Kaan Yücel M.D., Ph.D.
Diploma in Public Relations Program 2009 to 2010
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow 2005 to 2010
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Research Scholar 2004 to 2005
Mental Health Clinical Research Centre, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow 2003 to 2004
Deicken Psychiatry Lab, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Anatomy 1997 to 2002
Department of Anatomy, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
General Practitioner 1996 to 1997
Municipality of Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey
Medical Doctor (M.D.) 1988 to 1995
Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
Fluent in Turkish, English, and Spanish
Articles
1. Jaworska N, Yucel K, Courtright A, MacMaster FP, Sembo M, MacQueen G. Subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampal volumes in depressed youth: The role of comorbidity and age. J Affect Disord. 190: 726-732 (2015).
2. Yucel K., Nazarov A., Taylor V.H., Macdonald K., Hall G.B., Macqueen G.M. Cerebellar vermis volume in major depressive disorder. Brain Struct Funct.218: 851-858 (2013).
3. Frey BN, Hall GB, Attard S, Yucel K, Skelin I, Steiner M, Soares CN (2010). Shift in the brain network of emotional regulation in midlife women: is the menopausal transition the turning point? Menopause. 17:840-845.
4. Eker C, Kitis O, Taneli F, Eker OD, Ozan E, Yucel K, Coburn K, Gonul AS (2010). Correlation of serum BDNF levels with hippocampal volumes in first episode, medication-free depressed patients. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 260:527-533.
5. Yucel K, McKinnon M, Chahal R, Taylor V, Macdonald K, Joffe R, Macqueen G (2009). Increased subgenual prefrontal cortex size in remitted patients with major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res. 173:71-76.
6. Milne A, MacQueen GM, Yucel K, Soreni N, Hall GB (2009). Hippocampal metabolic abnormalities at first onset and with recurrent episodes of a major depressive disorder: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Neuroimage. 47:36-41.
7. McKinnon MC, Yucel K, Nazarov A, MacQueen GM (2009). A meta-analysis examining clinical predictors of hippocampal volume in patients with major depressive disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 34:41-54.
8. MacQueen GM, Yucel K, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, Joffe R (2008). Posterior hippocampal volumes are associated with remission rates in patients with major depressive disorder. Biol Psychiatry.64: 880-883.
9. Yucel K, McKinnon MC, Chahal R, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, Joffe R, MacQueen GM (2009). Increased subgenual prefrontal cortex size in remitted patients with major depressive disorder.Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 173: 71-76.
10. Yucel K, Macqueen GM (2008). Reply: ‘lithium and increased hippocampal volume: more tissue or more water?. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33: 1775.
11 Yucel K, McKinnon MC, Chahal R, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, Joffe R, Macqueen GM (2008). Anterior cingulate volumes in never-treated patients with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33: 3157-3163.
12. Yucel K, Taylor VH, McKinnon MC, Macdonald K, Alda M, Young LT, MacQueen GM (2008). Bilateral hippocampal volume increase in patients with bipolar disorder and short-term lithium treatment. Neuropsychopharmacology 33: 361-367.
13. Yucel K, McKinnon MC, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, Alda M, Young LT, MacQueen GM (2007). Bilateral hippocampal volume increases after long-term lithium treatment in patients with bipolar disorder: a longitudinal MRI study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 195: 357-367.
14. Yucel K, Macqueen G (2006). Hippocampal volumetry: Is a consensus definition of the posterior boundaries possible? Hippocampus 16: 682-683.
15. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Bora I, Parlak M (2003). Qualitative and quantitative MRI findings in temporal lobe epilepsy [Article in Turkish]. Tani Girisim Radyol 9: 157-165.
16. Hakyemez B, Kilic E, Uysal S, Akgun M, Yucel K (2003). Functional magnetic resonance imaging in lesions in or near the sensorimotor cortex [Article in Turkish]. Tani Girisim Radyol. 9: 287-294.
17. Yucel K, Hakyemez B, Parlak M, Oygucu IH (2002). Morphometry of some elements of limbic system in normal population: a quantitative MRI study. Neuroanatomy 1: 15-21.
18. Yucel K (2002). Cerebellum: Dark Side of the Moon. Journal of Neurological Sciences. 19, 2
Posters at international congresses
1. Hassel S, Yucel K, Macdonald K, Taylor V, MacQueen G. Increases in subcallosal gyrus in first episode patients with bipolar disorder compared to those with major depression. 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. May 29- 2 June 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
2. Foster JA, Yucel K, Koloszi E, MacKenzie RN, MacQueen GM. Risk alleles of the serotonin transporter polymorphism predict small hippocampal volumes in major depression. 64th Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 13-16, 2009. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Biol Psy. 65: S232.
