Best Metabolic surgery doctors: TOP 45 doctors

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Burcin Batman
  • 4.5 Good 147 reviews
  • 18 years of experience
  • 1000+ treatments performed
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
  • Dr. Burçin Batman is an Associate Professor, who has studied and worked in the field of medicine, including Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, and Laparoscopic inguinal and umbilical hernias. He is a member of the Turkish Surgery Association, Turkish Obesity Surgery Society, World Obesity Association, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Society of Endocrine Surgery, and National Society for Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery, and has experience working at Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Mus Bulanik State Hospital, and LIV Hospital.

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Omer Avlanmis
  • 4.5 Good 221 reviews
  • 24 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Dr. Omer Avlanmis is a certified general surgeon with over two decades of experience, specializing in bariatric surgery. He has performed 4,400 treatments and applies minimally invasive surgery techniques. Dr. Avlanmis is an expert in Gastric bypass, Gastric sleeve surgery, Metabolic surgery, Da Vinci Gastric Sleeve Surgery, and Gastric balloon.
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Hasan Erdem
  • 4.8 Excellent 19 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dr. HE Obesity Clinic
  • Dr. HE is a General Surgery Specialist and Associate Professor of Obesity and Metabolic Conditions. He has vast experience in the field, having worked in various hospitals in Turkey and having completed certificates and courses such as Anorectal Physiology Course, Laparoscopic Colon Rectum Surgery Course, and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Hands-On Course. He is a member of several organizations such as International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Turkish Surgical Association, Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery Association, Endocrine Surgery Association, and Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery.

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Uri Eal
  • 4.4 Good 140 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
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Oren-asaf
  • 4.4 Good 140 reviews
  • 20 years of experience
  • Israel, Tel Aviv, Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
  • Dr. Asaf Oren is a Senior Physician at the Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit of the Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital, with specializations in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes. He has extensive clinical and academic experience, including fellowships at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Tel Aviv Medical Center "Dana-Dwek" Children's Hospital, as well as teaching positions at Sackler School of Medicine and Sheinborn Tel Aviv Academic Nursing School.
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Mehmet Onur Ozturk
  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Bewell Health Assistance
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Ogun Ersen
  • 5 Excellent 1 review
  • 12 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Ekol International Hospitals
  • He completed his medical education at Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine between 2005-2011 and his specialization education at Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine between 2013-2018. He successfully passed the board of the Turkish Surgical Society in 2018, and became the 3rd in Turkey in the minor medical specialization exam. He earned the title of Surgical Oncologist with the education he received at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine between 2018-2021.

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Antonio Braun
  • New
  • 26 years of experience
  • Italy, Bologna, Maria Cecilia Hospital
  • Member of SICOB - Italian Society of Obesity Surgery and ACOI - Association of Italian Hospital Surgeons                                               

    Dr Braun is a board-certified general surgeon with over 25 years of experience specializing in gastrointestinal surgery, particularly in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) through Fundoplication surgery. He has performed over 500 successful Nissen and Toupet Fundoplication procedures, with a focus on minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques. His expertise extends to diagnosing complex cases of GERD and offering comprehensive treatment plans to improve patient outcomes.

    He has carried out his main training experiences in various international institutions and specialization courses in general and digestive system surgery, including a two-year training internship at Johns Hopkins University, Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery and numerous courses in Madrid, with Prof. E. Moreno Gonzales (Curso Internacional de Actualizaciòn en chirurgia General y del Aparato Digestivo) or in New Orleans (Medical Education at the 90th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons).

    Dr. Braun has extensive expertise in the field of digestive surgery. He has focused on implementing advanced protocols and optimizing surgical techniques, while maintaining high standards of safety and patient care. He has collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to provide an integrated and personalized approach in the management of obese or digestive disorder patients, improving quality of life and reducing post-operative complications.

