He specialized in General Surgery at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 2001 and 2006. He worked as a General Surgery Specialist at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 2006 and 2008 and later at Ordu State Hospital between 2008 and 2013. In 2016, he received the title of Associate Professor in the Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir University. In 2015, he received the Turkish Surgical Association Proficiency Exam (Board) Certificate of Achievement. He is a member of Turkish Surgical Association, Turkish Colon and Rectum Surgery Association, National Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery Association, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association, and Hepatobiliary Surgery Association. Between 2014 and 2016, he taught many undergraduate and graduate courses at Izmir University Faculty of Medicine.
Read moreHe specialized in General Surgery at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 2001 and 2006. He worked as a General Surgery Specialist at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 2006 and 2008 and later at Ordu State Hospital between 2008 and 2013. In 2016, he received the title of Associate Professor in the Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir University. In 2015, he received the Turkish Surgical Association Proficiency Exam (Board) Certificate of Achievement. He is a member of Turkish Surgical Association, Turkish Colon and Rectum Surgery Association, National Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery Association, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association, and Hepatobiliary Surgery Association. Between 2014 and 2016, he taught many undergraduate and graduate courses at Izmir University Faculty of Medicine.
Bachelor’s Degree:
2003 – 2010, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey)
Training Education:
2011 – 2017, Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey)
2013 - 2014: Liver and Kidney Transplantation Observership, Montefiore Medical Center Bronx – New York (USA)
Professional Experience : 1. July 2020 - November 2021, Anadolu Cerrahi
2. November 2018 - July 2020, İzmir Private Ege Şehir Hospital
3. 05-07 2014, Liver and Kidney Transplantation Observership Montefiore Medical Center Bronx / New York / USA
4. April 2017 - November 2018, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital General Surgery
5. July 2011 - April 2017, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
6. May 2010-August 2010, Kastamonu Pınarbaşı Family Health Center
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Bachelor’s Degree:
2003 – 2010, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey)
Training Education:
2011 – 2017, Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery, Ege University, Izmir (Turkey)
2013 - 2014: Liver and Kidney Transplantation Observership, Montefiore Medical Center Bronx – New York (USA)
Professional Experience : 1. July 2020 - November 2021, Anadolu Cerrahi
2. November 2018 - July 2020, İzmir Private Ege Şehir Hospital
3. 05-07 2014, Liver and Kidney Transplantation Observership Montefiore Medical Center Bronx / New York / USA
4. April 2017 - November 2018, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital General Surgery
5. July 2011 - April 2017, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
6. May 2010-August 2010, Kastamonu Pınarbaşı Family Health Center
Dr. Hidayet Çatal is a Diabetes and Obesity Surgery Specialist born in 1963 in Yalvaç, Isparta. He has worked in various hospitals in Izmir, Turkey since 1992, and has had great success in bariatric and metabolic surgeries. He is also regularly invited to international channels to explain his surgical methods.
Read moreDr. Hidayet Çatal is a Diabetes and Obesity Surgery Specialist born in 1963 in Yalvaç, Isparta. He has worked in various hospitals in Izmir, Turkey since 1992, and has had great success in bariatric and metabolic surgeries. He is also regularly invited to international channels to explain his surgical methods.
Dr. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan was born in Ankara in 1971. After completing primary school in Gaziantep, he settled in Izmir and completed his secondary and high school education in Izmir. In the last years of his high school education, with his passion for white coats, he took the university exam and was accepted to Ege University Faculty of Medicine.
Cüneyt Çiftdoğan, who started his medical education at Ege University in 1988, graduated as a medical doctor in 1994 after an intensive and successful medical education. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan, who passed the Medical Specialization Examination (TUS) in 1997 and started his specialization training in the Department of General Surgery at Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, took part in many successful operations until 2002 and had serious experience in the branch of general surgery. After his specialist training, Op. Dr. He was entitled to receive the title.
Dr. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan has been working as a General Surgery Specialist since 2002. He has equipped his professional skills and abilities with technological developments by working in many public and private hospitals.
Professional Interests
Metabolic and Obesity Surgery
Gastric Botox
Reflux Surgery
Goiter Surgery
Breast Diseases
Intestinal Tumor Surgery
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
Laparoscopic and Open Hernia Surgery
Liver Cystic Diseases
Colon Cancer Surgery
Rectum Cancer Surgery
Perinal Fistula
Fissure and Hemorrhoidal Diseases
Pilonidal Sinus Surgeries
Soft Tissue Tumors
Diagnostic Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Memberships to Scientific Organizations
Izmir Medical Chamber
Turkish Surgical Association
Aegean Region Surgical Association
Aegean Region Breast Diseases Association
Read moreDr. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan was born in Ankara in 1971. After completing primary school in Gaziantep, he settled in Izmir and completed his secondary and high school education in Izmir. In the last years of his high school education, with his passion for white coats, he took the university exam and was accepted to Ege University Faculty of Medicine.
Cüneyt Çiftdoğan, who started his medical education at Ege University in 1988, graduated as a medical doctor in 1994 after an intensive and successful medical education. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan, who passed the Medical Specialization Examination (TUS) in 1997 and started his specialization training in the Department of General Surgery at Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, took part in many successful operations until 2002 and had serious experience in the branch of general surgery. After his specialist training, Op. Dr. He was entitled to receive the title.
