Semra Kahraman

Specialization: Fertility specialist
34 years of experience
accreditations:
Speaks:
English, Turkish
Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Şişli Hospital
Prof. Kahraman pioneered IVF techniques in Turkey – first to perform microinjection, surgical sperm extraction, and genetic testing at Memorial Şişli Hospital.
- _doctor_1274_years_ leading the IVF department
- Specializes in complex cases needing PGD and aneuploidy testing
- Trained at Cornell University and top Nordic fertility clinics
- Recipient of the ASRM Star Award for groundbreaking research
- Published 150+ works on ovarian stimulation and genetic diagnosis

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Certifications & accreditations

The Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society

The American Society of Reproductive Medicine

Qualifications

Prof. Kahraman is a top IVF specialist in Turkey. The first in Turkey who performed microinjection, surgical sperm extraction, freezing techniques and preimplantation. Heads the IVF Department in Memorial Şişli Hospital.

Specialty

Doctor Semra Kahraman is an expert in infertility treatment, IVF, andrology and genetics.

She is a pioneer in ICSI, embryo freezing and preimplantation genetic diagnosis for single gene disorders and HLA typing and aneuploidy testing in Turkey. Together with her team provided first in Turkey isolation and establishment of embryonic stem cell lines.

Work experience

Since 2000 – Head of the IVF Department in Memorial Şişli Hospital
1993-2000 – Head of the IVF Unit in Private Sevgi Hospital
1991-1992 – IVF specialist at Klinikk Hausken Oslo (Norway).

Education

1981 – Hacettepe University Medical School – Degree in general medicine
1989 – Ankara University – Specialty in obstetrics and gynecology
2004 – Yeditepe University Medical Faculty – Professorship.

Special trainings at the Cornell University IVF Center (USA), Chicago Reproductive Genetics Institute (USA), Haugesund hospital IVF Laboratory (Norway), Rikshospitale IVF Center (Norway).

Awards

1996 – Scientific Encouragement Award for work in human reproduction
1997 – Scientific Encouragement Award for work in human reproduction
2008 – Lifetime Achievement Award from the Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine
2010 – Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bayburt Science Education and Culture Association
2017 – Star Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
2018 – Star Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Scientific activity

Dr. Kahraman is an author of 150 works devoted to infertility problems. Her research interest is preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), and controlled ovarian stimulation.

Membership in organizations

The Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society
The International Association of Private Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinics and Laboratories
The Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery (ÜTD)
The Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine
The European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology.