Best Transnasal Endoscopy doctors: TOP 9 doctors

Dr. Vilius Kontenis is a gastroenterologist and endoscopist. He trained at Vilnius University and earned his MD in 2014. He completed his gastroenterology residency in 2018. Since then, he has worked at Mažeikiai Hospital as a gastroenterologist and endoscopist. He also practices at Kardiolita Clinics in Vilnius as a gastroenterologist.

His work includes a systematic review and meta-analysis on inflammatory bowel disease. He has studied liver fibrosis, comparing FibroScan with routine tests. He has also published on dysphagia in older adults, pediatric diarrhea, and food allergy. He has presented on chylous ascites and catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. He edited issue No. 1 of Gastroenterologija. He attended the 35th GEEW in 2017. He is a member of the Lithuanian Gastroenterology Association and the World Gastroenterology Organisation.

Dr. Tomas Jucaitis is a gastroenterologist and endoscopist. He studied at Kaunas University of Medicine from 1991 to 1998 and graduated in 1998. He completed a primary residency at Ukmergė Hospital in 1999 (1998–1999). He then finished an internal medicine residency at Vilnius University (1999–2001). He later completed a gastroenterology residency (2001–2003). His training also includes internships in the Czech Republic, Germany, and the USA.

He was Coordinator at the National Organ Transplantation Bureau from 2001 to 2004. He worked as an endoscopist and ultrasound specialist at Vilnius Emergency University Hospital from 2003 to 2006. Since 2006, he has practiced as a gastroenterologist and endoscopist at Vilnius University Hospital “SK” Center Branch and at Vilnius “Kardiolita Clinics.” He also held prior roles at Švenčionys Hospital and “Northway” Medical Center.

Dr. Omer Burcak Binicier is a gastroenterology specialist with strong medical training. He earned his medical degree at Ege University. He completed his internal medicine and gastroenterology specialization at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Binicier has over ten years of clinical experience. He has held key positions at SBÜ Tepecik Training and Research Hospital and İzmir Bayraklı City Hospital. He also gained international experience at Korea University.

Dr. Binicier diagnoses and treats a wide range of gastrointestinal diseases. His expertise includes early colon and stomach cancers, inflammatory bowel diseases, liver and pancreatic disorders, and digestive system cancers. He uses advanced endoscopic techniques such as EMR, ESD, ERCP, and endoscopic ultrasound. He is also skilled in minimally invasive obesity treatments. His clinical skills are built on years of hands-on work in top medical centers.

Dr. Seymur Aslanov is a specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He received advanced training at Ege University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. Dr. Aslanov diagnoses and treats many gastrointestinal diseases. His expertise includes inflammatory bowel diseases, digestive system cancers, liver and pancreatic diseases, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

He is skilled in advanced endoscopic procedures. These include ERCP, colonoscopy, endoscopic polypectomy, and stenting for gastrointestinal stenosis. Dr. Aslanov has worked as a research assistant and subspecialist at Ege University. He has also served as an internal medicine specialist at Izmir Medical Point.

He is a member of the Izmir Medical Chamber.

Dr. Cheon Won Seok is the Director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Naeun Hospital. His expertise includes gastrointestinal diseases; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy; polypectomy; ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection); small-bowel capsule endoscopy; digestive disorders; gastric and esophageal cancer; Helicobacter pylori infection; liver diseases; and inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

He graduated from Kyung Hee University College of Medicine. He completed his internship at Kyung Hee Medical Center and his internal medicine residency at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. He later served as a Clinical Instructor in Gastroenterology at Chung-Ang University Hospital. He is a full member of the Korean Association of Internal Medicine and a life member of the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He is also a board-certified subspecialist in gastrointestinal endoscopy and serves as a medical advisor to KBS, MBC, SBS, JTBC, and MBN.

Prof. Selin Kapan has been a Professor of General Surgery since 2017. She is currently with Istanbul Aydın University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery (2022–present). She previously worked at Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital as a Specialist and Associate Professor. She also served as Educational and Administrative Supervisor at Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital. In addition, she was Medical Coordinator and General Surgeon at Istanbul Surgery Hospital.

