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Spec. MD. Aynur Azızova
Spec. MD. Aynur Azızova
Spec. MD.

Aynur Azızova

Liv Hospital Ankara
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Areas of Interests
    • General Radiology
    • Neuro-oncology
    • Neuroscience
Resume
Publications
Memberships
Awards
Courses Attended
Education
  • 03/2023 - 06/2025: PhD candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
  • 09/2016 - 09/2021: Radiology Specialist Training, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  • 09/2008 - 06/2014: Faculty of Medicine, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Experience
  • 07/2025 - present: Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Postdoctoral Researcher in the GLIOCARE project in the Netherlands (remotely)
  • 09/2022 - 09/2023: Researcher, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 08/2022: Radiologist, Zeferan Private Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 05/2022 - 06/2022: Observer, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 09/2021 - 08/2022: Researcher, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  • Azizova, A., Prysiazhniuk, Y., Cakmak, M., Kaya, E., Petr, J., Barkhof, F., Wamelink, I. J. H. G., & Keil, V. C. (2025). Visual versus region-of-interest based diffusion evaluation and their diagnostic impact in adult-type diffuse gliomas. Neuroradiology, 10.1007/s00234-025-03832-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-025-03832-6
  • Azizova, A., Prysiazhniuk, Y., Wamelink, I. J. H. G., Cakmak, M., Kaya, E., Wesseling, P., de Witt Hamer, P. C., Verburg, N., Petr, J., Barkhof, F., & Keil, V. C. (2025). Preoperative prediction of diffuse glioma type and grade in adults: a gadolinium-free MRI-based decision tree. European radiology, 35(3), 1242-1254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-11140-5
  • Mut, M., Zengin, H. Y., Azizova, A., Askun, C. S., Schiff, D., & Soylemezoglu, F. (2025). Repeat Resection for Recurrent Glioblastoma in the WHO 2021 Era: A Longitudinal Matched Case-Control Study. Brain sciences, 15(5), 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15050463
  •  Azizova, A., Wamelink, I. J. H. G., Prysiazhniuk, Y., Cakmak, M., Kaya, E., Petr, J., Barkhof, F., & Keil, V. C. (2024). Human performance in predicting enhancement quality of gliomas using gadolinium-free MRI sequences. Journal of neuroimaging: official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 34(6), 673–693. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.13233
  • Azizova, A., Prysiazhniuk, Y., Wamelink, I. J. H. G., Petr, J., Barkhof, F., & Keil, V. C. (2024). Ten Years of VASARI Glioma Features: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Their Impact and Performance. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 45(8), 1053–1062. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8274
  • Wamelink, I. J. H. G., Azizova, A., Booth, T. C., Mutsaerts, H. J. M. M., Ogunleye, A., Mankad, K., Petr, J., Barkhof, F., & Keil, V. C. (2024). Brain Tumor Imaging without Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents: Feasible or Fantasy?. Radiology, 310(2), e230793. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.230793
  • Essed, R. A., Prysiazhniuk, Y., Wamelink, I. J., Azizova, A., & Keil, V. C. (2024). Performance of amide proton transfer imaging to differentiate true progression from therapy-related changes in gliomas and metastases. European radiology, 35(2), 580-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-11004-y
  • Moawad, A. W., Janas, A., Baid, U., Ramakrishnan, D., Saluja, R., Ashraf, N., Maleki, N., Jekel, L., Yordanov, N., Fehringer, P., Gkampenis, A., Amiruddin, R., Manteghinejad, A., Adewole, M., Albrecht, J., Anazodo, U., Aneja, S., Anwar, S. M., Bergquist, T., Chiang, V., ……Azizova A.,… Aboian, M. (2024). The Brain Tumor Segmentation - Metastases (BraTS-METS) Challenge 2023: Brain Metastasis Segmentation on Pre-treatment MRI. ArXiv, arXiv:2306.00838v3.
  • Azizova, A., Ciftci, T. T., Gultekin, M., Unal, E., Akhan, O., Bozdag, G., & Akinci, D. (2024). Ethanol Sclerotherapy in the Management of Ovarian Endometrioma: Technical Considerations for Catheter- and Needle-Directed Sclerotherapy. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 47(7), 891–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-024-03694-0
  • Yalçinkaya, F., Parlak Sağol, Ş., Azizova, A., Bilgin, E., Karli Oğuz, K., & Kalyoncu, U. (2023). Craniocervical junction involvement in inflammatory arthritis: a single-center radiologic study. Turkish journal of medical sciences, 53(6), 1713–1721. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0144.5740
