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Dr. Mustafa Serkan Durdu is a cardiovascular surgeon at Memorial Göztepe Hospital. He previously worked at Memorial Ankara Hospital and Ankara University. He focuses on minimally invasive heart and valve surgery. His work includes right anterior minithoracotomy and combined procedures.

He has published peer-reviewed studies on sutureless aortic valve replacement. His work also covers multiple valve implantation via right anterior thoracotomy, valve surgery with right coronary artery bypass, and molecular markers of chronic atrial fibrillation. His papers have appeared in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Lung and Circulation, and The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon.

He earned his MD from Erciyes University. He completed cardiovascular surgery training at Ankara University and additional training in biotechnology and genetics. He is a member of EACTS, ISMICS, MIRC, and Turkish societies for cardiovascular surgery, vascular surgery, and hematology.

Halil Erdiş graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and then completed his specialization training in the Department of General Surgery at Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine in 2007.

As for his work experience, he worked in various institutions in the field of general surgery. He worked as a Clinical Fellow at Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital between 2011-2012.

He continued his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine from 2009 to 2013.

He received the Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practices Education Certificate in 2017 in the field of education. During this period, he specialized in organ transplantation and directed his career in the field of general surgery.

Halil Erdiş's expertise in general surgery and especially organ transplantation has an important place in his career.

Clinical areas of interest:

You can list your clinical areas of interest as items:

Liver diseases

 Bile ducts gallbladder diseases

 Hepatobiliary surgery

 Liver transplantation

 Kidney transplantation

Pancreas transplantation

 Pancreatic diseases

Laparoscopic surgery

 Oncological surgery

Areas of interest

Infertile Couple Assessment, Reproductive Difficulties, Functional Medicine, Polycystic Ovarian Disease, Endometriosis, In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, IVF Treatments, urinary incontinence, sexual therapy, sexual dysfunction, genital aesthetics, laparoscopic surgery

Education and Expertise  

Diyarbakır Ziya Gökalp Süper High School 1995-1999 Diyarbakir Dicle University Faculty of Medicine - Medical Education 1999-2005 Diyarbakir Dicle University Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation- Specialization Training 2005-2007 Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Teaching and Research Hospital Department of Obstetric and Gynecology Specialization Training 2007-2012

University of Health Sciences Bakirköy Dr Sadi Konuk Teaching and Research Hospital, - Research Assistant 2012-2017Istanbul Aydin University Tıp Fakültesi, department of Obstetric and Gynecology Assistant Professor 2017-2019 İstanbul Aydın University Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetric and Gynecology Associate Professor 2019- Assisted Reproductive Therapy Certification 2019

IVF Training and Experience IAÜ VM-Medical Park Florya IVF Center, responsible physician Currently

Professional Memberships

Turkish Gynecology and Obstetrics Association

Dr. Eyup Bakmaz is an experienced orthopedic surgeon in Istanbul. He specializes in sports medicine, knee replacement, and hip arthroscopy. He has over 20 years of clinical experience at Gayrettepe Florence Nightingale Hospital. Dr. Bakmaz performs both minimally invasive and traditional orthopedic procedures.

He is known for his skill in treating orthopedic trauma and sports injuries. He also focuses on advanced rehabilitation. Dr. Bakmaz is a certified specialist from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. He is committed to evidence-based and personalized patient care. His patients report high satisfaction and strong surgical results.

**Associate Professor Halil Er**  

**General Surgeon and Transplantologist**  

**EDUCATION**  

- 1991 – 1998: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Specialization  

- 2001 – 2007: Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery  

**PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE**  

- 2007 – 2009: Erciş State Hospital, Van, Medical Doctor  

- 2009 – 2009: Gölhisar State Hospital, Medical Doctor  

- 2011 – 2012: Florence Nightingale Clinic, Şişli, Istanbul, Clinical Research Fellow  

- 2009 – 2013: Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Department of General Surgery, Associate Professor  

- 2013: Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Department of General Surgery, Organ Transplantation Center, Professor Tuncer Karpuzoğlu  

**MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES**  

- Coordination Association of Organ Transplantation Organizations of Turkey, 2011  

- National Surgical Association, 2005  

**SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS**  

**Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:**

**1.** _Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-Positive and -Negative Renal Transplant Recipients_  

YILMAZ V.T., ÇETİNKAYA R., Akbaş H., Özdem S., ÜLGER B.V., Erbiş H., Bakirtaş M., Aliosmanoglu I., Süleymanlar G., Çolak D., et al. **INTERNATIONAL SURGERY**, vol. 104, no. 9-10, pp. 423-430, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)  

**2.** _Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in Hepatitis B Virus-Positive and -Negative Renal Transplant Recipients_  

YILMAZ V.T., ÇETİNKAYA R., AKBAŞ S.H., Özdem S., ÜLGER B.V., ERBİŞ H., BAKIRTAŞ M., ALİOSMANOĞLU I., SÜLEYMANLAR G., ÇOLAK D., et al. **INTERNATIONAL SURGERY**, vol. 102, pp. 126-132, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)  

