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Best Cirrhosis gastroenterologists in Istanbul: TOP 24 doctors

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Tarik Akar
Gastroenterologist
20 years of experience
4.5
139 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Hisar Intercontinental Hospital

Tarik Akar

Gastroenterologist
20 years of experience
  • Dr. Tarik Akar specializes in advanced Cirrhosis treatment.
  • Uses methods like medication, lifestyle changes, and liver transplant evaluation.
  • International practice in Turkey, known for Gastroenterology expertise.
  • Certified Internist with extensive academic and clinical experience.
  • Member of professional medical associations, ensuring updated practices.
  • Offers online consultations for patients with Cirrhosis globally.
  • Fluent in English and Turkish, facilitating clear communication.
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Cemalettin Aydin
General surgeon
35 years of experience
5.0
2 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Medipol Acibadem District Hospital

Cemalettin Aydin

General surgeon
35 years of experience

Eğitim:

  • Lisans Derecesi (MD): Tıp Fakültesi, Uludağ Üniversitesi, 1989

Uzmanlık Eğitimi ve Deneyim:

  • Genel Cerrahi Uzmanlık Derecesi: Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, 1997
  • Yan Dal (Fellowship): Gastroenteroloji Cerrahisi, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi, 2005

Akademik Kariyer:

  • Doçentlik: Genel Cerrahi, İnönü Üniversitesi, 2011
  • Profesörlük: Genel Cerrahi, İnönü Üniversitesi, 2017
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Samet Yardimci
General surgeon
21 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital

Samet Yardimci

General surgeon
21 years of experience

Prof. Dr. Samet Yardımcı - Specialist in Gastroenterology and General Surgery

Education and Specialization:

  • Medical Degree: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (2003)
  • Residency in General Surgery: Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital (2003-2009)
  • Fellowship in Gastroenterology Surgery: Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital (2009-2012)

Professional Experience:

  • 2003-2009: Assistant Doctor at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital
  • 2009-2012: Specialist at Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital
  • 2012-2017: Specialist at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
  • 2017-2018: Associate Professor at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
  • 2018-Present: Professor at VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital

Areas of Expertise:

  • Obesity Surgery
  • Gastroenterology Surgery
  • Reflux Surgery
  • Stomach Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Colorectal Surgery

Research and Publications: Prof. Dr. Yardımcı has numerous publications in international journals, focusing on topics such as liver regeneration, splenic hydatid cysts, and the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. His research includes innovative methods in bariatric surgery and the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.

Certifications and Awards:

  • Turkish Surgery Competency Certificate
  • International Observership Certificate from Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas
  • Best Young Researcher Award at the Congress of Transplantation (2011)
  • Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate Patient Satisfaction Certificate

Professional Memberships:

  • Turkish Surgery Association
  • Turkish Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Association
  • Gastroenterology Surgery Association
  • Turkish Obesity Surgery Association
  • International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
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Samir Safarov
Gastroenterologist
13 years of experience
4.5
3 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Büyük Anadolu Hospitals (BAH)

Samir Safarov

Gastroenterologist
13 years of experience

Specializations

 

Diabetes (Sugar)

Thyroid

Hypertension

cholesterol

stomach diseases

intestinal diseases

osteoporosis

 

Experience

 

Azerbaijan Gusar Central Hospital

Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics

Azerbaijan Göranboy, First Lieutenant Doctor

Hospital Park Darıca Hospital

BAH

 

Education

 

Azerbaijan Medical Faculty (2015)

Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital (2016-2020)

 

Vocational Trainings, Courses and Conferences Attended

 

Internal Medicine Congress

Gastro Academy

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Murat Sarikaya
Gastroenterologist
20 years of experience
5.0
2 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Medipol Bahçelievler Hospital

Murat Sarikaya

Gastroenterologist
20 years of experience

Experience:

2022 - 

Medipol Bahçelievler

2021 - 2022

MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY SEFAKÖY HOSPITAL

2018 - 2020

İSTİNYE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

2014 - 2020

TOKAT STATE HOSPITAL

2010 - 2010

BINGOL STATE HOSPITAL

 

Education:

2021

MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY, GASTROTEROLOGY

2018

İSTINYE UNIVERSITY, INTERNAL DISEASES USA

2014

ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL, GASTROENTEROLOGY

2010

FIRAT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE/INTERNAL MEDICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT/INTERNAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT

2004

FIRAT UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE

 

A. International Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Title: Fatal fulminant hepatitis B after withdrawal of entecavir treatment in a patient with HBeAg seroconversion.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Koçak Erdem, Köklü Seyfettin, Babalı Ayşegül, Çakal Başak
  • Journal: Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume/Issue: (Kontrol No: 1206043)

Title: Acute gastric obstruction resulting from gallstone-induced bezoar.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Koçak Erdem, Köklü Seyfettin, Akbal Erdem
  • Journal: The American Surgeon
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume/Issue: 78(12)
  • Page: 529
  • (Kontrol No: 1129707)

Title: Garlic-induced esophagitis.

