Best Liver transplant doctors in Turkey: TOP 29 doctors

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Murat Dayangac
  • Leading doctor for Liver transplant
  • 4.5 Good 463 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol Mega University Hospital
  • Prof. Murat Dayangaç is an expert in liver transplant and is the Director of the Center for Organ Transplantation at Medipol University Hospital. He has over 70 published articles on inflammation-cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and transplantation. He is a member of the International Liver Transplantation Society, the European Society for Organ Transplantation, the International Transplant Network for Developing Countries, the European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association, and the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver.

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Pekize Eker Balcioglu
  • 4.5 Good 147 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
    • Dr. Pakize Eker Balcioglu specializes in innovative liver transplant techniques:
    • Liver transplant methods: split-liver transplantation, living donor liver transplant.
    • Expert in advanced hepatic surgery and post-transplant patient care.
    • International training and practice include Turkey and various European countries.
    • Holds a General Surgery specialization from Marmara University, Istanbul.
    • Member of medical associations contributing to liver transplant advancements.
    • Offers remote consultations for liver transplant assessments.
    • Fluent in English and Turkish, enhancing communication with diverse patients.
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Volkan Turunc
  • Leading doctor for Liver transplant
  • 4.6 Excellent 305 reviews
  • 25 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Şişli Hospital
    • Dr. Volkan Turunc specializes in liver transplants at Memorial Sisli Hospital.
    • Performs transplants using techniques: split-liver, living-donor, and deceased-donor transplants.
    • International practice in Turkey, integrating global standards in liver transplant procedures.
    • Accredited as a General Surgery Specialist with a focus on liver transplants.
    • Member of Turkish Surgical Association, indicating expertise in surgical procedures.
    • Offers remote consultations for patients seeking liver transplant information.
    • Speaks Turkish and has knowledge of English for broader patient communication.
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$50,000 - $50,000
Naci Karacaoglan
  • 4.5 Good 463 reviews
  • 32 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol Mega University Hospital
    • Dr. Naci Karacaoglan specializes in advanced liver transplant techniques.
    • Expert in laparoscopic and robotic-assisted liver transplantation.
    • Utilizes living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) for faster patient recovery.
    • International training includes advanced liver surgery in Europe and Asia.
    • Holds certification in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation.
    • Member of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).
    • Fluent in English and Turkish, offering consultations for international patients.
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$60,370 - $66,876
Prof Dr Ozgur Kemik
  • 4.4 Good 14 reviews
  • 28 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Hermes Clinics
  • Dr. Prof Dr Ozgur Kemik is a senior oncologist specializing in cancer management using minimally invasive techniques. He is proficient in operations such as Removal of liver cancer, Liver transplant, and Gastric bypass among others. His expertise includes advanced laparoscopic surgery, lower gastrointestinal tract cancers, hepatobiliary cancers, cytoreductive surgery, and kidney transplantation. He is a member of several professional associations and has held significant leadership positions in his career.
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Abuzer Dirican
  • 4.7 Excellent 42 reviews
  • 30 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Valued Med Hub Hospitals
  • Prof. Dr. Abuzer Dirican is a renowned Transplant Surgeon and Minimally Invasive Surgery Specialist with over 26 years of experience. His primary focus is Oncology and General Surgery, particularly in the area of Liver and Kidney transplants. Dr. Dirican is a recipient of multiple awards for his significant contributions to his field.
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$44,000 - $48,000

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Bulent Unal
  • Leading doctor for Liver transplant
  • 4.7 Excellent 42 reviews
  • 29 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Valued Med Hub Hospitals
  • Dr. Bulent Unal is a distinguished oncologist and general surgeon specializing in organ transplant and treating an array of cancers. He has over 25 years of professional experience and has earned multiple awards for his work in the field. He is proficient in surgeries like kidney and liver transplant, resection of urinary bladder tumor, removal of ovarian cancer, gall bladder tumor removal, and mastectomy surgery.
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$44,000 - $48,000
Ayhan Dinсkan
  • Leading doctor for Liver transplant
  • 4.3 Good 16 reviews
  • 21 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Istinye University Liv Hospital Bahcesehir
  • Transplantologist