**3.** _Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction May Predict Mortality in Renal Transplant Patients_  

Özkul F., Arık M.K., Erbiş H., Akbaş A., YILMAZ V.T., BARUTÇU A., Osmanoğlu I.A., KOÇAK H. **RENAL FAILURE**, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1622-1625, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)  

**4.** _Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction May Predict Mortality in Renal Transplant Patients_  

Özkul F., Arık M.K., Erbiş H., Akbaş A., YILMAZ V.T., Barutcu A., ALİOSMANOĞLU I., KOÇAK H. **RENAL FAILURE**, vol. 13, pp. 1-4, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)  

**5.** _Effect of Age on the Outcome of Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience_  

Özkul F., Erbiş H., YILMAZ V.T., KOÇAK H., Osmanoğlu I.A., Dinçkan A. **PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES**, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 827-830, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)  

**6.** _Delayed Graft Function in Living-Donor Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience with 1537 Patients_  

Özkul F., Erbiş H., YILMAZ V.T., Öztürk B., KOÇAK H., Osmanoğlu I.A., Dinçkan A. **INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE**, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 6716-6719, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)  

**7.** _The Assessment of Long-Term Outcomes in HBsAg Negative Renal Transplant Recipients Who Were Transplanted from HBsAg Positive Donors_  

YILMAZ V.T., ÜLGER B.V., Aliosmanoglu I., Erbiş H., Tuna Y., AKBAŞ S.H., Özdem S., ÇETİNKAYA R., SÜLEYMANLAR G., KOÇAK H. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 233, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)  

**8.** _Reconstruction of Segment 5 and 8 Veins in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Akdeniz University Experience_  

Aliosmanoglu I., ÜLGER B.V., Erbiş H., Tuna Y., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 373, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)  

**9.** _Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Classical Maple Syrup Urine Disease: Case Report_  

Aliosmanoglu I., Erbiş H., Soyuçen E., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 461, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)  

**10.** _An Unusual Cause of Biliary Obstruction After Liver Transplantation: Fasciola Hepatica_  

Erbiş H., ÜLGER B.V., Aliosmanoglu I., Öztürk B., YILMAZ V.T., Dinçkan A. **TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL**, vol. 28, pp. 697, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)  

Dr. Rahsan Adviye is a Neurology Specialist at Memorial Göztepe Hospital (2025–present). She has over 20 years of specialist practice in Istanbul. She previously worked at Fatih Medical Park (2004–2008) and Hisar Hospital (2009–2010). From 2010 to 2025, she served as a Neurology Specialist and instructor at the University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar City Hospital. This post included 15 years of academic teaching.

She completed her Neurology residency at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (1999–2004). She earned her M.D. there in the English-language program (1991–1998). She is a member of the Turkish Neurology Society, the Istanbul Medical Chamber, and the EEG-EMG Clinical Neurophysiology Society. She attended the Master’s Program in Clinical Neurophysiology at Istanbul University. She has also taken part in many national and international scientific meetings.

dr.Semih Tiber Menetşe

Education

2009-2014 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

2016-2023 Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital (Specialty)

Experience

2010 Cardiology Clinic, Cardiology Hospital C. I . Parhon Iaşi/ Romania

2011 Gastroenterology Clinic, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa Zaragoza/ Spain

2012 Plastic Surgery Clinic Sapienza University of Rome Italy

2012 Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen Denmark

2012 Hippokration General Hospital, Athens Greece

2016-2023 Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital

2023-2024 Necip Fazil Training and Research Hospital (Chief Physician)​

Psychiatrist at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital since 2018. Previously worked at Medical Park Bahçelievler, Trakya University Psychiatry, and Bakırköy Mental Health. MD, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa. Psychiatry residency at Bakırköy.

Author of 80 publications (53 national, 27 international). Has 330 international citations and 90 presentations. Wrote “Neurotransmitters and Depression” (1988). Contributed 25 book chapters and translated 3 psychiatry books.

Founding member of the Turkish Psychiatric Association and member of APA and ISPG. Awards include the TPA Research Encouragement (2006) and the Mood Disorders Third Prize (2004). Certified CBT psychotherapist (national and European, 2012) and supportive psychotherapist/instructor (2013). Supervised 21 theses. Was an invited speaker at more than 20 congresses and chaired 4. Served on 10 organizing committees. Reviewed 70 papers. Served on the editorial boards of 15 journals. Principal investigator or consultant on 5 projects.

The doctor began their medical career in 1998 at Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, later moving to Gökçeada İaşeli Military Hospital. From 2005 to 2012, they practiced at Okmeydan Clinic and spent 2008-2009 at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. Since 2012, the doctor has been a General Specialist in the surgery of obesity at Medipol Clinic.

