Best bariatric surgeons in Istanbul: TOP 30 doctors

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Levent Kaptanoglu

  • 5 Excellent 1 review
  • 33 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital
  • Education and Expertise

    Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

    Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine

    Northwestern University, Transplantation Center

    Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital

    Bezmialem Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery

    Experience

    1992 to 1997 – Research Assistant at Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery

    1998 to 2002 – Fellow at Northwestern University, Transplantation Unit

    2003 to 2008 – Chief Assistant at Kartal Training and Research Hospital

    2008 to 2011 – Associate Professor at Kartal Training and Research Hospital

    2011 to 2013 – Associate Professor at Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery

    2013 to 2018 – Associate Professor at Kartal Training and Research Hospital


    Professional Memberships

    -Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Chirurgie

    -American Society for Transplantation

    -Breast Surgery Association

    -Trauma Association

    -Hepatobiliary Surgery Association

    -Colorectal Surgery Association

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Emine Yildirim

  • 4.8 Excellent 4 reviews
  • 28 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Atlas University Hospital
  • 2023 – Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Education and Research Hospital – General Surgery Clinic Associate Professor

    2013 – Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Education and Research Hospital – General Surgery Clinic Specialist

    2008 – 2013 Private Medical Park Fatih Hospital, General Surgery Specialist - Deputy Chief Physician

    2005 – 2007 Private Gelişim Hospital – General Surgery Specialist

    2003 – 2005 Private Istanbul Şafak Hospital – General Surgery Specialist - Chief Physician

    2002 – 2003 ISTANBUL HASEKİ EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL – General Surgery Clinic Assistant Physician

    1998 – 2002 Ankara Education and Research Hospital – General Surgery Clinic Assistant Physician

    1998 – Health Sciences University – Istanbul Haseki Health Application and Research Center – Medical Specialization

    1991 – Gazi University Faculty of Medicine – Bachelor’s Degree

    Certificates

    IGM Diagnosis, Treatment Workshop, Granulomatous Mastitis, Kocaeli, Certificate, 07.10.2023 (National)

    ibreast 51- Free Flap Reconstruction, Breast Cancer Surgery, Online, Certificate, 30.09.2023 – 30.09.2023 (International)

    ibreast 50- Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 02.09.2023 -02.09.2023 (International)

    ibreast 49- Implant Based Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 12.08.2023 -12.08.2023 (International)

    ibreast 48- DCIS, İbreast 48- DCIS, Online, Certificate, 15.07.2023 -15.07.2023 (International)

    ibreast 47- Conference Updates, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 25.06.2023 -25.06.2023 (International)

    ibreast 46- Margin Revisited, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 10.06.2023 -10.06.2023 (International)

    1. International 4. National Breast Surgery Congress, Breast Surgery, Ürgüp, Certificate, 05.05.2023 – 07.05.2023 (International)

    ibreast 44- HER2 Positive Disease, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 29.04.2023 -29.04.2023 (International)

    St-Gallen 2023, St-Gallen Congress Summary Meeting, Istanbul, Certificate, 01.04.2023 -01.04.2023 (National)

    ibreast 43- Save The Nipple, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 25.03.2023 -25.03.2023 (International)

    ibreast 42-Chest Wall Perforator Flap Revisited, Breast Cancer, Online, Certificate, 25.02.2023 -25.02.2023 (International)

    ibreast 41- High Risk And B3 Lesions, Breast Diseases, Online, Certificate, 28.01.2023 -28.01.2023 (International)

    15. New Approaches in Breast Cancer Education Meeting, Breast Cancer, Istanbul, Certificate, 07.01.2023 – 08.01.2023 (National)

    Articles she wrote and took part in;

    1.YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, YETİŞ FIRAT, YILDIZ EREN OZAN, ÖZDEMİR MUHAMMED, KOMUT NESLİHAN, ÇALIK MUSTAFA, ER AHMET MUZAFFER. Correlation between breast and axillary pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Annali Italiani di Chirurgia, 2023