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$60,000 - $65,000
Ahmet Ziya Balta
  • New
  • 29 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Alfa.Health
  • Medical doctor with 23 years of experience in various positions, including Intern-Medicine Lieutenant, Infirmary Chief Surgeon, Deputy Chief Doctor, and General Surgery Specialist. Currently working as an Assoc. Prof. Dr. in SBU Hamidiye Medicine Faculty General Surgery PB.
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Cemalettin Camci
  • New
  • 34 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Care in Turkey Clinic
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Koray Acarlı
  • 4.6 Excellent 305 reviews
  • 39 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Şişli Hospital
  • Professor Koray Acarlı is a highly experienced liver transplantologist and liver & biliary tract surgeon in Turkey. He has provided over 1,000 liver transplants, including 280 pediatric ones, and has written over 70 articles on liver transplantation, pancreatic surgeries, liver and biliary tract tumors. He has obtained degrees in general medicine and surgery, and is a lecturer at the Department of General surgery, Pancreas, Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery. He is the President of the Organ Transplant Center in Memorial Şişli Hospital and a member of the Turkish Surgical Association and the Turkish Society of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery.

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$50,000 - $50,000
Salih Boğa
  • 4.6 Excellent 113 reviews
  • 11 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
  • Gastroenterologist, hepatologist
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$65,000 - $65,000
Yaman Tokat
  • New
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Florence Nightingale Hospital
  • Head of Transplantation Center

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Ali Kagan Gokakin
  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • Turkey, Ankara, Medicana International Ankara Hospital
  • Dr. Ali Kagan Gokakin is a General Laparoscopic Surgeon with extensive experience in treating a range of digestive conditions such as Pancreatic Head Cancer, Cholecystitis, Inguinal Hernia, and more. He specializes in Inguinal Hernia Repair, Hemicolectomy, Appendectomy, Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal, and Whipples Procedure. He is available from 11 am to 5 pm (Monday to Saturday).
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Mehmet Onur Ozturk
  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Bewell Health Assistance
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Cuneyt Kayaalp
  • New
  • 36 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Celyxmed Healthcare Clinic
  • Prof Cuneyt Kayaalp is a leading surgeon in Europe specializing in obesity surgery. He has worked in the US, Japan, Austria, and Belgium and has received numerous awards and published hundreds of papers. He is currently the Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department at Yeditepe University, a JCI-accredited hospital.
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Umit Ozcelik
  • 4.7 Excellent 42 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Valued Med Hub Hospitals
  • Education and Expertise

    1996-2002 – Ankara University Faculty of Medicine – Medical Education

    2003-2009 – Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery – Specialization Training

     

    Experience

    2009-2011 – Yüksekova State Hospital, Compulsory Service

    2011-2012 – Van/Özalp, 6th Border Regiment, Military Service

    2012-2018 – Baskent University Istanbul Health Application and Research Center Hospital

    2018-2022 – Istanbul Aydın University Istanbul Health Practice and Research Center Hospital

     

    Courses and Certificates

    Selim Anorectal Diseases Course, Turkish Colon and Rectal Surgery Association, Istanbul, 17.12.2016 (National)

    Training Program on Istanbul Protocol, Practitioner Training, Van, 06.11.2009-07.11.2009 (International)

    Burn Course, Ankara Surgery Association, Başkent University, Ankara, 11.04.2009 (National)

    Gazi Hernia Days, Hernia Course, Gazi University, Ankara, 18.10.2008-19.10.2008 (National)

    Innovations in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Ankara Breast Diseases Association, Ankara, 22.03.

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$44,000 - $48,000
Zulfu Sertkaya
  • New
  • 17 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Andro Expertise Men's Health and Aesthetics
  • Dr. Sertkaya graduated from Konya Meram Science High School in 2001 and entered Gazi University Medical Faculty the same year, graduating in 2008. He completed his urology specialization at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital in 2014, becoming a urology specialist.

    Since becoming a specialist, he has focused on the sub-branch of Andrology, attending various training sessions and conferences and performing surgeries with some of the world's leading Andrology professors. In 2017, he passed the written and oral proficiency exams conducted by the European Association of Urology, earning the title of "FEBU."

    In 2020, Dr. Sertkaya achieved the rank of Associate Professor of Urology. His journey in Urology and Andrology, which began in 2008, continues at the Andro Expertise Male Health and Aesthetics Center, which he founded in 2022. He sees patients in his own clinic and performs surgeries at affiliated hospitals.