The doctor performs advanced procedures such as laparoscopic gastric sleeve resection, stomach resection using the da Vinci robot, gastric balloon, and mini-gastric bypass.

Dr. Ozgur Kilickesmez is an interventional neuroradiology and interventional radiology specialist at Memorial Goztepe Hospital in Istanbul (2025–present). He previously worked at Medicana Atakoy and Zincirlikuyu (2024–2025). He also served at Basaksehir Cam ve Sakura City Hospital (2020–2024), Istanbul Training and Research Hospital (2012–2020), and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London (2011–2012).

He is a Professor at the University of Health Sciences (2020). He was an Associate Professor at Yeditepe University Hospital (2010). He completed training in interventional oncology at King’s College University (2011) and in interventional radiology at Cerrahpasa (2010). He provides international training in minimally invasive tumor therapy, non-surgical thyroid interventions, new-generation embolization, and stent-based brain aneurysm treatment. He is a member of RSNA, ESR, CIRSE, and ESNR. He also belongs to Turkish radiology, neuroradiology, interventional radiology, and oncology societies.

Specializations

• Rhinoplasty Aesthetics
• Facial Applications in Surgery
• Breast Aesthetics
• Body Shaping Aesthetics
• Liposuction
• Botox-Filler-Mesotherapy Procedures

The doctor completed a pediatrics specialization at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty and a subspecialty in child neurology at Istanbul University Medical Faculty. In 2013, the doctor achieved the rank of Associate Professor. The doctor has authored five books on autism and published numerous studies on topics such as epilepsy in children with periventricular leukomalacia, positron emission tomography findings in children with infantile spasms and autism, and dietary therapies for childhood epilepsy.

Dr. Sumeyre Seda Ertekin is a general surgeon and surgical oncologist at Memorial Göztepe Hospital (2025–present). She previously worked at Academic Hospital (1999–2025), Marmara University Hospital (1991–2010), Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpaşa (1997–1998), and Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway (2000–2008).

She holds UEMS European Board of Surgery certification in General Surgery (2012) and a subspecialty in Breast Surgery (2012). She completed Ministry of Health subspecialty training in Surgical Oncology (2012). She finished her General Surgery residency at Marmara University (1991–1996).

Memberships and roles: Founding Member, Breast Surgery Association. Country Coordinator, OPBS. Member, EORTC‑BCG, BRESO, IBUS, SENATURK, and the Istanbul Breast Diseases Society. Member, Global Technical Oversight Group (THET–ABS). Honorary Member of the Bulgarian Surgical Society, the Romanian Society of Breast Surgery and Oncology, and ABSI (India).

Cardiology

Fields of Study and Interests

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemic Heart Diseases

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Diseases

• Hypertension

• Hyperlipidemia

Education

• Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine Cardiology Specialization Training 2011,

Istanbul/Turkey

• Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine Medical Doctor Education 2006,

Istanbul/Turkey

Career

• Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine 2013-2019, Istanbul/Turkey

• Sanliurfa Mehmet Akif Inan E.A.H 2011-2013, Şanlıurfa/Turkey

• Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine 2006-2011, Istanbul/Turkey

Publications: Doğan A, Özdemir B, Bal H, Özdemir E, Kurtoğlu N.Ticagrelor-associated thrombotic

thrombocytopenic purpura.Anatol J Cardiol. 2017 Jan;17(1):73-74

Dr. Melek Gozde Lus graduated from the Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 1999. She completed her residency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Capa) in 2008. She then served at Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital from 2008 to 2010.

She focuses on ADHD, dyslexia, autism and Asperger syndrome, and other neurodevelopmental disorders. She also treats developmental delays, anxiety, and OCD. Her training includes CBT (basic and supervision) for children and adolescents. She is trained in child-centered and CBT play therapy, and in filial therapy with structured play and art. She holds international certification in schema therapy.

Her thesis examined bipolar co-diagnosis in children with ADHD. She has published articles in national and international journals on ADHD, autism, and internet addiction. She is a member of the Turkish Medical Association, the Turkish Psychiatric Association, the Child and Youth Mental Health Association, and the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She contributed to Turkey’s Autism Action Plan by providing early diagnosis training for family physicians.

Dr. Bulen Can is an endocrinology specialist at Memorial Göztepe Hospital (2025–present). He previously worked at Acıbadem Ataşehir (2024–2025). From 2017 to 2024, he was a faculty member in the Division of Endocrinology at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He also practiced at Ankara Numune, Kastamonu Dr. M. İslamoğlu, and Ümraniye Training and Research Hospitals. He has been an endocrinology specialist since 2013.

He completed subspecialty training in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (2009–2013). Before that, he finished his Internal Medicine residency at Bezm‑i Âlem Vakıf Gureba (2003–2009). He received his M.D. from the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. He is a member of TEMD, TİHUD, TTB, and the Istanbul Medical Chamber. He attended the 46th TEMD Congress (2025), Aydın Endocrine Days (2022), and Clinical Research Training (2017).