Prof. Dr.
Alihan Gürkan
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Medical Unit: Oncological Surgery Center, General Surgery
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Turkey, Antalya
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28+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Alihan Gürkan has headed general surgery at Memorial Antalya Hospital since 2013. He graduated from Akdeniz University in 1989 and specialised at Haydarpaşa Numune Hospital, Istanbul. He was a multi-organ transplant fellow at Mount Sinai, New York, and worked in transplantation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, then taught at Akdeniz and chaired surgery at Acıbadem University. He focuses on liver, pancreas and colorectal cancer surgery, HIPEC and obesity surgery.
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+About
Prof. Dr. Alihan Gürkan has headed general surgery at Memorial Antalya Hospital since 2013. He graduated from Akdeniz University in 1989 and specialised at Haydarpaşa Numune Hospital, Istanbul. He was a multi-organ transplant fellow at Mount Sinai, New York, and worked in transplantation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, then taught at Akdeniz and chaired surgery at Acıbadem University. He focuses on liver, pancreas and colorectal cancer surgery, HIPEC and obesity surgery.
+Education
- 1983-1989 - Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya (MD)
- 1991-1996 - Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul - General Surgery residency
- 1996 - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA - Visiting surgeon, thoracic surgery
- 1996 - St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas, USA - Fellowship in cardiovascular surgery
- 1996-1998 - The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA - Multi-organ transplantation fellow
- 2005 - Associate Professor
- 2010 - Professor
+Experience
- 2013-present - Memorial Antalya Hospital - Head of the General Surgery Department
- 2010-2013 - Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul - Head of the Department of General Surgery
- 2000-2010 - Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya - Faculty member, General Surgery
- 1998-2000 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia - Transplantation Department
+Memberships
- Turkish Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
- Turkish Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Association
- Turkish Surgical Association
- Mediterranean Surgical Society
+Research
- Liver, pancreas and biliary (HPB) surgery
- Colorectal cancer and liver metastasis surgery
- HIPEC and PIPAC
- Obesity surgery
- Organ transplantation
+International Papers
Gürkan A, Emre S, Fishbein TM, et al. Unsuspected bile duct paucity in donors for living-related liver transplantation. Verran DJ, Gürkan A, Chui AK, et al. Pancreatitis in adult orthotopic liver allograft recipients: risk factors and outcome. Liver Transplantation. Bronster DJ,...
- Gürkan A, Emre S, Fishbein TM, et al. Unsuspected bile duct paucity in donors for living-related liver transplantation.
- Verran DJ, Gürkan A, Chui AK, et al. Pancreatitis in adult orthotopic liver allograft recipients: risk factors and outcome. Liver Transplantation.
- Bronster DJ, Gürkan A, Buchsbaum MS, Emre S. Tacrolimus-associated mutism after orthotopic liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2000;70(6):979-982.
- Yücel O, Talu M, Ünalmışer S, Özdede S, Gürkan A. Video laparoscopic treatment of liver hydatid cysts with a partial cystectomy and omentoplasty.
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