A doctor with an MD from Istanbul University, specializing in general surgery and kidney transplants. Experienced in military, private, and university hospitals and a member of various medical associations.
Prof. Dr. Kamil Yalçın Polat is a leading transplantology expert and Head of the Organ Transplantation Center at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital in Istanbul. With over 30 years of surgical experience, he founded the Organ Transplantation Center at Atatürk University (2003-2010) and completed fellowships at Mount Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Polat has authored more than 50 scientific publications and serves as Vice President of the Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Society.
Dr. Umit Naci Karacal is a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. He currently practices at Memorial Ankara Hospital. He has held faculty positions at Izmir Bakirçay University Faculty of Medicine and Black Sea Technical University. From 2001 to 2023, he advanced from Associate Professor to Professor at these institutions.
Dr. Karacal graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. He completed his specialty training and chief assistantship in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Ankara Numune Hospital. With over twenty years of experience in academic and clinical roles, he has made important contributions to his field.
Dr. Bulent Unal is a distinguished oncologist and general surgeon specializing in organ transplant and treating an array of cancers. He has over 25 years of professional experience and has earned multiple awards for his work in the field. He is proficient in surgeries like kidney and liver transplant, resection of urinary bladder tumor, removal of ovarian cancer, gall bladder tumor removal, and mastectomy surgery.
Prof. Abuzer Dirican is a Professor of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology and Head of Department at Florence Nightingale Hospital. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. He completed his general surgery training at SSK Ankara in 2000. He served at İnönü University’s Liver Transplant Institute and became a professor in 2017. He also completed a clinical and research fellowship in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery.
He authored the Liver Transplantation chapter in Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery in 2016. His publications cover cholangiocarcinoma, liver transplantation, endocrine surgery, and colorectal surgery. Notable work includes a prospective randomized trial on pilonidal disease and studies on breast cancer–related lymphedema. He also co-authored analyses of 304 living-donor liver transplants and 109 hepatic vein reconstructions.
Professor Aydin is a Turkish transplantologist with over 20 years of experience and expertise in kidney transplant surgery. He has held several positions in transplant departments and centers, and has written 35 scientific papers on the subject. He is a member of various transplant-related organizations.
**Associate Professor Halil Er**
**General Surgeon and Transplantologist**
**EDUCATION**
- 1991 – 1998: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Specialization
- 2001 – 2007: Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
**PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE**
- 2007 – 2009: Erciş State Hospital, Van, Medical Doctor
- 2009 – 2009: Gölhisar State Hospital, Medical Doctor
- 2011 – 2012: Florence Nightingale Clinic, Şişli, Istanbul, Clinical Research Fellow
- 2009 – 2013: Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Department of General Surgery, Associate Professor
- 2013: Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Department of General Surgery, Organ Transplantation Center, Professor Tuncer Karpuzoğlu
**MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES**
- Coordination Association of Organ Transplantation Organizations of Turkey, 2011
- National Surgical Association, 2005
**SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS**
**Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:**
**1.** _Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-Positive and -Negative Renal Transplant Recipients_
YILMAZ V.T., ÇETİNKAYA R., Akbaş H., Özdem S., ÜLGER B.V., Erbiş H., Bakirtaş M., Aliosmanoglu I., Süleymanlar G., Çolak D., et al. **INTERNATIONAL SURGERY**, vol. 104, no. 9-10, pp. 423-430, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
**2.** _Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-Positive and -Negative Renal Transplant Recipients_
YILMAZ V.T., ÇETİNKAYA R., AKBAŞ S.H., Özdem S., ÜLGER B.V., ERBİŞ H., BAKIRTAŞ M., ALİOSMANOĞLU I., SÜLEYMANLAR G., ÇOLAK D., et al. **INTERNATIONAL SURGERY**, vol. 102, pp. 126-132, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
**3.** _Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction May Predict Mortality in Renal Transplant Patients_
Özkul F., Arık M.K., Erbiş H., Akbaş A., YILMAZ V.T., BARUTÇU A., Osmanoğlu I.A., KOÇAK H. **RENAL FAILURE**, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1622-1625, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
**4.** _Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction May Predict Mortality in Renal Transplant Patients_
Özkul F., Arık M.K., Erbiş H., Akbaş A., YILMAZ V.T., Barutcu A., ALİOSMANOĞLU I., KOÇAK H. **RENAL FAILURE**, vol. 13, pp. 1-4, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
**5.** _Effect of Age on the Outcome of Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience_
Özkul F., Erbiş H., YILMAZ V.T., KOÇAK H., Osmanoğlu I.A., Dinçkan A. **PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES**, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 827-830, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
**6.** _Delayed Graft Function in Living-Donor Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience with 1537 Patients_
Özkul F., Erbiş H., YILMAZ V.T., Öztürk B., KOÇAK H., Osmanoğlu I.A., Dinçkan A. **INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE**, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 6716-6719, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