Dr. Cüneyt Çiftdoğan has been working as a General Surgery Specialist since 2002. He has equipped his professional skills and abilities with technological developments by working in many public and private hospitals.
Professional Interests
Metabolic and Obesity Surgery
Gastric Botox
Reflux Surgery
Goiter Surgery
Breast Diseases
Intestinal Tumor Surgery
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
Laparoscopic and Open Hernia Surgery
Liver Cystic Diseases
Colon Cancer Surgery
Rectum Cancer Surgery
Perinal Fistula
Fissure and Hemorrhoidal Diseases
Pilonidal Sinus Surgeries
Soft Tissue Tumors
Diagnostic Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Memberships to Scientific Organizations
Izmir Medical Chamber
Turkish Surgical Association
Aegean Region Surgical Association
Aegean Region Breast Diseases Association
I was born in 1967 in Izmir.
I have a happy marriage. I am the father of 3 beautiful girls, more beautiful than each other.
I have a love for Altınordu,inherited from my father.
I speak English and French.
The education you have received describes you…
After becoming a general surgery specialist in 1996, I served as a General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Specialist at SSK (social insurance institution), for a period of 9 years. In 2005, was granted the title of Associate Professor-General Surgery. Between 2005 and 2012, I established the kidney transplant centers in İzmir Private Kent Hospital, Istanbul Private Gaziosmanpasa Hospital, and Medicalpark Goztepe Hospital respectively, and served as the chief executive of these centers.
I have worked in İzmir Private Kent Hospital since 2013. I established Obesity Clinic at Gazi Hospital, and performed more than 200 gastric reduction operations.
More than 50 international publications
Approximately 100 national publications
Section authorship of 12 books
Editorship of 2 books
Serving as a lecturer, session moderator, science board member, and regulatory board member in many scientific congresses held both at home and abroad.
Serving as a referee and editor in domestic and international magazines.
Citation in approximately 100 international scientific publications
Awards
Certificate of Achievement granted by SSK General Directorate for the first kidney transplant operations performed at SSK Hospitals (1997).
Young Researcher Award in ONKKD (Turkish Organ Transplantation Centers Coordination Association) 2002 Congress held in Adana (2002).
Certificate of Appreciation granted by SSK General Directorate for the first small intestine transplant in Turkey (2003).
Young Researcher Award in the World Congress of Nephrology held in Berlin (2003).
The Firsts
Besides these, I have broken many new grounds in Turkey.
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (laparoscopic removal of the donor kidney intended to be transplanted) (2004)
Kidney-transplant without tissue adaptation (2005)
Cross-over (cross-donor) kidney transplantation (2005)
Small intestine transplantation (2005)
I have worked in the management boards of many associations engaging in scientific and social activities, and served as a founding member in some of them.
The most important one of these is that I have served as a coordinator in the project intended for providing 150.000 elementary school students and 5,000 adults with training on organ donation, for a period of 10 years, through various social activities.1
Read moreI was born in 1967 in Izmir.
I have a happy marriage. I am the father of 3 beautiful girls, more beautiful than each other.
I have a love for Altınordu,inherited from my father.
I speak English and French.
The education you have received describes you…
After becoming a general surgery specialist in 1996, I served as a General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Specialist at SSK (social insurance institution), for a period of 9 years. In 2005, was granted the title of Associate Professor-General Surgery. Between 2005 and 2012, I established the kidney transplant centers in İzmir Private Kent Hospital, Istanbul Private Gaziosmanpasa Hospital, and Medicalpark Goztepe Hospital respectively, and served as the chief executive of these centers.
I have worked in İzmir Private Kent Hospital since 2013. I established Obesity Clinic at Gazi Hospital, and performed more than 200 gastric reduction operations.
More than 50 international publications
Approximately 100 national publications
Section authorship of 12 books
Editorship of 2 books
Serving as a lecturer, session moderator, science board member, and regulatory board member in many scientific congresses held both at home and abroad.
Serving as a referee and editor in domestic and international magazines.
Citation in approximately 100 international scientific publications
Awards
Certificate of Achievement granted by SSK General Directorate for the first kidney transplant operations performed at SSK Hospitals (1997).
Young Researcher Award in ONKKD (Turkish Organ Transplantation Centers Coordination Association) 2002 Congress held in Adana (2002).
Certificate of Appreciation granted by SSK General Directorate for the first small intestine transplant in Turkey (2003).
Young Researcher Award in the World Congress of Nephrology held in Berlin (2003).
The Firsts
Besides these, I have broken many new grounds in Turkey.
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (laparoscopic removal of the donor kidney intended to be transplanted) (2004)
Kidney-transplant without tissue adaptation (2005)
Cross-over (cross-donor) kidney transplantation (2005)
Small intestine transplantation (2005)
I have worked in the management boards of many associations engaging in scientific and social activities, and served as a founding member in some of them.
The most important one of these is that I have served as a coordinator in the project intended for providing 150.000 elementary school students and 5,000 adults with training on organ donation, for a period of 10 years, through various social activities.1