She has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers. Her research covers hernia repair, perianal fistula, pilonidal disease, hepatic hydatid disease, laparoscopic surgery, and gastrointestinal surgery. Her work has been published in journals such as Digestive Surgery, Hernia, Techniques in Coloproctology, and the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. She is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association, the National Trauma and Emergency Surgery Association, the Hernia Society, the Turkish HPB Surgery Association, the Stem Cell and Cellular Therapies Association, and the Gastroesophageal Reflux Association.

Areas of Interests

• General Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Endoscopic procedures (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy)
• Interventional endoscopy
• ERCP
• Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)
• Cholangioscopy
• Diseases of the biliary system and pancreas

Education:
 

• 1990 -1996 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
• 1997 - 2001 Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
• 2001 - 2003 Turkey High Specialization Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterology Subspecialization
• 2010 - 2010 State University of New York, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, EUS training program
   

Experience:
 

• June 2024 LIV Hospital Ulus Hospital
• 2018 - 2024 Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2013 - 2018 Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2008 - 2013 Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
• 2008 - 2008 Medicalpark Gaziantep Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2004 - 2008 Gaziantep State Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic, Endoscopy Unit Founding Physician

Publications

• Arhan M, Koklu S, Koksal AS, Yolcu OF, Koruk S, Koruk I, Kayacetin E. Alverine citrate induced acute hepatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(15): 2303-4  ISSN: 1007-9327
• Parlak E, Cicek B, Koruk I, Disibeyaz S, Sahin B. Successful prevention of stent migration caused by placement of a second stent. Endoscopy. 2005; 37(4): 404. ISSN: 0013-726X
• Koruk I, Ozturk ZA, Köklü S, Koruk S, Ozdede S. Port-site metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2008; 71(2): 283-4      ISSN:0001-5644
• Koruk I, Parlak E, Secilmis S, Akdogan M, Koklu S.  Endoscopic sphincteroplasty with large balloon dilatation for extraction of difficult common bile duct stones. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jun;53(6):1737-8. ISSN: 0163-2116
• Ozkaya M, Yuzbasioglu MF, Koruk I, Cakal E, Sahin M, Cakal B. Preoperative detection of insulinomas: two case reports. Cases J. 2008 Nov 29; 1(1): 362  ISSN: 1757-1626
• Yılmaz Ö, Koruk İ, Çayır K, Koruk M, Yılmaz A. Usefullness of serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) for colorectal cancer diagnosis. Int J Hematol Oncol 2009; 19(1): 23-27  ISSN: 1306-133X
• Savaş C, Koruk İ, Koruk M, Kadayıfçı A, Sarı İ. Association of prion protein with the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis. Trakya Univ Tip Fak Derg. 2010; 27(4): 373-7. DOI: 10.5174/tutfd.2009.02284.1 ISSN: 1301-3149
• Buyukberber M, Koruk I, Cıkman O, Koruk M, Kucukoglu ME, Sakman A, Demir O, Sahinoz S. Serum cystatin C measurement in differential diagnosis of intra and extrahepatic cholestatic diseases. Ann Hepatol 2010; 9(1): 58-62  ISSN: 1665-2681
• Gulsen MT, Koruk I, Dogan M, Beyazit Y. Diagnostic accuracy of cascade stomach by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with obscure symptoms: A multi-center prospective trial. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2011; 35: 489-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.03.004         ISSN: 2210-7401
• Koruk I, Aydın U, Koruk S, Aydınlı M. A newly defined biliary anatomic variation. Turk J Gastroenterol 2011; April 22(2): 232-3  DOI:10.4318/ tjg.2011.0204  ISSN: 1300-4948
• Koruk İ, Özdemir H, Aydınlı M, Tarakçıoğlu M, Koruk M. The relation between serum Cytokeratin 18 and acute pancreatitis: Can it be a serological predictive marker?. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2011. DOI:10.4318/tjg.2011.0256 ISSN: 1300-4948