**7.** _The Assessment of Long-Term Outcomes in HBsAg Negative Renal Transplant Recipients Who Were Transplanted from HBsAg Positive Donors_
YILMAZ V.T., ÜLGER B.V., Aliosmanoglu I., Erbiş H., Tuna Y., AKBAŞ S.H., Özdem S., ÇETİNKAYA R., SÜLEYMANLAR G., KOÇAK H. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 233, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
**8.** _Reconstruction of Segment 5 and 8 Veins in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Akdeniz University Experience_
Aliosmanoglu I., ÜLGER B.V., Erbiş H., Tuna Y., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 373, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
**9.** _Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Classical Maple Syrup Urine Disease: Case Report_
Aliosmanoglu I., Erbiş H., Soyuçen E., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 461, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
**10.** _An Unusual Cause of Biliary Obstruction After Liver Transplantation: Fasciola Hepatica_
Erbiş H., ÜLGER B.V., Aliosmanoglu I., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 697, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
Prof. Murat Dayangaç is an expert in liver transplant and is the Director of the Center for Organ Transplantation at Medipol University Hospital. He has over 70 published articles on inflammation-cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and transplantation. He is a member of the International Liver Transplantation Society, the European Society for Organ Transplantation, the International Transplant Network for Developing Countries, the European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association, and the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver.
2002 – Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine
Ankara Baskent University General Surgery
2022 – present Lokman Hekim University Ankara Hospital General Surgery
2013 – 2022 Lokman Hekim Van Hospital General Surgery
2011 – 2013 Yuksekova State Hospital General Surgery
– Ankara Surgical Association
– Ankara Breast Diseases
Dr. Nutt Chawalitkul is a medical doctor who specializes in preventive medicine, sexual medicine, clinical sexology, and anti-aging medicine. He earned his diplomas from Thammasat University and is certified by the Thai Medical Council. Dr. Nutt is board certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (A4M) and Nutritional Wellness (ANCB). He is also recognized by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM).
He completed a fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine at Dhurakij Bundit University. He holds certificates in sedation for aesthetic medicine, genomics medicine, gerontology, and hair restoration using the FUE technique. Dr. Nutt is a member of ISHRS, AAHRS, and Asia FUE. These memberships highlight his expertise in hair restoration surgery.
Dr. Ozden Gul is a general surgeon trained at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital. She has decades of surgical experience and is fluent in English.
Her practice includes gastrointestinal surgery (gallbladder disease, hernias, appendicitis, GI disorders). She also treats endocrine conditions (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal) and breast disease, both benign and malignant. She manages emergency and trauma cases. She offers minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.
She has worked at Haydarpaşa Numune, Bakırköy, Taksim First Aid, Uzunköprü State, Keşan State, Beykoz Medical Center, and Medivia Hospital. She is known for meticulous technique and patient-centered care.
Transplantologist
Dr. Antonio Alcaraz is a Spanish uro-oncologist and transplantologist with over 30 years of experience and 500 successful operations, specializing in the treatment of prostate cancer, kidney, bladder, and other urogenital system pathologies using minimally invasive and robotic systems, as well as congenital pathologies in children. He is a member of several prestigious urological societies.
Halil Erdiş graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and then completed his specialization training in the Department of General Surgery at Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine in 2007.
As for his work experience, he worked in various institutions in the field of general surgery. He worked as a Clinical Fellow at Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital between 2011-2012.
He continued his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine from 2009 to 2013.
He received the Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practices Education Certificate in 2017 in the field of education. During this period, he specialized in organ transplantation and directed his career in the field of general surgery.
Halil Erdiş's expertise in general surgery and especially organ transplantation has an important place in his career.
Clinical areas of interest:
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Liver diseases
Bile ducts gallbladder diseases
Hepatobiliary surgery
Liver transplantation
Kidney transplantation
Pancreas transplantation
Pancreatic diseases
Laparoscopic surgery
Oncological surgery
2017 - 2018
University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Health Practice Research Hospital
2015 - 2018
University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Health Practice Research Hospital
2013 - 2018
University of Health Sciences, Tepecik Health Practice Research Hospital
2013
Articles Published in 28 International Refereed Journals
Papers and Posters Presented at 17 International Scientific Meetings
Articles Published in 55 National Refereed Journals
56 Papers and Posters Presented at National Scientific Meetings
14 Referenced Publications in National and International Refereed Journals
35 Domestic Panel Conference Moderators Live Surgery
10 Domestic Courses Attended
8 International Conferences Attended
32 Meetings with Domestic Participants
6 International Meetings