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Education

• Medical School: Hacettepe University Medical Faculty (English), 1988-1995
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Gazi University Medical Faculty, 1995-2000
• The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, 2004-2005
• Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Training: Acıbadem University, April 2016

Experience

• Assistant Professor: Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001-2002
• Assistant Professor: Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002-2006
• Clinical Research Fellow: The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, 2004-2005
• Associate Professor, Unit Director: Bursa Acıbadem Hospital, IVF Unit, 2006
• Associate Professor, Department Director: Bursa Medical Park Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006-2009
• Associate Professor, Part-time: Bursa Pembe Mavi IVF Center, 2008-2013
• Associate Professor, Part-time: Bursa ART IVF Center, 2014-2016
• Professor, Department Head: Biruni University Faculty of Medicine, Hospital, 2016-2019
• Professor, Unit Director: Acıbadem International Hospital, IVF Unit, 2019-2023
• Professor, Unit Director: Momart IVF Center, 2023-2025.

Medical Intrests

• Infertility
• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Treatment
• Laparoscopic Surgeries
• Hysteroscopic Surgeries
• Reproductive Endocrinology

Prof. Dr. Ali Ferruh Akay is a board-certified urologist with more than 30 years of medical experience. He has specialized in urology for over 25 years. He currently serves as Professor of Urology at Başkent University Istanbul Hospital.

Dr. Akay earned his medical degree from Dokuz Eylul University. He completed his urology residency at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine. In 2005, he received advanced training in Endourology and Laparoscopic Surgery at the University of Rochester in the USA.

He has worked at several leading institutions. These include Dicle University, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Memorial Diyarbakır Hospital, Veni Vidi Hospital, and Başkent University Istanbul Hospital.

Dr. Akay’s expertise includes uro-oncology, endourology, minimally invasive procedures, stone surgeries, male infertility, erectile dysfunction, and BPH. He has published over 100 scientific articles and is an active member of the European Association of Urology (EAU).

Areas of Interests

• Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery
• Robot Assisted Urological Procedures
• Robot Assisted Surgery
• Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP)
• Prostatectomy
• Prostate Biopsy
• Robotic Surgery
• Bladder Cancer Closed Surgery
• Laser Prostate Surgery

Education

• 2000-2007 Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty (Urology)
• 2007-2012 Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty (Urology Department, urology specialist)
   

Work Experience

• 2012- 2013 Cleveland Clinic (Ohio, USA) Prof. Dr. Robert Stein worked on robotic urology.
• 2014-2021 ASG Urology Specialist at Acibadem Atakent Hospital

Scientific Publications

• The use of self-retaining barbed suture for inner layer renorrhaphy significantly reduces warm ischemia time in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: outcomes of a matched-pair analysis.J Endourol. 2013 Apr;27(4):452-8. doi: 10.1089/end.2012.0574. Epub 2013 Feb 5. Erdem S, Tefik T, Mammadov A, Ural F, Oktar T, Issever H, Nane I, Sanli O.
• Preoperative and intraoperative observations may differ during laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery.J Endourol. 2011 Aug;25(8):1315-21. doi: 10.1089/end.2011.0072. Epub 2011 Jul 11. Sanli O, Tefik T, Mammadov A, Guzelburc V, Oktar T, Erdem S, Kucukdurmaz F.
   

Scientific Publications

• IV Eurasian Andrology Symposium; May 30-31, 2009 (Sochi)
• 23rd National Urology Congress; October 16-19 2014 (Antalya)
• XII Eurasian Andrology Symposium; June 16-17, 2016 (Mongolia)
• 25th National Urology Congress; October 6-9, 2016 (Girne, Cyprus)
• EAU Congress; March 24-28, 2017 (London)
• AUA Congress; May 12-16 2017 (Boston)
• AUA Congress; May 18-21, 2018 (San Francisco)
• AUA Congress; May 3-6, 2019 (Chicago)
• 28th National Urology Congress October 10-13 (Antalya)

Areas of Interests

• Pregnancy follow-up and birth
• Vaginal Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Women's Cancer Screening and Cervical Cancer Vaccination
• Menopause Follow-up
• Family Planning (Spiral, implant, etc.)
• Recurrent pregnancy losses and miscarriages
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Diagnosis and treatment of infertility
• Vaccination
• Genital Warts and Treatment
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
• Hysteroscopic surgery and Laparoscopic surgery (Closed method)
• Myoma Surgeries
• Ovarian Cysts
• Genital aesthetics (labioplasty, vaginoplasty, tightening, sagging operations)

Education

• Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
• Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
• Heidelberg University - Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinic
• Agaplesion General Hospital Hagen - Gynecology Clinic
• Poland Poznan Medical Faculty - Gynecology Clinic
• Muenster Westfealische Wilhelms-Universitat
• Muenster Raphael Clinic - Emergency Department

Experience

• Liv Hospital Ulus
• Doğubeyazıt Dr. Yaşar Eryılmaz State Hospital
• Keşan Community Health Center

Research: 

• Kubra Karakolcu, Burak Bayraktar, Meric Balikoglu Leydig cell ovarian tumor in pregnancy: a case report. 1st International TRNC Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress
• Kubra Karakolcu, Ozge Cakir Nemli Management of a Fourth Degree Laceration After Vaginal Delivery.  4th ECIC: European Congress on Intrapartum Care
• Kubra Karakolcu, Halil Gursoy Pala, Deniz Tas Comparison of Bishop Score and Intrapartum Ultrasound Score in Prediction of Birth Results. 14th TAJEV Congress
• Oral presentation on Intrapartum Ultrasonography. 20th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress-TJOD 2023
• Oral presentation on Oocyte and Embryo freezing. 2nd National In Vitro Fertilization and Infertility Association Congress-TUBİD 2023

Publications: 

• Kayapinar A, Çetin D, Pakoz Z, KARAKOLCU K, Ertas I, Kamer E (2022). Short and long term results of anatomical reconstruction of perineal body and sphincter complex in obstetric anal sphincter injuries. Turkish Journal of Surgery, 38(2), 159 - 168. 10.47717/turkjsurg.2022.5528

Dr. Halil Can is a Professor of Neurosurgery (2025; Associate Professor 2020). He completed neurosurgical training at Istanbul University–Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2007. His clinical focus includes endoscopic and microsurgical spine surgery for fractures, tumors, and degenerative disease; advanced pain procedures; endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery; and neurovascular, neuro-oncologic, and peripheral nerve surgery.

He has 21 international peer-reviewed papers (SCI/SSCI). Topics include cadaveric morphometry of Kambin’s triangle and the transforaminal triangular working zone, lumbar arterial and anterior approach anatomy, and an in vitro test of a new lumbar fixation device.

His clinical studies include a single-team series of 81 posterior circulation aneurysms, with 13 flow-diversion cases. He also reported five spinal cavernous malformation cases. He conducted Phase I safety and feasibility stem-cell trials in pediatric hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and in chronic complete spinal cord injury.