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Sedat Karademir
  • New
  • 37 years of experience
  • Turkey, Ankara, Guven Hospital
  • BRIEF SUMMARYOF WORK EXPERIENCE 

    Including those I had transplanted during my fellowship at RUSH University in Chicago (n=86), I have performed a total of 705 liver transplants (%94 adult) both from living (%75) and cadaveric (%25) donors. And, additionally 340 kidney transplants which were mostly from living donors, too. Of these, 12 were combined liver and kidney transplantations either from cadaveric or living donors. Currently, I am the Director of Organ Transplant Program at GUVEN Hospital in Ankara. As of March 2018, here in GUVEN Hospital, we have performed 145 liver transplants (118 from living donors) with 1, 3 and 5 years patient survival of 91.2%, 86%and 83%, consecutively(ELTR data analysis). Since 1997, besides organ transplantation, I have also been operating on complicated hepato-pancreato-biliary patients

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Remzi Emiroglu
  • 5 Excellent 29 reviews
  • 27 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
  • Current Workplaces: 

    1 Izmir-Buca SSK Hospital 

    2 Ankara Training and Research Hospital 

    3 Başkent University 

    4 Uludağ University 

    5 Acıbadem University 

    6 Florence Nightingale Hospital (current workplace) 

    Education:

    1989 Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine 

    1984 Ankara Training and Research Hospital General Surgery Residency Training

    International Articles: 

    1. Uslu A. Bozkurt Y, Koç O, EmiroğluR. Çorumlu B. “Preoperative risk factors in patients with biliary obstruction”, Proc. 2 nd European Congress of Surgery. P179, Brussels,1992. 2. Emiroğlu R. Karakayah H, Haberal M. “Does the renal arterial anastomosis place affect the renal transplant patient outcome”, Proc. 25 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. P625,Chicago,1999 3. Karakayalı H, Moray G, Emiroğlu R. Akkoç R Köseoğlu F, Bilgin N, Haberal M “The results of interspousal kidney transplantation”, Proc.25 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. P625, Chicago, 1999 4.Emiroğlu R. Karakayalı H. Sevmiş Ş, Turan M. Bilgin N. Haberal M “Clinical identifıcation oftransplant antigens”, Proc. 36 th Congress of the ERA¬EDTA. P290, 1999. 5. Güz G, Emiroğlu R. Karakayalı H, Özdemir FN. Boy vat F. Haberal M. “An alternative method for native nefrectomy in patients with uncontrolled hypertension and/or proteinüria before transplantation”, Proc.36 th Congress of the ERA¬EDTA.P316, 1999 Prof. Remzi Emiroğlu, M.D. 6.Emiroğlu R. Köseoğlu F, Karakayalı H, Bilgin N. Haberal M. “Burn induced immunosuppression and ıt’s effects on graft survival, infection rates and apoptosis rates of “T” lymphocytes in rat model” Proc.Congress of Middle East and Fire Disaster Society, P52, Ankara, 2000. 7. Haberal M. Emiroğlu R.Mahmutoğlu M. Karakayalı H. Turan M, Erdal R. “Alport ‘s syndrome and renal transplantation” Proc.VII th Congress of Middle East Society for organ transplantation. P124, Beirut, 2000. 8. Gençoğlu EA, Aktaş A, Karakayalı H, Emiroğlu R. Niron EA, Haberal M. “Scintigraphic evaluation of graft and native liver fımction after heterotopic liver transplantation”, Proc. 7 th International Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. P141, Beirut, 2000 9. Haberal M, Karakayalı H, Emiroğlu R. Boyacıoğlu S, Arslan G, Bilgin N. “Heterotopic liver transplantation in adolescence” Proc. 7 th International Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. P138, Beirut, 2000 10. Haberal M, Emiroğlu R. Karakayalı H, Arslan G. Turan M. Bilgin N. “Living-donor transplants: Part of the answer to organ shortage”, Proc. 7 th International Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. P74, Beirut, 200011.Haberal M, Karakayalı H. Emiroğlu R. Köseoelu F, Akkoç H, Bilgin N. “Liver transplantation in an adolescent with allagille syndrome” Proc. 7 th International Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. P133, Beirut, 2000 

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