Thoracic Surgeon
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Dr. Lalit is a highly experienced oncological surgeon with 10 years of experience and over 10,000 major surgeries performed. He has done his MBBS from MIMER, Pune and MS from GMC Panaji. He has fellowship in Surgical Oncology and worked as a Co-principal Investigator in multiple original research. He is known for his patient friendly and ethical approach, and his main interest is in Minimal Invasive Cancer Surgeries.
Dr. X has a Bachelor of Medicine from Mysore University, India and a Doctor of Medicine in radiotherapy from Banaras Hindu University, India. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Examination and is a member of the Association of Radiation Oncology of India, Society for Neuro-Oncology, Bangalore Oncology Group, and Indian Association of Hyperthermia Oncology.
Head of the Thoracic Surgery Clinic
NAME: AHMET SOYKURT
TITLE: OP.DR. GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALIST
FACULTY OF MEDICINE GRADUATED FROM: HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE-2013
GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALTY: HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY ANKARA NUMUNE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL-2019
ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY AND ERCP TRAINING: ISTANBUL BAKIRKÖY DR.SADİ KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL-2022
AREAS OF INTEREST: ONCOLOGIC SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, BARIATRIC SURGERY, ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIST (ERCP, PH METER ANALYSIS, MANOMETRY MEASUREMENTS, GASTROSCOPY, COLONOSCOPY, STOMACH BOTOX, STOMACH BALLOON, ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC AND COLONIC STENT PLACEMENT AND MANY INVASIVE PROCEDURES)
OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT
LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY
LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION (REFLUX SURGERY)
LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER OSEPHAGOGASTRIC MYOTOMY (ACHALAZIA SURGERY)
LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN COLON AND RECTUM CANCER SURGERY
LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN STOMACH CANCER SURGERY
LAPAROSCOPIC & THORACOSCOPIC AND OPEN ESOPHAGUS SURGERY
PANCREAS CANCER WHIPPLE PROCEDURE
LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN DISTAL SUBTOTAL PANCREATECTOMY
UMBILICAL AND INGUINAL HERNIA WITH OPEN AND CLOSED TECHNIQUE
INCISIONAL HERNIA
THYRODECTOMY (WITH A NERVE MONITOR TO PROTECT THE VOCAL CORD)
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
LAPAROSCOPIC CYST HYDATIC SURGERY
BREAST SURGERY (RADICAL MASTECTOMY, BREAST CONSERVATIVE SURGERY, BREAST PROSTHESIS PLACEMENT DURING/AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY)
2011 – 2015, (Internal Medicine Specialist) Istanbul University Istanbul School of Education and Career
Medicine Department of Internal Medicine
2015 – 2016, (Internal Medicine) Specialist Istanbul Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital
2016 – 2019, (Medical Oncology) Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine Department of Medical Oncology
2019 – 2021, (Medical Oncology Specialist) - Istanbul Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital
2021 – 2024, (Associate Professor) Marmara University School of Medicine Department of Medical Oncology
Memberships in Scientific Organizations
ASCO
ESMO
TTOD
AVOD
Publications
In the field of oncology, he has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles at both international and national levels.
Awards Received
EAACI The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2019 Best Poster Award
"The top 3rd verbal presentation, IGICC (11th International Gastrointestinal Cancers Conference – IGICC2021)"
Speeches Delivered at National Congresses, Conferences, and Symposia:
Courses, Meetings, and Certificates
ESMO certified Medical Oncologist since 2019
Education
Career
Medical Interests
Minimally invasive lung surgeries
Lung cancer
Pulmonary membrane diagnosis and treatments
Mesothelioma surgery
Diagnosis and treatment of diaphragmatic diseases
Minimally invasive Mediastinal tumor surgery
Sweating surgeries
Experience
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine 1993-1999
Kızılay Etimesgut Central Warehouse-Ankara 1999-2000
Heybeliada Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital Istanbul 2000-2005
Girne Military Hospital, Cyprus 2005-2006
Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital- Istanbul 2006-2007
Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research HospitalIstanbul 2007-2010
Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research HospitalIstanbul 2010-2012
Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research HospitalIstanbul 2012-2013
Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research HospitalIstanbul 2013-2020
Sultan II. Abbulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital- Istanbul 2020
Liv Hospital Ulus
Memberships
Turkish Thoracic Surgery Association
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Turkish Thoracic Society
Turkish Respiratory Research Association
National Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Lung Cancer Society
European Respiratory Society
Medical Fields of Interest
Thoracoscopic and Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery
Lung Cancers
Trachea Surgery
Lung Transplantation
Lung Biopsy
Pneumothorax (collapsed lung)
Diaphragmatic Surgery
Surgery of Pleural Diseases
Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
Education
1981-1987, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
1972-1980, Istanbul Galatasaray High School
1966-1971, Primary Education Ankara, Samsun, Izmir
Experience
2023-Present, Liv Hospital Vadi Istanbul & Liv Hospital Ulus
2015-2022, Memorial Sisli-Bahcelievler Hospital Thoracic Surgery Clinic
2013 September, Professor; Erzincan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery
2013 March, Lecturer; Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
2013 February, Education Officer; Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
2012 October Japan Kyoto University Thoracic Surgery Clinic; Observer in Living Donor Lung Transplantation
2012 August Observer in Tracheal Transplant Surgery at Karolinska Institute, Sweden
2012- Present Lung Transplantation Scientific Committee Member Ministry of Health Ankara
2011- 2015 Yedikule Lung Transplant Clinic Specialist in Charge
2008-2010 University of Zurich, Switzerland Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Training
2008 Associate Professorship in Thoracic Surgery
2003 FETCS: European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003 Turkish Thoracic Surgery Qualification
1995-2013 Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Tra.and Research Hospital; Chief Assistant
1991-1995 Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Tra. and Research Hospital; Residency
1987-1990 General Practitioner, Military Service