My name is Atilla Gül, and I have been working as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon since 2022. I chose this field because it is a fascinating combination of both medicine and dentistry, incorporating multiple technical aspects. This combination makes my profession elegant, allowing me to treat the human face down to the smallest detail. In doing so, healing and function are my primary focus, with the goal of optimizing a patient’s well-being. Patient satisfaction is therefore central to my approach.
Specialization/areas of interest
- Head and Neck Surgery (Oncology): Oral pathology, benign and malignant pathology of the head and neck region.
- Salivary Gland Surgery: Salivary stones, benign and malignant pathology of the salivary glands.
- Orthognathic Surgery: Expansion and/or repositioning of the cheekbones, upper jaw, lower jaw, and/or chin.
- (Aesthetic) Facial Surgery: Scar correction, eyelid surgery, lip lift, corner of the mouth lift.
- (Pre-)Implantology: Bone augmentation of the upper and/or lower jaw for implant placement, single-tooth replacement in the front or posterior regions, extra-oral implants for nasal or ear prostheses.
- Trauma: Maxillofacial trauma management.
Languages
Dutch, English
Education
2008–2015: Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2015–2018: Dentistry, Radboud University Nijmegen
2018–2021: Specialization in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (A-training) and ETZ Elisabeth (B-training)
2022–2024: Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
2022: PhD – Three-dimensional and clinical aspects of BiMaxillary Expansion, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Memberships / additional activities
- Dutch Association for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (NVMKA)
- Board Member of the Aesthetic Facial Surgery Working Group (WEAC-NVMKA)
- Dutch Head and Neck Tumor Working Group (NWHHT)
- Rotterdam Head and Neck Tumor Working Group (RWHHT)
- Registration Committee for Dental Specialties (RTS)
- Implantologist for the Dutch Association for Oral Implantology (NVOI)
- European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (EACMFS)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) – Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (CMF)
Publications
- Khan SA, Berzenji D, Gül A, Mast H, Verduijn G, Mureau M, Kremer B, de Jong RB, Hardillo J. Comparison between adult comorbidity evaluation-27 and Charlson Comorbidity Index in head and neck oncology.
Oral Oncol. 2025 Jun;165:107366. - Bolleurs PB, Jonker BP, Elbers JB, Verduijn GM, Gül A, Sewnaik A, Heemsbergen WD. Tumor control and survival after postoperative radiotherapy for high-risk oral cavity cancer: A retrospective cohort study.
Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2025 May 30;53:100988. - Steenen SA, Gül A, Hupkens P, Bauland CG. Cosmetic facial surgery: a bird’s eye view.
Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd. 2023 Dec;130(12):495-506. - Gül A, van der Tas JT, Ramdat Misier KRR, de Gijt JP, Strabbing EM, Tjoa STH, Wolvius EB, Koudstaal MJ. Three-dimensional dento-skeletal effects of mandibular midline distraction and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: A retrospective study.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2023 Jun;51(6):343-354. - Gül A, Tjoa STH, de Gijt JP, van der Tas JT, Sutedja H, Wolvius EB, van der Wal KGH, Koudstaal MJ. Current Practice for Transverse Mandibular and Maxillary Discrepancies in the Netherlands: A Web-Based Survey Among Orthodontists and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction. June 2021.
- Gül A, de Gijt JP, Wolvius EB, Koudstaal MJ. Patient experience and satisfaction of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion and mandibular midline distraction.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2021 Feb 6:S1010-5182(21)00046-9. - van Twisk PH, Tenhagen M, Gül A, Wolvius E, Koudstaal M. How accurate is the soft tissue prediction of Dolphin Imaging for orthognathic surgery?
Int Orthod. 2019 Sep;17(3):488-496. - Gül A, de Jong MA, de Gijt JP, Wolvius EB, Kayser M, Böhringer S, Koudstaal MJ. Three-dimensional soft tissue effects of mandibular midline distraction and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: an automatic stereophotogrammetry landmarking analysis.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 May;48(5):629-634. - Gül A, de Gijt JP, Tjoa STH, Wolvius EB, Koudstaal MJ. Three-dimensional evaluation of mandibular midline distraction: A systematic review.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2018 Nov;46(11):1883-1892. - de Jong MA, Gül A, de Gijt JP, Koudstaal MJ, Kayser M, Wolvius EB, Böhringer S. Automated human skull landmarking with 2D Gabor wavelets.
Phys Med Biol. 2018 May 16;63(10):105011. - de Gijt JP, Gül A, Tjoa ST, Wolvius EB, van der Wal KG, Koudstaal MJ. Follow up of surgically-assisted rapid maxillary expansion after 6.5 years: skeletal and dental effects.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017;55(1):56-60. - de Gijt JP, Gül A, Wolvius EB, van der Wal KGH, Koudstaal MJ. Complications in Mandibular Midline Distraction.
Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2017;10(3):204-7. - de Gijt JP, Gül A, Sutedja H, Wolvius EB, van der Wal KG, Koudstaal MJ. Long-term (6.5 years) follow-up of mandibular midline distraction.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2016;44(10):1576-82.
