Ceren Günenç Beşer

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ceren Günenç Beşer was born in Ankara in 1980. Primary and middle school were attended at Mersin Private Toros College, and Mersin Private Toros Science High School was completed in 1998 as runner-up of the school with an academic average of 4.98 (5.00). Admitted to Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and graduated as a medical doctor in 2004 with a grade average of 77.87 (100).

Doctoral studies began in 2006 at the Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. During the doctorate, courses were taken in the locomotor system, head and neck anatomy, the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems, urinary and genital systems, endocrine glands, the central nervous system, advanced neuroanatomy, microscopic anatomy techniques and sense organs. The qualifying exam was passed successfully on 30 January 2008, and the doctorate in anatomy was awarded on 15 September 2010 after a successful thesis defense, with an academic average of 3.91 (4.00).

The thesis was a clinical, radiological and anatomical study titled “Evaluation of the Prevalence and Distribution of Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches,” carried out jointly by the Departments of Anatomy and Radiology of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. In this study, all branches and branching points of the abdominal aorta were evaluated one by one, and the presence, degree and type (soft, calcified and mixed) of atherosclerotic plaques were determined using the MDCT-CTA technique. Differences between sex and age groups were determined, and a reference study on the branches of the abdominal aorta and atherosclerosis was obtained from the results. The study was published in 2016 in the SCI-Expanded journal Folia Morphologica under the title “The prevalence and distribution of the atherosclerotic plaques in the abdominal aorta and its branches.” (DOI:10.5603/FM.a2016.0005).

Ceren Günenç Beşer worked as an instructor at the Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, between 2010 and 2016, and since 2017 has continued in the position of doctor instructor in the same department. After success in the associate professorship exam taken on 10 October 2017, qualified for the title of Associate Professor in the field of Anatomy.

While working at the Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 17 publications have been produced in internationally indexed journals. The work has concentrated mostly on macroscopic anatomy, dissection, radiological anatomy and orthopedic anatomy. There are 30 works presented at international and national congresses and published in journals and booklets. Dr. Günenç Beşer and colleagues received the best oral presentation award at the 19th National Anatomy Congress held in Konya in 2018 for their study.

Contributed to the translation of twenty highly important reference books for anatomy from English into Turkish, and wrote chapters for three national reference books in anatomy.

More than ten courses have been attended throughout education and working life to advance the profession. Served as instructor in two courses. In 2013, traveled to Murcia, Spain, to work in the department's plastination laboratory, where plastination techniques with silicone, polyester and epoxy were learned. Since then, work has continued in the plastination laboratory. In 2016, attended the Brain and Fiber Dissection Course at Ege University in Izmir and learned fiber dissection techniques.

Served as project leader in the research infrastructure project “Purchase of Models Needed for the Student Laboratory of the Department of Anatomy” between 2016 and 2019.

Worked in the microscopic anatomy laboratory of the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, between 1 May and 1 September 2018. During this period, training and certification were received in the animal laboratory on working with laboratory animals, dissection and types of injection. Western blot, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence techniques were then learned in the laboratory. During this time, work was done on a project in Goto-Kakizaki rats investigating the regulatory effect of metformin on diabetes and the expression of MAPK pathway proteins. Thus, the work advanced to the level of microscopic anatomy, embryology and the cellular level.

Since 2007, has served as a peer reviewer for journals such as “Anatomy,” indexed in ULAKBİM, other internationally indexed journals such as “Anatomy Research International” and “International Journal of Anatomical Variations,” and SCI-Expanded journals such as “Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy.” Also, since 2007, has worked as associate editor of the International Journal of Anatomical Variations.

Since 2010, anatomy courses have been taught at the Faculty of Medicine (Turkish and English programs), Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Health Sciences on Tissue, Skeletal and Peripheral Nervous System, Circulatory, Blood and Respiratory Systems, Gastrointestinal System and Metabolism, Nervous System, Endocrine and Urogenital System. Since 2017, doctoral courses titled Nervous System, General Anatomy, Clinical Anatomy of the Lower Extremity, Clinical Neuroanatomy, Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves, and Afferent and Efferent Pathways have been taught, and a role as thesis advisor to a student continuing doctoral education in our department is held.

In September 2018, was also appointed as a faculty member to the Department of Simulation in Health Sciences, established within the Institute of Health Sciences of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, where the course “Cadaver-Based Simulation Applications” is taught in the master's program with thesis.

Dr. Günenç Beşer has an advanced level of English (2013 YDS: 87.5) and an intermediate level of French.

Between 2018 and 2019, Dr. Günenç Beşer completed the Ministry of Health-certified Acupuncture Training Program organized by the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Center of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, and since 2019 has continued acupuncture-related work at the acupuncture outpatient clinic of the Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine.