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Peter Schenker
  • 4.6 Excellent 56 reviews
  • 18 years of experience
  • Germany, Solingen, Medical Center in Solingen
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Huseyin Ayhan Kayaoglu
  • New
  • 25 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Bursa, PROF. DR. HÜSEYİN AYHAN KAYAOĞLU
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Yigit
  • New
  • 14 years of experience
  • Turkey, Antalya , Renovated Me Clinic
  • Dr. Yigit S. Guner is a board-certified pediatric surgeon, specializing in general and thoracic surgeries for infants, children, and teens. He is also well-versed in the management of various clinical conditions such as hernias, hydrocele, circumcision, and tumors. His surgical skills include appendectomy, gastric polyps removal, resection of gallbladder, stomach resection, and complex treatment of pancreatitis among others. Dr. Guner is recognized for his research contributions and regularly presents lectures at national conferences.
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Peter Vasas
  • 3.8 Good 10 reviews
  • 20 years of experience
  • Hungary, Budapest, Liv Duna Medical Center
  • Dr. Peter Vasas is a Consultant Bariatric Surgeon with a specialization in general, hepatobiliary, lower GI, and upper GI surgeries. He has performed over 800 bariatric procedures, including revisions, with remarkable safety results. His expertise includes gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repairs, gallstone surgery, gastro-oesophageal reflux surgery, and minimally invasive colo-proctology.
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Fatma Ela Keskin
  • 5 Excellent 29 reviews
  • 16 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
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Gokhan Yagci
  • New
  • 36 years of experience
  • Turkey, Ankara, Guven Hospital
  • WORK EXPERIENCE    :

    1989-1990    Internship, Gulhane Military Medical Academy
    1990-1992    Physician, 13th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Seymen, Turkey 1996-1998    General Surgeon, Mobile Surgical Hospital, Hakkari, Turkey
    1998-2001    General Surgeon, 600 Beds Mevki Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 1999    Brigade Surgeon, Stabilization Forces, NATO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    2001-2015    Gülhane Military Medical Academy
    2015-    Özel Ankara Güven Hospital

    Private Practice Experience

    2009-2011    Özel Magnet Medical Center
    2011- 2013    Özel Çağ Hospital
    2013-2015    Özel İnternational Medicana Ankara Hospital
    2015-    Özel Ankara Güven Hospital

    Private Practice Experience for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery

    I have been involved in Obesity and Metabolic Surgery since 2011. Mainly in private practice. I have done over 2500 sleeve gastrectomy’s and more than 900 gastric bypass and metabolic surgery procedures with a total of over 3400 Obesity and Metabolic Surgery operations

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Serdar Kacar
  • New
  • 31 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Odin Clinic
  • 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…

    • Izmir Necati Bey Primary School (1973-1978)
    • Izmir Private Saint-Joseph Secondary School (1978-1982)
    • Izmir Private Tevfik Fikret High School (1982-1985)
    • Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (1985-1992)
    • General Surgery Training at SSK (social insurance institution) Tepecik Training Hospital (1992-1996)
    • Liver Transplantation Training at Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine (2002-2003)

    Surgical Experience

    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.

    Scientific Activity

    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)

    Social Responsibility

    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

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Atilla Akova
  • New
  • 33 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Bariatric Istanbul
  • Dr. Atilla Akova is a general surgeon with 30 years of experience. He specializes in obesity and diabetes surgery (bariatric surgery), offering treatments such as sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, metabolic surgery, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, biliopancreatic diversion, and stomach resection.
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Varol Esatoglu
  • 5 Excellent 3 reviews
  • 15 years of experience
  • Northern Cyprus , Nicosia , Near East University Hospital
  • NAME: VAROL ESATOĞLU

    TITLE: OP.DR. GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALIST

    FACULTY OF MEDICINE GRADUATED FROM: ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

    GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALTY: HAYDARPAŞA NUMUNE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

    ADVANCED TRAINING: IRCAD STRASBOURG UNIVERSITY

    AREAS OF INTEREST: SINCE 2012, HE HAS FOCUSED HIS CAREER MAINLY ON CANCER SURGERY, ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPY AND OBESITY SURGERY.

     

    HAVING GAINED MORE THAN 7500+ BARIATRIC SURGERY EXPERIENCE IN HIS PROCESS. HE CONTINUES HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE AT DR. SUAT GÜNSEL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

    HE IS ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED SURGERIES IN THE FIELD OF ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN CYPRUS.

    HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN OUR COUNTRY.

    HE HAS GIVEN NUMEROUS TRAININGS, SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIUMS TO HIS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUES IN THE FIELD OF BARIATRIC AND METABOLISM SURGERY, AND IS THE LEAD  OF OBESITY SURGERY IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE MANY COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD.

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Izzettin Kahraman
  • New
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Estexper Clinic
  • Born in Trabzon in 1972, Dr. İzzettin Kahraman began his medical studies at Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine in 1989 and earned his Medical Doctor degree in 1995. Following two years as a general practitioner, he embarked on his specialization training in 1997. He completed his residency at Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, becoming a General Surgery Specialist in 2002.

    Dr. Kahraman worked as a General Surgery Specialist in public hospitals, including Trabzon Numune Hospital and Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, for 13 years. From 2016 to 2018, he served as a Lecturer at University of Health Sciences. In 2019, he transitioned to the private sector, continuing his career in private hospitals.

    Throughout his career, Dr. Kahraman has engaged in a wide range of training programs both in Turkey and abroad. In 2007, he earned a Surgical Endoscopy Certificate and furthered his expertise in laparoscopic hernia treatments in Hamburg, Germany, in 2008. He also completed a course on Nutrition Practices and Training at Ondokuz Mayis University and a specialized course in laparoscopic hernia repair in Istanbul in 2010.

    In 2011, after completing the "Emergency Surgery" course in Istanbul organized by the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES), Dr. Kahraman received training in SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery) Cholecystectomy at Gazi University in Ankara. Since then, he has specialized in advanced laparoscopic techniques, with a particular focus on endoscopy, gastric diseases, obesity, and metabolic surgery.

    In 2021, Dr. Kahraman obtained certificates in Ozone Therapy and Mesotherapy from Medipol University. 

    Since 2023, he has been serving at Estexper Clinic, Istanbul.

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Mehmet Fatih Kilicli
  • 5 Excellent 2 reviews
  • 33 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol Acibadem District Hospital
  • Education and Experience

    • 1992 - 1998, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine
    • 2002 – 2015, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
    • 2015 – 2024, Bağcılar Medipol Mega University Hospital
    • 2024 – Present, Medipol Acıbadem Hospital
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Ahmed Saad Khalil
  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • Egypt, Alexandria, dr ahmed saad khalil obesity surgery

  • Dr. Ahmed Saad Khalil is a highly experienced bariatric surgeon specializing in obesity surgery with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has practiced and got trained as well as many training workshops and scientific activities and conferences in the UK, USA, Kuwait, Belgium ,Switzerland and currently and for the last decade operates in Alexandria, Egypt. Dr. Khalil is known for providing top-quality bariatric surgery at a competitive cost, with standards comparable to those in the UK. His expertise and commitment to patient care have established him as a reputable figure in the field of obesity surgery in Egypt and neighboring countries

    Dr Ahmed Saad Khalil

    MBBCh(Alex.) ,MRCS (eng),MRCS(glasg)

    Consultant bariatric and laparoscopic surgeon

    member of Egyptian society of bariatric surgery(ESBS)

    member of Egyptian society of laparoscopic surgery(ESLS)

    member of international federation for the surgery of obesity(IFSO)

    Current and previous registration bodies:

    Egyptian medical syndicate consultant registry.

    Kuwaiti medical association.

    Saudi health .

    General medical council (UK).

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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