Oktay Banli
- Specialization: General surgeon
- 38 years of experience
- Speaks:English, Turkish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Turkey, Ankara, Private Koru Ankara Hospital
- In 2014, worked in bariatric care affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College.
Prof. Dr. Oktay Banlı is a Professor of General Surgery. He has focused on laparoscopic bariatric surgery since 2006. His main procedures are sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass.
MD, Ankara University (1988). General Surgery Specialist, Erciyes University (1996). He worked for 11 years in the General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation Clinic at Etlik Specialized Hospital. He completed advanced laparoscopic training in France (2005–2006). He became an Associate Professor in 2007 and a Professor in 2013. He also served as Clinical Chief at Elazığ Education and Research Hospital. In 2014, he worked in bariatric and metabolic surgery clinics at Weill Cornell Medical College and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
He has published in international journals and is a member of professional societies. His interests include gastric balloon and band, sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), mini gastric bypass (MGB), duodenal switch/biliopancreatic diversion (BPD), advanced laparoscopy, hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery, and transplant surgery and coordination.
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Qualifications
Prof. Dr. Oktay Banli was born in Gülşehir in 1965, completed his education in Ankara and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1988. After completing his compulsory service in Şaphane district of Kütahya, he started his residency at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery in 1991 and became a General Surgery Specialist in 1996.
After working at the university as a lecturer for one year, he started working at Etlik Specialized Hospital in 1997. He worked at the General Surgery and Transplantation (Kidney Transplantation) Clinic here for 11 years, and also received advanced laparoscopic surgery training in France in 2005-2006.
having received the title of associate professor in 2007 and professor in 2013, he served as the clinical chief at the General Surgery Clinic of Elazığ Education and Research Hospital. In 2014, he worked at the bariatric and metabolic surgery clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, USA.
since 2006, he has focused on laparoscopic morbid obesity surgery and specializes in tube stomach and gastric bypass operations.
Prof. Dr. Oktay Banlı has many publications in internationally respected scientific journals and is a member of several scientific associations. He speaks English, is married, and has two children.
Between 2006 and 2026 (July), a total of 9591 morbid obesity surgeries were performed and no complications occurred. He is the best bariatric surgeon in Turkey.
Medical Interests:
Bariatric Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
Gastric Balloon Application
Gastric Clamp (Gastric Band) Surgery
Sleeve Gastrectomy (Tubular Stomach Surgery)
Gastric Bypass and Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB)
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB)
Duodenal Switch and Biliopancreatic Diversion
General Surgery Procedures
Laparoscopic Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
Hepato-Pancreatobiliary Surgery (Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas Surgeries)
Organ Transplant Surgery and Coordination
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