Thyroid disease Doctors in test — Page 4

Dr. Aydogan Aydogdu specializes in thyroid diseases with experience from Gulhane Military Medical Academy and current work at Medicana International Ankara Hospital.

• Graduated from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1997
• Specialized in endocrinology with training in 2004 and 2010
• Focuses on thyroid diseases among other endocrine disorders
• Works at Medicana International Ankara Hospital's Department of Endocrinology

Dr. Maksim Sazonov brings 21 years of experience of surgical expertise to thyroid care at ON Clinic Kharkiv Gagarina.

• Specializes in thyroid surgery, endocrinology, and oncology
• Holds a Ph.D. in Medicine
• Member of Ukrainian and European Associations of Surgeons

Ezgi Sevic, a nutrition and diet specialist, focuses on thyroid disease with expertise in metabolic and chronic disease nutrition.

• Graduated as Honor Student from Hacettepe University
• Specialized in bariatric nutrition and innovations in obesity
• Experience in oncology, diabetes, and metabolic disease nutrition
• Works at Medical Park İzmir Hospital

Dr. Goksun Ayvaz is a professor trained in internal medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism. He earned his MD from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1983. He completed compulsory service in Nevsehir from 1983 to 1985. He worked at the Department of Internal Medicine at Gazi University in 1985 and in 1994. He completed a residency in the United States in 1990 and subspecialty training in endocrinology and metabolism in the United States in 1996.

He served as an internal medicine specialist in the Internal Medicine and Cardiology units at Ankara Numune Hospital and Ankara Bayindir Medical Center. His academic titles are Assistant Professor (1996–1997), Associate Professor (1997), and Professor (2003). In 1997, he conducted research at the Experimental Medicine Laboratory of the Université libre de Bruxelles with Prof. W. J. Malaisse on pancreatic islet isolation and static incubation.

Medical interests include Graves disease (toxic goiter), Graves orbitopathy, thyroid disease (nodules and thyroid cancer), diabetes mellitus (insulin resistance and latent diabetes), obesity, and gonadal and pituitary diseases.

Developed the world's first robotic oral thyroidectomy – a groundbreaking advancement in thyroid surgery.

• Fellow of the International Society of Neuro Monitoring Research
• Permanent member of multiple prestigious surgical societies including the American Thyroid Association
• Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Active member of the Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons

Dr. Piacentini specializes in Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders with research focus at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.

• Specialist in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
• PhD from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome
• Research covers Hypothalamic-pituitary and Adrenal disorders

The doctor is a highly qualified specialist in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, holding a medical degree from Hacettepe University. With extensive clinical training, the doctor completed a specialization in Internal Medicine at Ankara University followed by subspecialty training in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at Ufuk University.

The doctor has achieved significant academic and professional milestones, including an Associate Professorship in 2013 and reaching the rank of Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at Istinye University in 2019. Throughout a distinguished career, the doctor has demonstrated a deep commitment to the field, contributing to both clinical practice and medical education.

Performed over 4,500 surgical procedures, including 1,500 as first operator – Dr. Giustacchini leads the Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery Unit at Mater Olbia Hospital.

• Specialized in minimally invasive techniques for thyroid surgery
• Director of the hospital's Bariatric Center
• Teacher at the National School of Endocrine Surgery
• Expert in surgical diseases of endocrine glands