Best Neuroblastoma doctors in Turkey: TOP 11 doctors

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Yesim Yildirim
  • 4.6 Excellent 481 reviews
  • 20 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Anadolu Medical Center
  • Doctor Yesim Yildirim is an oncologist certified by the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO). Affiliated with numerous hospitals in the United States and Turkey, including the University of Maryland Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Memorial Sisli Hospital. She has over 20 years of experience and has a special interest in preventive medicine, diabetes, and hypertension. Holds an MBA in Healthcare Management and shares her expertise with Bookimed from 2022.

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Ahmet Demir
  • 4.6 Excellent 5 reviews
  • Turkey, Ankara, Memorial Ankara Hospital
  • Dr. Ahmet Demir is an esteemed pediatric oncologist and oncohematologist with over 23 years of experience. He specializes in acute leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, stem cell transplantation, bone marrow biopsy, neuroblastoma, and various childhood blood diseases. Dr. Demir has made remarkable contributions to pediatric oncology, including numerous articles, research presentations, and book chapters.
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Evrim Metcalfe
  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol Bahçelievler Hospital
  • Experience

    2021 - 2022

    Clinical Manager of Radiation Oncology, Medicana International Istanbul Hospital

    2021 - 2022

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Biruni University Faculty of Medicine

    2020 - 2021

    Clinical Manager of Radiation Oncology, Medicana International Istanbul Hospital

    2017 - 2020

    Clinical Manager of Radiation Oncology, Neolife Medical Center

    2016 - 2017

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine

    2011 - 2016

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine

    2010 - 2011

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine

    2008 - 2010

    Radiation Oncology Clinic, Samsun Training and Research Hospital (Education Coordinator)

    2006

    Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University

    2006 - 2008

    Radiation Oncology Clinic, Samsun Mehmet Aydın State Hospital (Compulsory Service)

    2000 - 2006

    Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University

     

    Education

    2022

    Biruni University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty Member, Professor Doctor

    2022

    Anadolu University Open Education Faculty Undergraduate Program, Cultural Heritage and Tourism

    2021

    Feyziye Schools Foundation Işık University Health Services Vocational School, Faculty Member, Associate Professor Doctor

    2017

    Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty Member

    2017

    Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Associate Professor Doctor

    2006

    Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Specialist Doctor, Compulsory Service

    2006

    Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Specialization

    1998

    Ege University, Faculty of Medicine

     

     

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Alp Özkan
  • 4.6 Excellent 481 reviews
  • 24 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Anadolu Medical Center
  • Dr. Alp Özkan is a highly experienced Turkish pediatric oncologist with over 20 years of experience in lymphoma treatment. He has worked in the USA, is a professor at Istanbul University, and has published 5 books on pediatric cancer treatment. He has won the Turkish Scientific Prize in Pediatric Oncology and has authored more than 70 scientific articles.
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Yasemin Altuner Torun
  • 4.3 Good 16 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Istinye University Liv Hospital Bahcesehir
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Sema Yilmaz
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  • 34 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Turkey, Ankara, Private Koru Ankara Hospital
  • Sema Yılmaz was born on July 30, 1965. She received her undergraduate degree from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty and completed her medical residency training at the Department of Pediatrics at Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Health and Diseases Hospital. She also completed her medical subspecialty training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Cukurova University. Her medical residency thesis was titled "The Relationship Between Morning First Urine Density and Nocturnal Enuresis in Children Aged 3-6 Years", and her medical subspecialty thesis was titled "Comparison of Sphingosine 1-phosphate Receptor 4 Gene Expression in Healthy Children and Neuroblastoma Patients". She started her medical career as a general practitioner. After working as a general practitioner for 4 years, she worked as a doctor researcher at Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital for 5 years. She then served as a specialist doctor, assistant professor, and associate professor at various institutions. She worked at Houston MD Anderson, North Carolina-UNC, Boston-Harvard University in the USA. Additionally, she conducted research on cell therapies. She received the title of professor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Usak Medical Faculty. She is a member of the Turkish Pediatric Oncology Group, European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), Turkish Medical Association, Turkish National Pediatrics Association, Turkish Pediatrics Association, Pediatrics Specialty Academy Association (PUADER), Turkish Immunology Association, Turkish Hematology Association, and Molecular Oncology Association (MOKAD). She currently serves her patients at Koru Hospital. Her medical interests include:

    Cell therapies in childhood cancers

    Cancer immunology

    Investigation of genetic pathways responsible for cancer and metastasis

    Pulmonary microbiota

    BAL transplantation

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Mehmet Onur Ozturk
  • New
  • 14 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Bewell Health Assistance
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Metin Demirkaya
  • 5 Excellent 1 review
  • 25 years of experience
  • Turkey, Bursa, Medicana Bursa Hospital
  • Dr. X completed their medical degree at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine (1993-1999). They then completed a residency in Pediatrics at Bursa Uludag University School of Medicine (1999-2005), followed by a Pediatric Oncology Residency Program (2005-2010), and have since held various positions at various institutions in Pediatric Oncology, including Assistant Professor (2013-2018) and M.D. Professor of Medicine (2019-present).
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Hilmi Apak
  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Biruni University Hospital
  • Dr. Hilmi Apak is a pediatric hematology-oncology specialist with 21 years of experience in the field. He has a specialization degree in pediatric oncology and has performed various operations including bone marrow transplantation, leukemia chemotherapy, and CAR T-cell therapy. Dr. Apak has published 75 international medical articles and served as an assistant editor at Turkish Pediatrics Archives Periodical.
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Savash Kansoy
  • 4.6 Excellent 481 reviews
  • 46 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Anadolu Medical Center
  • Education

    • Ege Faculty of Medicine 1978
    • Specialization in Pediatrics 1982
    • Subspecialty Pediatric Oncology 2002 (EU Faculty of Medicine)
    • Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2012 (EU Faculty of Medicine)
    • Deputy Chief of Clinic 1988 Tepecik EAH
    • Clinical Chief 1993 Tepecik EAH
    • Associate Professorship 1995
    • Professorship  2002
    • Ege U. Faculty of Medicine, faculty member 1998 – 2022
    • EU Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics 2009-2018
    • Member of Tepecik Education Planning and Coordination Board (1993-1998)
    • SSI Tepecik Hospital Ethics Committee Chairman (1996-1998)
    • Turkish Society of Pediatric Hematology "Bone Marrow Transplantation Working Group Co-Chair" (2002-2006)
    • Turkish Society of Pediatric Hematology "Bone Marrow Transplantation Working Group" (2006-2008)
    • Turkish Society of Pediatric Hematology - Responsible for Bone Marrow Transplantation "Online" Data Registry System 2007-ongoing.
    • Ege University Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Commission Chairman, 2011-2021

    Institutional Memberships

    • Turkish Medical Association İzmir and Kocaeli Branch
    • Turkish National Pediatric Association - İzmir
    • European Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT); Ege University Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit was accredited by the European Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) in June 2007.
    • Turkish Society of Pediatric Hematology - Board Member for two terms (2005-2009)
    • Turkish Society of Hematology - Board Member for two terms (2001/2005)
    • Turkish Pediatric Oncology Association
    • Bone Marrow Transplantation Foundation (KITVAK) Member of the Board of Trustees

    Units he is the founder of                        

    1- SSI Tepecik Hospital Pediatric Oncology Clinic (1990) 
    2- SSI Tepecik Hospital Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit (1992) 
    3- EU Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit (1998) 
    4- FOUNDER of JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 2014; SCI application was made in 2022.  