  • Authors: Doğan Zeynal, Sarıkaya Murat, Filik Levent, Ergül Bilal
  • Journal: Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 76(2)
  • Page: 262
  • (Kontrol No: 1131422)

Title: Association between Helicobacter pylori and liver-to-spleen ratio.

  • Authors: Doğan Zeynal, Sarıkaya Murat, Filik Levent, Ergül Bilal
  • Journal: European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 25(1)
  • Pages: 107-110
  • Citations: 7
  • DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283590c10
  • (Kontrol No: 1131424)

Title: Crohn's disease masked by median arcuate ligament syndrome.

  • Authors: Bıyıkoğlu İbrahim, Sarıkaya Murat, Uysal Ramadan Selma, Ergül Bilal, Doğan Zeynal
  • Journal: Chinese Medical Journal
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 126 (14)
  • Page: 2798
  • Citations: 1
  • (Kontrol No: 1131477)

Title: Telaprevir and anemia: What we learned from the first three patients.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent
  • Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 45(7)
  • Page: 575-575
  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.759271
  • (Kontrol No: 1129738)

Title: Magnesium and parathyroid hormone levels of patients using different proton pump inhibitors.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Filik Levent, Ergul Bilal, Doğan Zeynal
  • Journal: Gastroenterology Nursing
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 36 (2)
  • Pages: 145-148
  • DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e31828d3753
  • (Kontrol No: 1129715)

Title: Is topical pharyngeal anesthesia necessary in esophagogastroduodenoscopy in all unsedated patients?

  • Authors: Ergül Bilal, Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Filik Levent, Bıyıkoğlu İbrahim
  • Journal: Digestive Endoscopy
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 25(1)
  • Pages: 90-91
  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2012.01383.x
  • (Kontrol No: 1129879)

Title: Inpatient Care Of Hepatitis C: Applying The Four Pillars Model To The Hospital Setting.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Filik Levent, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal
  • Journal: Gastroenterology Nursing
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 36(2)
  • Pages: 141-144
  • DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e31828d33db
  • (Kontrol No: 1129712)

Title: "The "Bouveret's Syndrome" Case Resolved Without Necrotic Changes."

  • Authors: Bilal Ergül, Murat Sarıkaya, Zeynal Doğan, Sevda İdil, Tarkan Karakan, Abdullah Çetin Köseoğlu
  • Journal: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 725434
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/725434
  • (Kontrol No: 1131423)

Title: Severe acute pancreatitis due to hypertriglyceridemia.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent, Bıyıkoğlu İbrahim
  • Journal: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 945902
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/945902
  • (Kontrol No: 1131425)

Title: Gallstone Ileus Caused by Cholecystoenteric Fistula Demonstrated on Computed Tomography.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent, Sevda İdil
  • Journal: Case Reports in Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 652960
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/652960
  • (Kontrol No: 1131426)

Title: Intestinal Perforation Due to Ingested Chicken Bone Mimicking Crohn's Disease.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent
  • Journal: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 604820
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/604820
  • (Kontrol No: 1131427)

Title: Acute pancreatitis induced by hypertriglyceridemia: A case-based review.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent
  • Journal: Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 24(3)
  • Pages: 276-280
  • DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2013.0565
  • (Kontrol No: 1129727)

Title: An Unusual Complication of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Severe Acute Pancreatitis Leading to Death.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent, Tarkan Karakan
  • Journal: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 658370
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/658370
  • (Kontrol No: 1131475)

Title: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain: Mesenteric Panniculitis.

  • Authors: Sarıkaya Murat, Doğan Zeynal, Ergül Bilal, Filik Levent
  • Journal: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume/Issue: 2013
  • Article ID: 925259
  • DOI: 10.1155/2013/925259
  • (Kontrol No: 1131476)

B. Contributions to Scientific Conferences:

Title: Suicidal poisonings in Turkey: demographic and clinical aspects.

  • Authors: Sarikaya M., Gunes A., Goksu E., Erdogan G., Ozen C., Kaya A.
  • Conference: 30th European Congress of Clinical Toxicology (EAPCCT)
  • Year: 2000
  • Abstract ID: P44
  • (Kontrol No: 1131478)

Title: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Aortoenteric Fistula.