1. Feasibility of MRI with zero echo time (ZTE) sequence for personalized preoperative assessment of distances between critical nerves and glenoid landmarksPASLI B., Yaman V., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., HURİ G., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., AYDINGÖZ Ü.Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, cilt.48, sa.1, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2. Is artificial intelligence getting better at anatomy? A two-year review of ChatGPT's free public versionsPASLI B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.Anatomical Sciences Education, cilt.19, sa.8, ss.1279-1287, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
3. Investigation of the relationship between the cephalic index and the tentorium cerebelli: A retrospective studyVATANSEVER A., ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., Gümeler E., MUT AŞKUN M.Medicine (United States), cilt.105, sa.24, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
4. Morphometric, morphologic and topographic evaluation of diaphyseal nutrient foramina of the femurPASLI B., Ulkir M., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, cilt.47, sa.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
5. Some comments about "comparative morphometric analyses of the 2:4 finger ratio and nasal structure in young adults"ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, cilt.100, sa.1, ss.138-139, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
6. Reappraisal of the proximal tibia anatomy in Turkish populationAKDEMİR AKTAŞ H., Ülkir M., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., Demiryürek D.Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, cilt.45, sa.3, ss.263-270, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
7. Morphometric examination of calcaneus in Turkish populationERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., ILGAZ H. B., ÜLKİR M., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.Anatomy, cilt.13, sa.7, ss.91, 2019 (TRDizin)
8. Soft spot: the important zone at the standard posterior portal of shoulder arthroscopyERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., Ozsoy M. H., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., BAYRAMOĞLU A., HAYRAN K. M.TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.48, sa.1, ss.89-92, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
9. An accessory flexor digiti minimi brevis or flexor digiti minimi longusGÜNENÇ BEŞER C., SARGON M. F., ERÇAKMAK B., Yayıntaş A.Anatomy, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.45-47, 2015 (TRDizin)
10. Redefining the proximal ulna anatomyBeser C., DEMIRYUREK D., OZSOY H., Ercakmak B., HAYRAN M., KIZILAY O., et al.SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, cilt.36, sa.10, ss.1023-1031, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
11. Combination of six variations in a single armGÜNENÇ BEŞER C., ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., Tunali S., BAŞAR R.ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY, cilt.54, sa.3, ss.845-849, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

1. Morphometric Examination of Calcaneus in Turkish PopulationERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., ILGAZ H. B., ÜLKİR M., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.20. ULUSAL ANATOMİ KONGRESİ, İstanbul, Türkiye, 27 - 31 Ağustos 2019, cilt.13, ss.91, (Özet Bildiri)
2. Atlanto-occipital asimilasyon ve klinik önemiERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., ILGAZ H. B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.Anatomi Kış Günleri 2018, Türkiye, 25 - 28 Ocak 2018, (Özet Bildiri)
3. Habenula ve Glandula Pinealis’in Karşılıklı BağlantılarıERÇAKMAK B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., BAYKO S.Anatomi Günleri ”2017” Uludağ, BURSA, ULUDAĞ, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Şubat 2017, (Özet Bildiri)
4. Medial Ayak Bileği İnstabilitesinde Ligamentum Deltoideum Hasarının MRI İle DeğerlendirilmesiVURAL C. A., ERÇAKMAK B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., DEMİRYÜREK M. D.Anatomi Günleri 2017, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Şubat 2017, (Özet Bildiri)
5. Quantitative Analysis of the Terminal Branches of Facial Nerve in Fresh Frozen Head and Neck SpecimensSARGON M. F., OĞUZ Ö., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., KARAOĞLAN M. Y., ERÇAKMAK B., MÜRVET H., et al.European Joint Congres of Clinical Anatomy, 26 - 29 Haziran 2013, (Özet Bildiri)
6. Redefining the Proximal Ulna AnatomyGÜNENÇ BEŞER C., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., HAKAN Ö., ERÇAKMAK B., ONUR K., ÖZSOY A.European Joint Congress of Clinical Anatomy, 26 - 29 Haziran 2013, (Özet Bildiri)
7. Face has deep fascia: A myth of truth?GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., KARA M., ARSLAN R., ÜLKİR M., PASLI B., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., et al.
8. Releasing the Brachial Plexus Roots from their Ligamentovascular Restraints: A Cadaveric Study with Report of Three Clinical CasesBİÇER A., BEKİR H. H., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., PASLI B.
9. Brakiyal Pleksus Köklerinin Proksimal Ligamentovasküler Bağlantılarından HareketlendirilmesiBİÇER A., BEKİR H. H., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., PASLI B.
10. The morphometric evaluation and classification of the nutrient foramen of femurPASLI B., ÜLKİR M., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.
11. Anatomy of frozen shoulderERÇAKMAK B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., Özsoy H.
12. A Combined Anatomical Variation of Inferior Epigastric VesselsERÇAKMAK B., FIRAT A., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., SARGON M. F.

1. Telencephalon (Beyin yarımküreleri)FIRAT A., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C.Sistematik Nöroanatomi-Klinik olgularla destekli, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Büyükmumcu, Prof. Dr. İsmihan İlknur Uysal, Prof. Dr. Nadire Ünver Doğan, Editör, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, ss.171-209, 2021
2. Netter İnsan Anatomisi AtlasıFIRAT A., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., ERGUN K. M., TUNALI S., ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., SARGON M. F., et al.Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri, 2020
3. Lippincott Anatomi AtlasıFIRAT A., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., OCAK M., VATANSEVER A., ÇELİK S., KENDİR S., et al.İstanbul Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2020
4. Basitleştirilmiş Klinik AnatomiFIRAT A., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ B., ALBAY S., KOCABIYIK N., YÜZBAŞIOĞLU N., et al.Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ankara, 2019
5. Bölüm 6FIRAT A., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., ERGUN K. M.Gray’s öğrenciler için Anatomi, Meserret Cumhur, Beliz Taşçıoğlu, Selçuk Tunalı, Editör, Ankara Nobel Tıp, ss.553-680, 2018
6. Bölüm 3: Alt EkstremiteFIRAT A., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., ERÇAKMAK B., DEMİRYÜREK M. D., SÜRÜCÜ H. S.Lippincott Açıklamalı İnsan Anatomisi Atlası Gövdenin Arka Tarafı Üst Ekstremite ve Alt Ekstremite, Prof. Dr. Tuna Karahan, Editör, Güneş Tıp Kitabevleri, ss.149-254, 2015
7. Bölüm 22,23,24,24,26VATANSEVER A., FIRAT A., URFALI B., ERÇAKMAK B., GÜNENÇ BEŞER C., HAYIRLI E. N., et al.