    2.UZUN NEDİM, YILDIRIM EMİNE. Relationship Between Toilet Type and Hemorrhoids. Bezmialem Vakif University, 2022

    3.YILDIZ EREN OZAN, YILDIRIM EMİNE, ORHUN ERDOĞAN KIVILCIM, ERYILMAZ İKLİL, YÜNLÜEL EMİR MEHMET, YETİŞ FIRAT, ULUKENT SUAT CAN. The effect of the covid 19 pandemic on the number of patients treated for acute and complex acute appendicitis. Annali Italiani di Chirurgia, 2202

    4.YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, ÖZDEMİR MUHAMMED, KARAGÜLLE AHENK, ER AHMET MUZAFFER, UÇAR NEŞE. Upgrade Rates of DCIS, Intraductal Papilloma, and the Other High-risk Breast Lesions. Hamidiye Medical Journal, 2022
     

    5.ÖZKAN GÜMÜŞKAYA PERİHAN, ALTUN ÖZGÜR, KARAKÜTÜK YÜZTAŞ NUR, ÖZSOY NESLİHAN, AYDIN TUTAK GÜLTEN, YILDIRIM EMİNE, ADAŞ MİNE, KÜÇÜK MEHMET. COVID-19 Pnömonisi Sonrası AntiHBs Değerlerindeki Değişiklikler. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022;12(4), 

    6.KOMUT NESLİHAN, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, YILDIRIM EMİNE. The relationship of tumor budding with GOLPH3 expression and histopathological prognostic parameters in colorectal adenocarcinoma. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 2022 Jun;58:151933. 

    7.KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, UÇAR NEŞE, AKAN YEŞİM NAMDAR, KAYA MEHMET FATİH, YILDIRIM EMİNE, ALADAĞ KURT SEDA, SOYLU BOY FATMA NUR, TAŞKIN FÜSUN, İÇTEN GÜL ESEN. Magnetic resonance imaging findings associated with recurrence in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. Clinical Imaging, 2022

    8.YILDIRIM EMİNE, KEĞİN MURAT, ÖZDEMİR MUHAMMED, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, PELEN ZEKERİYA, ER AHMET MUZAFFER. Neoplasms of theAppendix; Single Institution and Ten-Year Experiences Results. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2022;28(3), 352-360

    9.YILDIRIM EMİNE, YILDIZ EREN OZAN, ERYILMAZ İKLİL, ER AHMET MUZAFFER, BEKTAŞ SİBEL. Comparison of excised breast volume, re-excision rate and margin positivity in breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients using and not using neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Journal of Surgery in Medicine,2022;6

    10.YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, PELEN ZEKERİYA, YANIK İREM, ER AHMET MUZAFFER, ÇENGEL FERHAT, ÖZKAN GÜMÜŞKAYA PERİHAN. Histopathological, Radiological, and Demographic Factors Predicting the Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2022;53(1)

    11.KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, KOÇAK BURAK, UÇAR NEŞE, AKAN YEŞİM NAMDAR, YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL. MRI Radiomics of Breast Cancer: Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Lymphovascular Invasion Status. Academic Radiology, 2022;29(1), 126-134.

    12.YILDIRIM EMİNE, UÇAR NEŞE, YETİŞ FIRAT, KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, BEKTAŞ SİBEL. Diagnostic performance of breast imaging with ultrasonography, magnetic resonance and mammography in the assessment of residual tumor after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2022;6(1), 43-48

    13.YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, GÖKTAŞ AYDIN SABİN, ER AHMET MUZAFFER, YANIK İREM, ÖZKAN GÜMÜŞKAYA PERİHAN, YILMAZ BARBAROS UTKU, BİLİCİ AHMET, ÖNCEL MUSTAFA. Factors Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine / İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022;85(1), 41-50. 