  • Authors: Doğan Zeynal, Sarıkaya Murat, Filik Levent, Ergül Bilal
  • Conference: World Congress of Gastroenterology
  • Year: 2013
  • Abstract ID: P1367
  • (Kontrol No: 1131479)
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Omer Necip Aytug
Gastroenterologist
44 years of experience
4.5
139 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Hisar Intercontinental Hospital

Omer Necip Aytug

Gastroenterologist
44 years of experience
This physician was born in 1956 and graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1980. He was awarded the title of Internist in 1985 and completed his Gastroenterology fellowship at Marmara University in 1997. He has been an Associate Professor at Firat University since 1989 and a Professor at Abant İzzet Baysal University since 1998. He has worked and taught at private hospitals, including Camlica Medicana Hospital and Memorial Service Hospital, as well as Duzce University Faculty of Medicine.Read more

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Salih Boğa
Gastroenterologist
10 years of experience
4.6
107 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital

Salih Boğa

Gastroenterologist
10 years of experience
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4.6
107 reviews
Doctor's visit price on request
Liver transplant $65000
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Mustafa Sahin
General surgeon
36 years of experience
4.5
3 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Büyük Anadolu Hospitals (BAH)

Mustafa Sahin

General surgeon
36 years of experience

Specializations

 

Cancer Surgery

Pancreatic Surgery

Bile Duct Surgery

Bariatric Metabolic Surgery

Oncological Surgery

Breast Surgery

Gastric cancer

Colon cancer

Thyroid Cancer

Obesity Surgery

Diabetes Surgeries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ozlem Ozer Chakir
Gastroenterologist
10 years of experience
5.0
28 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital

Ozlem Ozer Chakir

Gastroenterologist
10 years of experience

Education

MD; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (2001)

Residencies

Internal Medicine; Ministry of Health Ankara Diskapi Education and Research Hospital (2009)

Pathology; Gazi University Faculty of Medicine (2004)

Fellowships

Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine (2013)

Experiences

Demiroglu Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital (2019- currently)

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2017-2019)

Bundang CHA Hospital, Seoul, Korea (2018)

Konya Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology  (2014-2017)

Certificates

Advanced Endoscopy Certificate, Bundang CHA Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 2018

Bariatric Endoscopy Certificate, Bariatric Endoscopy Global course, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2020

Awards

2019 Rising Star, 10th Digestive Disease and Endoscopy Symposium

Memberships

Turkish Society of Internal Medicine

Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

ERCP Study Group at Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Women in Endoscopy, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Tolga Sahin
Gastroenterologist
14 years of experience
5.0
28 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital

Tolga Sahin

Gastroenterologist
14 years of experience

accreditations:

The International Liver Transplantation Society

Education: 

 

Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine 

 

Specialization Training: 

 

Baskent University Faculty of Medicine. Internal diseases 

Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Minor 

 

Worked Institutions: 

Tekirdag State Hospital (Compulsory Service) 

Demiroğlu Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology 

 

Medical Interests: 

 

Endoscopy-Colonoscopy 

ERCP 

Hepatology 

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 

Liver Transplantation

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Yilmaz Bilgic
Gastroenterologist
23 years of experience
5.0
2 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Medipol Acibadem District Hospital

Yilmaz Bilgic

Gastroenterologist
23 years of experience

ACADEMIC CAREER SUMMARY

Degree: Bachelor's
Field: Medicine
University: Atatürk University
Year: 2001

Degree: Master's
Field: Medicine
University: Atatürk University
Year: 2001

Specialization/Doctorate: Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
University: İnönü University
Year: 2012

Associate Professorship: Gastroenterology
University: İnönü University
Year: 2018

Foreign Language: English, 67.5, 2007

H-index (WoS/Google): 8/10

Impact Factor: 8.1577

Key Research Work:
“Does apocynin increase liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy model?” Yılmaz Bilgiç, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Onural ÖZHAN, Azibe YILDIZ, Zeynep AKSUNGUR, Mehmet Erman ERDEMLİ, Nigar VARDI, Yusuf TÜRKÖZ, Sami AKBULUT, Adem KÖSE, Hakan PARLAKPINAR. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 (53), 1-12 Q3.

Declared Project Title, Year:
K.3.6. “Investigation of the Effects of Vinpocetine in Sepsis Created by Cecal Ligation and Puncture in Rats” (Principal Investigator), 2023

International Experience:
Advanced Endoscopy Training, Anam Hospital, South Korea (3 months, 2016)
Advanced ERCP Course, Olympus Training Center, Hamburg (2017)

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

  • Institution: İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center
    City: Malatya
    Position: Assistant Chief Physician
    Period: 2021 - 2024
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