3. McKinnon MC, MacDougall AG, King M, Yucel K, Levine B, MacQueen GM. Neural and behavioural correlates of autobiographical memory for emotional events in recurrent major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, September 4-7, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
4. McKinnon MC, Yucel K, Taylor V, Macdonald K, MacQueen GM. Hippocampal volume in medication naïve patients with major depressive disorder. 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, September 4-7, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
5. McKinnon MC, Yucel K, Nazarov A, MacQueen GM. A meta-analysis examining clinical predictors of hippocampal volume in patients with major depressive disorder. 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, September 4-7, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
6. Yucel K, Nazarov A, McKinnon MC, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, MacQueen GM. Vermis volume in major depression. 63rd Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 1-3, 2008, Washington DC, USA. Biol Psy 63: 114S.
7. McKinnon MC, Yucel K, Taylor VH, Macdonald K, Joffe R, MacQueen GM. Hippocampal volume in medication naïve patients with major depressive disorder. 63rd Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 1-3, 2008, Washington DC, USA. Biol Psy 63: 209S.
8. Yucel K, McKinnon MC, Chahal R, McKinnon MC, Macdonald K, Joffe R, MacQueenGM. Anterior cingulate subregion volumes in medication naïve patients with major depressive disorder. 63rd Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 1-3, 2008, Washington DC, USA. Biol Psy 63: 216S.
9. Yucel K, Weigand N, Deicken RF. Subregional hippocampal volume alterations in familial bipolar I females. 24th Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) Congress June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2004 7; Supplement 2, page 156, 2004.
10. Davis K, Yucel K, Cardenas V, Deicken RF. Reduced anterior and posterior cingulate cortex volume in familial major depressive disorder. 24th Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) Congress June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 7; Supplement 2, page 184, 2004.
11. Jakary A, Davis K, Yucel K, Deicken RF. Reduced Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex NAA in familial major depression. 24th Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) Congress June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 7; Supplement 2, page 184, 2004.
12. Jakary A., Davis K, Yucel K, Deicken RF. Putamen alterations in familial major depression. 24th Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) Congress, June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 7; Supplement 2, page 340, 2004.
13. Yucel K, Weigand N, Jakary A, Pegues M, Deicken RF. Left anterior hippocampal atrophy in females with recurrent familial major depression. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, April 29-May 1, 2004, New York, USA. Biological Psychiatry 55;85, Supplement page 234, 2004.
14. Yucel K, Monkul ES, Gonul AS, Brambilla P, Barut C, Ozturk H, Hakyemez B. A review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of hippocampus volume in mood disorders. 3rd National Congress of Neuroscience, April 7-11, 2004, Denizli, Turkey, Neuroanatomy 3, Supplement 1 page 37, 2004.
15. Davis KA, Yucel K, Cardenas V, Deicken RF. Frontal and anterior cingulate cortex volume reductions in Familial Bipolar I Disorder. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 15 – 17, 2003 San Francisco, California. Biological Psychiatry 53; 85, Supplement, page 91, 2003.
16. Yucel K, Pegues M, Weigand N, Deicken RF. Difference in anterior hippocampal volume asymmetry between females with major depression and controls. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 8 – 12, 2003, New Orleans, USA.
17. Yucel K, Bora I, Hakyemez B, Oygucu IH, Parlak M. Temporal lobe epilepsy, history of complex febrile convulsion and limbic system morphometry. 1st National Neuroscience Congress, March 16-20, 2002, Eskisehir, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 111.
18. Yucel K, Hakyemez B, Oygucu IH, Parlak M, Türkeş N. Temporal lobe epilepsy and depressive symptomatology. 5th European Congress on Epileptology, October 6-10, 2002, Madrid, Spain, Epilepsia 43; Suppl. 8, 162-163, 2002.
19. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Oygucu IH, Parlak M. Temporal lobe epilepsy and pituitary morphology.5th European Congress on Epileptology, October 6-10, 2002, Madrid, Spain. Epilepsia 43; Suppl. 8, 163-164, 2002.
20. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Parlak M, Bora I. MR Imaging of Temporal Lobe Seizures: Diagnosis with Fast Fluid-Attenuated-Inversion Recovery and Fast Inversion Recovery vs Fast Spin-Echo MR Imaging. ASNR 40th annual meeting. May 13 – 17, 2002 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
21. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Yalcin R, Parlak M. Diagnostic value of T2 relaxation time in seizures of temporal lobe origin. Proceedings of the 11th Advanced Course and 27th Congress of European Society of Neuroradiology, Ancona, Italy. Neuroradiology,Volume 43, Supplement 1, 2001, S83.
Posters at national congresses
1. Chahal R, Yucel K, MacDonald K, Taylor VH, MacQueen GM. Anterior cingulate volume in never treated compared to extensively treated people with unipolar depression. 10th National Congress of Anatomy with international participation. September 6-10, 2006, Bodrum, Turkey. Neuroanatomy 5; Supplement 2, page 2, 2006.