• Aydinli M, Koruk I, Koruk S, Aydin U, Kadayifci A. Intraoperative cholangioscopy with an ultrathin endoscope for hemobilia. Endoscopy 2011;43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E410. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1256897. Epub 2012 Jan 24
• Aydinli M, Koruk I, Dag MS, Savas MC, Kadayifci A. Ultrathin endoscopy for gastrointestinal strictures. Digestive Endoscopy 2012 May;24(3):150-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01206.x. Epub 2011 Oct 27                 ISSN: 0915-5635
• Yılmaz Ö, Koruk İ, Onbaş O, Ozgokce M. Portal venous gas resulting from enteritis in a case with portal hypertension: Case report. Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi. 2012; 32 (4): 1195-8 ISSN: 1300-0292
• Demiryürek S, Koruk I, Bozdag Z, Ozkara E, Kaplan DS, Oztuzcu S, Cetinkaya A, Alasehirli B, Demiryürek AT. Investigation of the esophageal Rho-kinase expression in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2013 Aug;37(4):284-9. doi: 10.3109/01913123.2013.797064        ISSN: 0191-3123
• Dag MS, Ozturk ZA, Koruk I, Kısacık B, Gerenli O, Aydınlı M, Kadayıfcı A. Intestinal Behcet's disease with severe pulmonary arterial involvement mimicking ulcerative colitis. Asian Biomedicine. 2013; 7(5): 715-8      ISSN: 1905-7415
• Dağ MS, Aydınlı M, Oztürk ZA, Türkbeyler IH, Koruk I, Savaş MC, Koruk M, Kadayıfçı A. Drug- and herb-induced liver injury: a case series from a single center. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Feb;25(1):41-5. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.4486ISSN: 1300-4948
• Kadayifci A, Atar M, Parlar S, Balkan A, Koruk I, Koruk M. Transnasal endoscopy is preferred by transoral endoscopy experienced patients. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014 Mar;23(1):27-31     ISSN: 1841-8724
• Alasehirli B, Oğuz E, Oksuzler E, Koruk I, Oztuzcu S, Ozkara E, Karakok M, Erbagcı AB, Demiryurek AT. Investigation of intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) gene expressions in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Tumour Biol. 2014 May;35(5):4907-12. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-1644-3      ISSN: 1010-4283
• Dag M, Özturk Z, Aydınlı M, Koruk I, Kadayfçı A. Postpartum hepatotoxicity due to herbal medicine Teucrium polium. Ann Saudi Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;34(6):541-3. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2014.541        ISSN: 0256-4947
• Tahtacı M, İbiş M, Koruk İ, Parlak E. Endoscopic removal of fractured basket traction wire. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;25 Suppl 1:324-5. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.6582            ISSN: 1300-4948
• Dağ MS, Koruk İ, Aydınlı M, Çam H, Öztürk ZA, Kadayıfçı A. An unusual cause of esophageal ulcer; sertraline hydrochloride. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;25 Suppl 1:250-1. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.4646  ISSN: 1300-4948
• Balkan A, Yılmaz N, Balkan Y, Koruk İ, Örkmez M, Aydınlı M, Koruk M. Relationship between liver injury and serum cytokeratin 18 levels in asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carriers and in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Arab Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017; 18: 98–103                   ISSN: 1687-1979
• Koruk İ. How to manage difficult cannulation in ERCP. Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Open Access. 2017, 6(3): 00194. DOI: 10.15406/ghoa.2017.06.00194 ISSN: 2373-6372
• Valori R, Cortas G, de Lange T, Balfaqih OS, de Pater M, Eisendrath P, Falt P, Koruk I, et al.  Performance measures for endoscopy services: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative.  Endoscopy 2018; 50: 1186–1204   ISSN 0013-726X
• Koruk S, Koruk I, Mizrak A. A, Bilgi M, Gul R, Bozgeyik S. Dexmedetomidine or midazolam in combination with propofol for sedation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a randomized double blind prospective study. Videosurgery Miniinv. 2020; 15(3): 526-32 doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2020.95066