    14.YILDIRIM EMİNE, Pelen Zekeriya, KEĞİN MURAT, UÇAR NEŞE, KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, GÜNDOĞAR ÖZGECAN. Evaluation of the Reliability of Preoperative Ultrasonography and Ultrasonography-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Axillary Staging in Patients With Breast Cancer. Journal of Academic Research in Medicine, 2021;11(3), 269-276., 

    15. KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, UÇAR NEŞE, KAYA MEHMET FATİH, YILDIRIM EMİNE, BEKTAŞ SİBEL. Characterization of Suspicious Microcalcifications on Mammography Using 2D Shear-Wave Elastography. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2022;47(9), 2532-2542. 

    16.KAYADİBİ YASEMİN, TEKCAN ŞANLI DENİZ ESİN, UÇAR NEŞE, YILDIRIM EMİNE, ŞANLI AHMET NECATİ. Evaluation of the Appearance Characteristics of Suspicious Microcalcifications Detected by Ultrasonography. Journal of Academic Research in Medicine, 2022;11(2), 199-205. 

    17.YILDIRIM EMİNE, ÖZER HİLAL, ÖZER İLTER, KOYUNCU ADİL, YILDIRIM TİMUR. The Effects on Bacterial Translocation and Tissue Damage of Selenium Treatment in an Experimental Intestinal Ischaemia-Reperfusion Model. Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2021;27(4), 389-394. 

    18.YILDIRIM EMİNE, AKBAŞ PELİN, ORHUN ERDOĞAN KIVILCIM, BEKTAŞ SİBEL, ÖZKAN GÜMÜŞKAYA PERİHAN, ER AHMET MUZAFFER, PALTURA CEKİ. The comparison of the histopathological results of the thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies in the 795 patients with thyroidectomy. Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2021

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Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
$3,000 - $3,200
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Baris Demiriz

  • 4.9 Excellent 184 reviews
  • 10 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dr. MED
  • Dr. Baris Demiriz is a general and bariatric surgeon in Turkey. He has 15 years of experience in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. He has published many articles in national and international journals.

    Dr. Demiriz is a member of IFSO, the Turkish Obesity Surgery Association, and the National Society of Endoscopical Laparoscopic Surgery. He earned his medical degree from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2001. He completed his general surgery training at Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital in 2007.

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Nedim Aban

  • 4.8 Excellent 121 reviews
  • 40 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Lokman Hekim Istanbul Hospital
Gastric balloon
$1,400 - $2,000
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
$2,500 - $2,600
Stomach resection
$2,000 - $2,740
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Burak Kankaya

  • 4.9 Excellent 52 reviews
  • 16 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Valued Med Hub Hospitals
  • Education and Expertise 2009 - Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine 2008 - Universita Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Medicina e Chirurgia, Naples, Italy 2016 - Bakırköy Dr.Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital - Ph.D./S.S./Medical Specialization General Surgery Experience 2009 - 2010 - Gaziantep Station Health Center - Dr. 2010 - 2016 - Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Clinic - As.Dr. 2014 - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Endocrine and Metabolism Institute, Center for Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland, USA. - Observer Dr. 2016 - 2018 - Op.Dr. Kilis State Hospital Professional Memberships Turkish Surgery Association
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Cengiz Dibekoglu

  • 5 Excellent 41 reviews
  • 34 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
  • Personal Information:

    • Born in 1967.
    • Completed primary education in Istanbul.
    • Graduated from Pertevniyal High School in 1984.

    Education & Training:

    • Enrolled in Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 1984, completing medical education in English and graduating in 1991.
    • Started General Surgery residency at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1991.
    • Became a General Surgery Specialist in 1996 with a thesis on "The Effects of Inhibiting the Nitric Oxide Pathway in Radiation Enteritis."
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    Professional Experience:

    • 1996: Joined Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital as a General Surgery staff doctor.
    • 2002-2004: Served as a Lecturer and Acting Head of the General Surgery Department at Kadir Has University Faculty of Medicine.
    • 2013: Transferred to Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital as a General Surgery specialist, where he continues to work.
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    Medical Expertise & Achievements:

    • Performed the first general surgery operation in Turkey using the Da Vinci robotic system.
    • Specializes in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery and continues to perform such procedures.