2. Yucel K, MacDonald K, Taylor VH, Rincon Castro LM, MacQueen GM. Bilateral hippocampal volume increase in patients with bipolar disorder and a known history of lithium treatment. 10th National Congress of Anatomy with international participation. September 6-10, 2006, Bodrum, Turkey. Neuroanatomy 5; Supplement 2, page 3, 2006.
3. Yucel K, Hakyemez B, Oygucu IH, Parlak M. Measurements of hippocampus and amygdala on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 1st National Neuroscience Congress, Eskisehir, Turkey. Proocedings of the 1st National Neuroscience Congress, March 16-20, 2002, Eskisehir, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 112.
4. Yucel K, Brambilla P, Monkul ES, Ozturk H, Gonul AS. The investigations of the corpus callosum by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in schizophrenia and mood disorders. 8th National Anatomy Congress, 26-30 August, 2004, Konya, Turkey. Ulusal Anatomi Kongresi, 2004.
5. Yucel K, Hakyemez B, Oygucu IH, Parlak M. Fornix and mammillary body widths in normal population. 1st National Neuroscience Congress, March 16-20, 2002, Eskisehir, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 113.
6. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Erdogan C, Parlak M. MR of temporal lobe epilepsy: comparison of qualitative and quantitative assessments. Proceedings of the 11th Advanced Course and 27th Congress of European Society of Neuroradiology, Ancona, Italy. Neuroradiology,Volume 43, Supplement 1, 2001, S82.
7. Yucel K, Bora I, Hakyemez B, Parlak M, Oygucu IH. Temporal lobe epilepsy and its relation with fornix and mamillary body. 37th National Annual Neurological Congress, 31 October-4 November, 2001, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 197.
8. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Bora I. The diagnostic value of qualitative and quantitative MR findings in temporal lobe epilepsy. 37th National Annual Neurological Congress, 31 October-4 November, 2001, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 197.
9. Yucel K, Bora I, Hakyemez B, Parlak M, Oygucu IH, Turkes N (2001). Depression and temporal lobe epilepsy- a quantitative MRI study. 37th National Annual Neurological Congress, 31 October-4 November, 2001, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 199.
10. Yucel K, Taneli S, Öktem S. Anthropemetric measurements made with gypsy originated children and immigrated children from neighbor towns living in the same district in Bursa to assess their developmental status (Anthropometrische Messungen zur Festsellung des Ernährungszustands von Roma-Kindern und binnenmigrierten Kindern im gleichen Stadtteil von Bursa.) 4th Turkish – German Psychiatry Congress (IV. Deutsch – Türkischer Psychiatrikongress; Migration and Personality, 5-9 September, 2000, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract Boook Page 96.
11. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Yazici Z. Bora I, Tuncel E. Qualitative and quantitative MRI and MR spectroscopy findings in children with temporal lobe epilepsy. 17th Turkish Radiology Congress, 27-31 October, 2000, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 90.
12. Hakyemez B, Yucel K, Parlak M. The diagnostic value of single – voxel MRI spectroscopy in temporal lobe epilepsy. 17th Turkish Radiology Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 116.
13. Cankur N, Yucel K, Turan S. Some opinions of the students on medical education –I. 3rd Balkan Congress of Medicine and Dentistry for students and young doctors, November 5 – 7, 1999,Bursa, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 163
14. Yucel K, Cankur NS, Turan S. Some opinions of the students on medical education –II. 3rd Balkan Congress of Medicine and Dentistry for students and young doctors, November 5 – 7, 1999,Bursa, Turkey. Abstract Book Page 164.
15. Cankur NS, Turan S, Yucel K. A case of multiple muscle variation. 5th Congress of the European Association of Clinical Anatomy, June 3-5, 1999 Constanta ,–Neptun, Romania. Absract Book Page 43.
16. Yucel K, Tolunay S, Korfalı E, Oygucu IH, Adim SA. Hippocampal neuron loss in a case with giant basilar aneurysm : A case report. 5th National Anatomy Congress, 25-30 September, 1999, Antalya, Turkey. Abstract Book Page PA-23.
Projects worked as a supervisor or co-supervisor
Anthony Nazarov, University of Toronto Psychology Department Independent Study
“Cerebellar volume in major depression”
Andrea Gabriel, Research Assistant, McMaster University Work Study Program
“ Caudate volume in bipolar disorder”
Nosheen Chaudhry, Research Assistant, McMaster University Work Study Program
Reshma Sookhai, Volunteer Student, McMaster University
“Paracingulate volume in patients with bipolar disorder”
Raman Chahal ,M.D., Research Associate, Mood Disoders Program, McMaster University
“ Subregional anterior cingulate volume in patients with major depression and bipolar disorder”
Valerie Taylor, M.D.,Ph.D, Psychiatrist, Mood Disorders Clinic, McMaster University
Robyn MacKenzie, Research Assistant, Brain-Body Institute, McMaster University
“Hippocampal volume in patients with major depression and bipolar disorder”
Altınbaş University Dent PhD Anatomy 