  • Turk, S., Demirkaya, A., Turali, MY., Hepdurgun, C., Dar, SU., Karabulut, AK., Azizova, A., Tamsel, I., Aydingoz, U., Argin, M., Cukur, T. JointNET: A Deep Model for Predicting Active Sacroiliitis from Sacroiliac Joint Radiography. arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.10769. 2023 Jan 25.
  • Onder, O., Yarasir, Y., Azizova, A., Durhan, G., Onur, M. R., & Ariyurek, O. M. (2021). Errors, discrepancies and underlying bias in radiology with case examples: a pictorial review. Insights into imaging, 12(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-00986-8
  • Ciftci, T. T., Unal, E., Azizova, A., Ayyildiz, V. A., Akinci, D., & Akhan, O. (2021). Renal Cystic Echinococcosis: Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Treatment. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 32(6), 890–895.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2021.03.519
  • Akgul, E., Onan, H. B., Islek, I., Tonge, M., Durmus, Y., Barburoglu, M., Azizova, A., Erol, C., Hakyemez, B., Sencer, S., Aydin, K., & Arat, A. (2021). Flow diverter stents in the treatment of recanalized intracranial aneurysms. Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences, 27(4), 481–489. https://doi.org/10.1177/1591019921990507
  • Orsten, S., Baysal, İ., Yabanoglu-Ciftci, S., Ciftci, T., Azizova, A., Akinci, D., Akyon, Y., & Akhan, O. (2021). MicroRNA expression profile in patients with cystic echinococcosis and identification of possible cellular pathways. Journal of helminthology, 95, e1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X2000098X
  • Azizova, A., Onder, O., Arslan, S., Ardali, S., & Hazirolan, T. (2020). Persistent left superior vena cava: clinical importance and differential diagnoses. Insights into imaging, 11(1), 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00906-2
  • Örsten, S., Çiftçi, T., Azizova, A., Yüce, G., Uysal, A., İmamoğlu, Ç., Karaağaoğlu, E., Akıncı, D., Akyön, Y., Casulli, A., & Akhan, O. (2020). Investigation of the relationship between CE cyst characteristics and genetic diversity of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in humans from Turkey. Parasitology, 147(14), 1712–1717. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020001535
  • Durhan, G., Önder, Ö., Azizova, A., Karakaya, J., Kösemehmetoğlu, K., Akpınar, M., & Demirkazık, F. Ultrasonography Findings of Breast Microcalcifications without Accompanying Mass and Evaluation of Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Results. doi.org/10.32552/0.ActaMedica.409 Acta Medica. 2020 March 51(1), 1-8
  • Önder, Ö., Azizova, A., Durhan, G., Elibol, F. D., Akpınar, M. G., & Demirkazık, F. (2020). Imaging findings and classification of the common and uncommon male breast diseases. Insights into imaging, 11(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0834-3
  • Durhan, G., Azizova, A., Önder, Ö., Kösemehmetoğlu, K., Karakaya, J., Akpınar, M. G., Demirkazık, F., & Üner, A. (2019). Imaging Findings and Clinicopathological Correlation of Breast Cancer in Women under 40 Years Old. European journal of breast health, 15(3), 147–152. https://doi.org/10.5152/ejbh.2019.4606
  • Durhan, G., Önder, Ö., Azizova, A., Karakaya, J., Kösemehmetoğlu, K., Akpınar, M. G., & Demirkazık, F. (2019). Can Radiologist and Pathologist Reach The Truth Together in The Diagnosis of Benign Fibroepithelial Lesions?. European journal of breast health, 15(3), 176–182. https://doi.org/10.5152/ejbh.2019.4656
  • European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR)
  • Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
  • European Society of Radiology (ESR)
  • Turkish Society of Radiology (TRD)
  • GLiMR 2.0 COST Action

Membership of the Scientific Advisory Board

  • Editor of Neuroradiology Section, European Journal of Radiology
  • Committee Member, European Committee of Spinal Neuroradiology (ESNR)
  • 09/2023: WFNRS Travel Grant - for participation in ESNR 2023 ($2,000)
  • 07/2022: ESNR Research Grant - for research at Amsterdam UMC (€25,000)
  • 06/2025: PhD degree, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
  • 04/2025: Membership of the Royal College of Radiologists/FRCR
  • 02/2023: European Diploma in Radiology/EDiR
  • 11/2020: RSNA 2020 Merit Certificate - “The vessel coming out of left field: A brief review of the Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava together with its differential diagnoses”
  • 02/2020: ECR 2020 Merit Certificate - “Learning from mistakes: Errors, discrepancies and underlying bias in Radiology with case examples”
  • 02/2016: Equivalency Diploma - Higher Education Council, Turkey
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