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Education and Specialization

• 2006: Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
• 2014: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine
• 2018: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Oncology

Experience

• 2006 - 2008: Konya Derebucak District Hospital
• 2009 - 2015: Akdeniz University Hospital
• 2015: Antalya Kaş State Hospital
• 2015 - 2016: İnönü University Faculty of Medicine
• 2016 - 2021: Akdeniz University Hospital
• 2021 - 2023: Antalya Training and Research Hospital

Professor of oncosurgery and proctology

Dermatologist

Associate Professor Dr. Yusuf AÇIKGÖZ
Specialization: Medical Oncology

Education:

• 2004-2011: İnönü University Faculty of Medicine
• 2011-2016: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Internal Medicine
• 2017-2022: Health Sciences University, Medical Oncology

Professional Experience:

• 2016-2017: Bingöl City Hospital, Internal Medicine
• 2021-2022: Health Sciences University, Medical Oncology
• 2022-2023: Kastamonu Education and Research Hospital, Medical Oncology
• 2023-2024: Ohio State University, Medical Oncology
• 2024-Present: Lokman Hekim University, Medical Oncology, Ankara Hospital

Clinical Trials, Courses, Certifications:

Clinical Trials:

• 2017-2021: Phase III, CheckMate-649 Study (Assistant Investigator)
• 2022-Present: Phase III, Fortitude-101 Study (Assistant Investigator)

Courses:

• 2018: Medicres Basic and Advanced Biostatistics Training Program (ongoing), Istanbul-Vienna
• 2019: Immuno-Oncology Education Course, March 1-2, 2019, Vienna, Central European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG)
• 2018: Good Clinical Practice Certification, April 7-8, 2018, Ankara, Health Sciences University
• 2017: Basic Oncology Training Program, November 25-26, 2017, Adana, Clinical Oncology Society
• 2016: Basic Ultrasonography Course (10 hours theoretical + 10 hours practical), September 24-25, 2016, Ankara, Turkish Emergency Medicine Association

Certifications:

• Ongoing: ECFMG Certification
• 2024: CITI Responsible Conduct of Research (The Ohio State University)
• 2024: CITI IACUC-Laboratory Animal Research (The Ohio State University)
• 2024: CITI Human Subjects Protection (The Ohio State University)
• 2024: CITI Good Clinical Practice (The Ohio State University)
• 2023: Occupational English Test (OET)
• 2019: International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Total Score: 6.5, May 26, 2019, Ankara, British Council
• 2017: USMLE Step 2 CK Exam; Score: 244, February 7, 2017
• 2016: USMLE Step 1 Exam; Score: 215, August 25, 2016

Memberships:

• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - 2022
• Turkish Society of Medical Oncology - 2020

Education & Expertise

• 1998 to 2004 – Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
• 2005 to 2009 – Düzce University, Internal Medicine Specialization
• 2009 to 2010 – Beytüşşebap State Hospital, Compulsory Internal Medicine Service
• 2010 to 2013 – Bülent Ecevit University, Medical Oncology Specialization
• 2013 to 2015 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Medical Oncology Compulsory Service
• 2015 to Present – Associate Professor, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
• 2015 to 2021 – Lecturer, Medical Oncology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine
• 2020 to Present – Professor, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine
• 2020 to Present – Ph.D. Student, Inorganic Chemistry, Sakarya University

Experience

• 2008 – Cleveland Clinic, Rheumatology & Gastroenterology Rotation
• 2016 to 2017 – Northeastern University, The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Boston, U.S.

Professional Memberships

• TTOD (Turkish Society of Medical Oncology)
• ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
• ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology)

Areas of Interest

Infertile Couple Assessment

Reproductive Difficulties

Functional Medicine

Polycystic Ovarian Disease

Endometriosis

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Infertility

Urinary Incontinence

Sexual Therapy

Sexual Dysfunction

Genital Aesthetics

Laparoscopic Surgery

Education and Training

Diyarbakır Ziya Gökalp Super High School
1995 – 1999, Diyarbakır

Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine
Medical Education
1999 – 2005, Diyarbakır

Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialization Training
2005 – 2007, Diyarbakır

Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Teaching and Research Hospital
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialization Training
2007 – 2012, Istanbul

Academic and Professional Experience

University of Health Sciences
Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Teaching and Research Hospital
Research Assistant
2012 – 2017

Istanbul Aydın University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Professor
2017 – 2019

Istanbul Aydın University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor
2019 – Present

Certifications

Assisted Reproductive Therapy Certification – 2019

IVF Training and Experience

IAÜ VM–Medical Park Florya IVF Center

Professional Memberships

Turkish Gynecology and Obstetrics Association

Specializations

Nose Aesthetics Aesthetics

Facial Applications in Surgery

Breast Aesthetics

Body Shaping Aesthetics

liposuction

Botox-Filling-Mesotherapy Procedures

Prof. Mesut Polat, MD. Obstetrics and Gynecology; Gynecologic Oncology. Expertise: gynecologic oncology; advanced and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery; high‑risk obstetrics; placenta accreta spectrum; medical and surgical management of postpartum hemorrhage.