    Transplantation units that he contributed to the establishment of                        

    1. İzmir BUÇH EAH Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit (2019) 
    2. Ümraniye EAH Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit (2020) 
    3. Kanuni Sultan Süleyman EAH Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit (2020) (Transferred to Çam Sakura EAH)

    Awards

    • Thrombotic parameters in bone marrow stem cell transplant patients, Pediatric Hematology Congress, Trabzon 2003
    • CD133 Antigen in Stem Cell: Pediatric Hematology Congress 2005. Research award
    • The role of Toll like receptors in febrile neutropenic patients, Best poster award. Turkish Hematology Congress 2008, Çeşme-İzmir
    • National pediatric stem cell transplantation activity- Oral presentation second prize, Turkish Hematology Society Stem Cell Transplantation Congress, 2022, Antalya

    Publications

    Kansoy S. "Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Child Health and Diseases, 1st edition, EU Faculty of Medicine Printing House, 1999, İzmir

    Kansoy S. Bone marrow transplantation in Thalassemia Major III. Aegean Thalassemia Days Book, 2000, Izmir

    Kansoy S. Pediatric KIT Center Standards in Turkey. Childhood Acute Leukemias, Antalya 2000: 73-5

    Kansoy S. Late Side Effects in Children. Special issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation Journal of Turkish Clinics. 2003

    Kansoy S. Stem Cell Applications in Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation. Pediatric Oncology Nursing Course Book, İzmir, 2005

    Kansoy S. Cord Blood as a Stem Cell Source. Stem Cell Special Issue. Turkey Clinics, 2008

    Kansoy S. Stem Cell Transplantation in Lymphomas. General Pediatrics Book, Ed. Prof.Dr.Enver Hasanoglu, 2009

    Kansoy S, Aksoylar S. Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children. Pediatrics, 2014 and 2017

    Kansoy S. Rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatrics, 2014 and 2017

    Kansoy S. Approach to the child with cancer according to clinical findings. Pediatrics, 2014 and 2017 

    11. Çetingül N, S.Kansoy, M.Kantar. Oncological Diseases. Pediatrics (Ed. A. Cura), 641-672, Ege University Print house, İzmir, 1999.  (1.05 points)

    Kansoy S, M.Kantar. Head, Face and Eye Examination. Pediatric Prosthetic Physical Examination and Symptom Information (Ed. A.Cura)

    Kantar M. Metabolic Emergency Problems in Oncology. Oncologic Emergencies and Supportive Care in Childhood (Ed. N. Çetingül, S. Kansoy), 15-24, Meta Basım, İzmir, 2003. 

    Cord Blood Transplants in Turkey. HEMATOLOGIST, 2016

    Kansoy S. Central Nervous System Tumors in Children Pediatrics, 2014 and 2017

    Acute myeloblastic leukemia in children and its treatment. Pediatric Oncology Textbook, Poplack's Turkish, 2020

    National pediatric stem cell transplant activity, 2020

    Childhood stem cell transplantation indications, Turkey Clinics - International book 2020

    In addition to the studies and papers in international journals published in large numbers, he is involved in international multicenter studies in some journals with high impact value.

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Oguzhan Babacan
  • 4.5 Good 146 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan BABACAN completed his undergraduate, specialty and sub-specialty education at GATA Military Medical Faculty/Ankara. After becoming a specialist in Pediatrics, he worked in the field of Social Pediatrics for two years, where Healthy Baby Monitoring and vaccine follow-up were carried out. Then, she completed her subspecialty training in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and continued her studies in the field of pediatric blood and cancer diseases. In addition to the treatment of children suffering from leukemia, lymphoma, solid tumors and other blood diseases, she has been working in the Bone Marrow Transplantation (Transplant) Unit for 13 years in Allogeneic (unrelated and intrafamilial), Autologous (from the patient himself) and Haploidentical (partially HLA compatible) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In 2018, he received the title of Associate Professor in the field of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Science/Art.

     

    MEDICAL AREAS OF INTEREST

    Healthy baby follow-up and vaccinations

    Lymph node enlargement

    Pediatric patients with anemia (anemia)

    Leukemia

    Lymphoma

    Bone Marrow Transplant

    ITP

    Thalassemias

    Hemophiliacs

    Solid tumors

    Hemangioma

    Childhood blood disorders

    Children with frequent infections

    Fever of unknown origin

    Malnutrition in children

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