    Positions Held:

    • 1991-1996: Research Assistant – Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery.
    • 1996-2012: General Surgery Specialist – Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital.
    • 2002-2004: Lecturer – Kadir Has University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery.
    • 2003-2004: Acting Head – Kadir Has University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery.
    • 2013-Present: General Surgery Specialist – Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital.

    Interests 
    Robotic surgery,
    Advanced laparoscopic surgery(Colorectal and GERD Surgery included),
    Laparoscopic hernia surgery,
    Breast and thyroid surgery,
    Gastrointestinal surgery,
    Anal region diseases,
    Hepatobiliary surgery

    Memberships

    Turkish Medical Association

    Turkish Surgical Society

    American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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Sukru Arslan

  • 4.9 Excellent 47 reviews
  • 10 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Health Point World Clinic
  • Education

    1998 – Beykent University Hospital

    2004 – Beykent University Hospital, General Surgery

    Medical Interests:

    Obesity Surgery

    Laparoscopic Surgeries (Minimally Invasive)

    Bariatric Surgery:

    Gastric Sleeve Surgery

    Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y)

    Gastric Balloon

    Gastric Botox

    Other Surgeries and Treatments:

    Cancer Surgery

    Gallbladder Surgeries

    Pilonidal Sinus Treatment

    Hemorrhoid and Anal Fissure Surgery

    Reflux Surgery

    Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Interventions

    Oncological Surgery

     

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$6,500 - $6,500
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Omer Uslukaya

  • 4.5 Good 51 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Ataşehir Hospital
  • EXPERIENCE*

     

    2019 - Present, Istanbul/Istanbul/Turkey

    MEMORIAL ATAŞEHİR HOSPITAL

    General Surgeon

    2012 - 2019, Diyarbakır/Diyarbakır/Turkey

    DİCLE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

    General Surgeon

    2011 - 2012, Van/Van/Turkey

    VAN REGIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

    General Surgeon

    2009 - 2011, Van/Van/Turkey

    HAKKARİ STATE HOSPITAL

    General Surgeon

    2004 - 2009, Van/Van/Turkey

    YÜZÜNCÜYIL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

    General Surgeon

    2002 - 2004, Van/Van/Turkey

    HACIBEKİR HEALTH CENTER

    General Practitioner

     

    *EDUCATION*

     

    2018 - 2019, Diyarbakır/Turkey

    Associate Professor

    2015, Ohio/USA

    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER

    Neck Dissection Training

    2012 - 2018, Diyarbakır/Turkey

    Assistant Professor

    1996 - 2002, Adana/Turkey

    ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY

    FACULTY OF MEDICINE - Medical Doctor Education

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Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
$3,190 - $3,500
Gastric bypass
$2,000 - $2,500
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$6,400 - $6,400
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Babek Tabandeh

  • 4.4 Good 28 reviews
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medical Park Göztepe Hospital Complex
  • Associate Professor of General and Bariatric Surgery. Specializes in laparoscopic (minimally invasive) surgery.

Gastroectomy
$15,600 - $15,600
Gastric band
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Mehmet Akif Aydin

  • New
  • 27 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medical Park Bahcelievler Hospital
  • Education
    1991 to 1997 Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
    1998 to 2003 Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital

    Experience
    1997 to 1998 Van Edremit Health Center
    1998 to 2003 Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Resident Doctor
    2004 to 2007 Sivas State Hospital, General Surgery Clinic, Specialist Doctor
    2007 to Present Medical Park Bahçelievler Hospital, Associate Professor

    Professional Memberships
    -Turkish Medical Association
    -Turkish Surgical Society
    -Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
    -Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
    -Society of Endocrine Surgery

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