Professor at Medipol Acıbadem District Hospital (2019–2025). Former obstetrics and gynecology specialist at Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe and Zeynep Kamil Hospitals. Administrative lead at Zeynep Kamil (2015–2016). Teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students. Co‑supervised theses in 2016. Member of the Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Author of 19 international peer‑reviewed papers indexed in SCI, SCI‑Expanded, and SSCI. Topics include cesarean myomectomy, frozen section in endometrial cancer, urinary outcomes after hysterectomy, placenta percreta, and tamoxifen‑related uterine sarcoma. Presented at international congresses in 2016 and national congresses in 2015–2016. Awards include Certificates of Appreciation from the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health (2015, 2016).

Dr. Meryem Eken is an obstetrician-gynecologist and IVF specialist. She earned her M.D. and completed her residency at Istanbul University. She completed IVF clinical training at Zeynep Kamil in 2017. She led the IVF Unit at Hisar Intercontinental Hospital from 2020 to 2025. She heads the IVF Unit at Bahçeşehir University Medical Park Göztepe Hospital. She started in 2025. She has served on the faculty of Üsküdar University since 2024. She became a professor at Biruni University in 2025.

Her clinical focus includes infertility, intrauterine insemination (IUI), natural-cycle IVF, hysteroscopy, endometriosis, and minimally invasive myomectomy. She has authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed international articles. Several appeared in SCI and SSCI journals. In 2016, she received First Prize for an oral presentation from the Turkish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Dr. Ercan Ozden is a specialist in internal medicine and medical oncology. He earned his medical degree and completed his residency at Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. He later received a subspecialty in medical oncology at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine from 2016 to 2020.

Dr. Ozden has worked in medical oncology at Şırnak State Hospital. He has also served as an internal medicine specialist at Bağcılar Private Safa Hospital and Küçükçekmece Batı Bahat Hospital. He has extensive clinical experience in both internal medicine and oncology.

Assoc. Prof. Atakan Topçu, M.D., is a medical oncologist at Medipol University and Medipol Acıbadem Regional Hospital. He treats solid tumors, including lung, breast, colorectal, gastric, and neuroendocrine cancers. His work also covers targeted therapies, immunotherapy, geriatric oncology, and cancer-related malnutrition, cachexia, and sarcopenia.

He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers. Recent work includes a 2024 Frontiers in Medicine study on geriatric syndromes and a 2023 Future Oncology paper on sarcopenia and anxiety in lung cancer. He has also published on the CONUT score in breast cancer and on malnutrition in HER2-negative metastatic gastric cancer.

Dr. Topçu serves on the Editorial Board of BMC Cancer. He is a member of the Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, ESMO, and the Turkish Geriatrics Society. Education and training: M.D., Uludağ University; residency in Internal Medicine, Marmara University; fellowship in Medical Oncology, Bezmialem Vakıf University.

Urologist, Oncosurgeon

Dr. Muhammed Mustafa Atci is an Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at İstinye University, Liv Hospital Topkapı (2025–present). He previously served as Associate Professor and Education Coordinator at Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital (2023–2025). He was also a Medical Oncologist there (2018–2021).

He has been a member of ASCO and the Turkish Society of Medical Oncology since 2018. He is the author or co-author of 19 peer-reviewed international papers on colon, breast, gastric, pancreatic, lung, thyroid, sarcoma, and colorectal cancers.

Notable works include a multicentre study on stage IIB colon cancer survival (Journal of Chemotherapy). He also studied the De Ritis ratio for lung metastasis in testicular cancer (Current Urology). His prognostic studies used PET/CT, MSI, lymph node ratio, and metabolic tumor volume.

Assoc. Prof. Ayşe İrem Yasin, M.D., is a medical oncologist who specializes in solid tumors. Her clinical focus includes breast, lung, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and urologic cancers. She also treats brain and other CNS tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, head and neck cancers, adenocarcinomas, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, and cancers of unknown primary. She practices at Medipol Acıbadem District Hospital (2025–present). She previously worked at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital (2023–2025).

