Prof. Dr. Çağatay Öztürk graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and completed his compulsory service at the Türkali Village Health Center in Zonguldak between 1997 and 1999.

Between 1999 and 2004, Prof. Dr. Çağatay Öztürk completed his specialization training in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Uludağ University. In 2004, he started his career as an Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist at Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital.

He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in April 2012 and the title of Professor in June 2017. Since 2015, Prof. Dr. Çağatay Öztürk has been serving as the head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Ulus Liv Hospital and Istinye University Faculty of Medicine. He has authored over 100 international publications and books, mostly in the field of spinal surgery.