Transfers Pt. D. Dikmen Meral Obstetric Brachial Plexus Paralysis Course, 1-5 November 2010, Ankara
- ‣ Post-Surgical Rehabilitation in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Pt. D. Dikmen Meral Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Ege Basic Hand Surgery Course 2, 11-12 February 2011, Antalya
- ‣ Rehabilitation After Secondary Approaches in OBBP Paralysis Pt. D. Dikmen Meral Child Therapists and Hand Therapists Association Training Seminar, 23 December 2012, Istanbul
- ‣ Upper Extremity Edema Evaluation Pt. D. Dikmen Meral 3rd National Hand Rehabilitation Congress, 15-18 May 2014, Bursa.
- ‣ Post-traumatic and Operative Edema in the Upper Extremity Pt. Deniz Dikmen Meral, 10-12 April 2015, Istanbul
- ‣ Rehabilitation of Hand Fractures Pt. Deniz Dikmen Meral APOA 2018, 10-14 April 2018, Antalya
- ‣ Why Is Early Rehabilitation Important? Ft Deniz Dikmen Meral 5th National Hand Rehabilitation Congress, 6-9 May 2018, Denizli
- ‣ Pre-Surgical and Post-Surgical Rehabilitation in OBPP 16. National Congress of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 6-9 May 2018, Denizli
- ‣ Jobst Academy Turkey, “Interactive Case Presentations in Lymph Edema”, 27-28 April 2019, Istanbul.
- ‣ Problems Caused by Delayed Interventions 17th National Congress of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 16-20 November 2020, Online
- ‣ Rehabilitation of PIP Joint Surgical Treatment TEUECD-ETD A Case A Guest, 23 December 2021, Online