She completed a Medical Oncology fellowship at Bezmialem Vakıf University (2019–2022). This followed an Internal Medicine residency at the same institution (2012–2016). Her international experience includes the Breast Cancer Unit at the University of Piemonte Orientale in Novara (2022). She also trained at Basel University Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and Harvard Medical School. She holds the ESMO Board Certificate (2022).

Dr. Irfan Cicin is a Professor of Medical Oncology at the Trakya University Faculty of Medicine (2015–present). He has over 20 years of medical oncology experience and has held academic roles since 2010.

Education: MD, Istanbul University – Cerrahpaşa (1991–1997). Residency in Internal Medicine, Trakya University (1997–2002). Fellowship in Medical Oncology, Trakya University (2002–2004).

Practice: Medical Oncologist, Trakya University (2005–2008). Medical Oncologist, Elazığ Training and Research Hospital (2008–2010). Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, Trakya University (2010–2015). He previously served as a physician in the Turkish Air Force at Etimesgut Military Hospital (2004–2005).

Dr. Baha Zengel is a general surgeon with expertise in breast, gallbladder, thyroid diseases, and hernia repairs. He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1990. In 2004, he earned a doctorate in Basic Oncology from Dokuz Eylül University. He became an Associate Professor of General Surgery in 2014 through the Inter-University Board.

Dr. Zengel is skilled in advanced surgical procedures. His experience includes skin and breast-conserving mastectomy, oncoplastic breast surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and ROLL/SNOLL techniques. He has held important positions at Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, including Education Officer.

He is a member of several professional associations. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Aegean Region Surgery Association and is a founding board member of the Basic Oncology Association.

Education

Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, 2002
Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2010
Istanbul University Oncology Institute (Çapa), Medical Oncology, 2015
Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Phytotherapy Education, 2018
University of Health Sciences, Vocational School of Health, Molecular Oncology, PhD Program, PhD, 2023

Experience

University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, USA, Observer (2003-2004)
Siirt State Hospital, Internal Medicine (2010-2011)
Siirt State Hospital, Medical Oncology (2015)
Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Medical Oncology (2015-2018)
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, (Professor Doctor) (2018-Present)
Forensic Medicine 3. Specialization Board, Medical Oncology, Full Member (2019-Present)
Liv Hospital, Ulus, Park-time, Medical Oncology (2020-2022)
Şişli Kolan International Hospital, Park-time, Medical Oncology (2022-2023)

Medical Intrests

• Gastrointestinal System Tumours (Esophagus - Stomach and Large Bowel Cancer)
• Hepatobiliary System Tumours (Liver-Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Cancer)
• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Genitourinary Cancers
• Immunotherapies and Target Therapies
• Molecular Oncology
• Immunotherapies
• Target Treatments
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Awards

2010-YDUS (Subspecialty Examination) 14th place in Turkey
2014- Oncology Institute Days Best Poster Award
2015- Turkish Medical Oncology Society Board Exam Qualification
2015- ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) Board Exam Qualification

Education

Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, 2004
Istanbul Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine Residency, 2010
Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine Medical Oncology Residency, 2015

Experience

MD Andeson Cancer Center, USA, 2008
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center Breast Cancer Clinic, Canada, 2017
Moffit Cancer Center , USA 2022
Istanbul Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine, 2010
İdil State Hospital Internal Medicine Clinic, 2011
Karadeniz Technical Universityniversitesi Faculty of Medicine, Medical Oncology Clinic, 2015
Istanbul Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Medical Oncology Clinic, 2018
Yeniyüzyıl University Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, Medical Oncology Clinic, 2020
Ataşehir Medicana Hospital, Medical Oncology Clinic, 2022

Scientific Membership

Turkish Medical Association (TTB)
Turkish Society of Medical Oncology (TTOD)
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
American Society of Medical Oncology (ASCO)

Medical Intrests

• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Colon Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Rectal Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Liver Cancer
• Oesophageal Cancer - Oesophageal Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Larynx Cancer - Cancer of the Larynx
• Thyroid Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancers
• Gynaecological Cancers
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Oesophageal Cancer - Oesophageal Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Brain Cancers - Brain Tumours
• Soft Tissue Cancer - Sarcomas
• Prostate Cancer
• Bladder Cancer
• Bile Tract Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Mouth, Tongue, Lip Cancers
• Gastrointestinal System Cancers
• Bone Tumours
• Trachea and Bronchial Cancers
• Skin Cancers - Skin Cancers
• Skeletal System Tumours
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Mesothelioma