Mert Erkan

Mert Erkan, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery at Department of Surgery, Koc School of Medicine, Istanbul Turkey

Qualifications

• September 1995 - Medical Doctor, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
• March 2001 - Qualified Surgeon, Thesis: Retrospective analysis of 177 patients treated due to iatrogenic biliary injury. University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey,
• December 2007 - 2nd Doctaral degree, “summa cum laude”, Thesis: The influence of tumor modulated microenvironment on pancreatic cancer behavior. University of Heidelberg
• August 2010 - Abdominal Surgeon / Speciality in Digestive Surgery, Klinikum r.d. Isar, Technische Universität München / Bayerische Landesärstekammer (Chamber of medicine of Bavaria)
• December 2011 - Associate Professor of Surgery, Chirurgische Klinik, Klinikum r.d.Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Memberships

• International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Associaton (IHPBA / E-AHPBA)
• International Association of Pancreatology (IAP)
• European Pancreatic Club (EPC)
• Deutscher Pankreasclub (DPC)
• COST action BM1204 on pancreatic cancer
• Istanbul Chamber of Medicine
• Turkish Association of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
• Istanbul University Graduates Association
• EDS – European Digestive Surgery
• DGAV – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
• Deutscher Modellflieger Verband e.V.

Editorial Board Member and ad hoc Reviewer For: (among others)

• BMC Gastroenterology
• Carcinogenesis
• Frontiers Gastrointestinal Sciences (Editorial Board Member)
• Gastric Cancer (Editorial Board Member)
• Gastroenterology
• Gut
• Journal of Pancreatology
• Lancet Oncology
• Molecular Oncology
• Pancreatology
• The Journal of Pathology
• Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences