Prof. Dr.
Cihan Uras
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Medical Unit: Oncological Surgery Center, General Surgery
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Turkey, Istanbul
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40+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Cihan Uras is a general surgeon at Acibadem Atakent and Maslak hospitals, Head of General Surgery at Acibadem University and Director of its Senology Research Institute. A 1981 medical graduate, he trained at Cerrahpaşa, becoming professor in 1996. A breast cancer surgeon, he performed Turkey's first sentinel lymph node biopsy in 1998 and was the first to apply robotic and endoscopic mastectomy. He also performs thyroid, endocrine and obesity surgery.
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+About
Prof. Dr. Cihan Uras is a general surgeon at Acibadem Atakent and Maslak hospitals, Head of General Surgery at Acibadem University and Director of its Senology Research Institute. A 1981 medical graduate, he trained at Cerrahpaşa, becoming professor in 1996. A breast cancer surgeon, he performed Turkey's first sentinel lymph node biopsy in 1998 and was the first to apply robotic and endoscopic mastectomy. He also performs thyroid, endocrine and obesity surgery.
+Education
- 1981 - Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne (MD)
- 1986 - Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine - General Surgery specialization
- 1990 - Associate Professor, General Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
- 1996 - Professor, General Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
+Experience
- 2000-present - Acibadem Healthcare Group (Acibadem Atakent and Maslak Hospitals, General Surgery)
- Head of the Department of General Surgery, Acibadem University Faculty of Medicine; Director, Senology Research Institute
- 1986 - Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery - General surgery specialist (later associate professor and professor)
+Memberships
- Istanbul Medical Chamber
- Endocrine Surgery Society (Turkey)
- Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery Society (Turkey)
- American Society of Breast Disease
- National Hernia Society (Turkey)
- Senology (Breast Science) Society (Turkey)
- Turkish Society of Menopause and Osteoporosis
- Turkish Surgical Society
- Istanbul Surgical Society
+Research
- Breast cancer surgery, breast-conserving and oncoplastic surgery
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy (first performed in Turkey in 1998)
- Radio-guided occult lesion localization (ROLL)
- Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for breast cancer, since 2011
- Skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction (since 1994); robotic and endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy
- Minimally invasive, laparoscopic and robotic thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery
- Laparoscopic and robotic primary and revision obesity surgery
- 258 scientific publications (133 Web of Science-indexed) and more than 1,000 citations
+International Papers
Radio-guided lymph node biopsy for the diagnosis of axillary lymphadenopathy. Nucl Med Commun. 2011;32(3):233-7. Simultaneous excision of ipsilateral nonpalpable multiple breast lesions using radioguided occult lesion localization. Breast. 2011;20(3):241-5. Radioguided occult les...
- Radio-guided lymph node biopsy for the diagnosis of axillary lymphadenopathy. Nucl Med Commun. 2011;32(3):233-7.
- Simultaneous excision of ipsilateral nonpalpable multiple breast lesions using radioguided occult lesion localization. Breast. 2011;20(3):241-5.
- Radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL) for non-palpable breast cancer: a comparison between day-before and same-day protocols. Breast. 2010;19:226-30.
- Intragastric balloon treatment of obesity must be combined with bariatric surgery: a pilot study in Turkey. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2010;21(4):333-7.
- Intraparenchymal methylene blue injection for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients does not interfere with the pulse oximetry readings. Journal of Breast Cancer. 2009;12:32-5.
- Radio-guided occult lesion localization (ROLL) in non-palpable breast lesions [Turkish]. Ulusal Cerrahi Dergisi. 2009;25:24-28.
- Is repeat endoscopy a rational approach in patients with gastric ulcer? [Turkish]. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2010;1(1):35-37.
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