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Deniz Balcı
  • Medical Unit: Oncological Surgery Center, General Surgery
  • Turkey, Istanbul
  • 21+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı is a general and transplant surgeon at Medical Park Göztepe Hospital focusing on liver and bile duct surgery, upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers, laparoscopic surgery and liver transplantation. An Ankara University graduate (2000), he trained at Mayo Clinic Florida, Mount Sinai and Asan Medical Center, became professor in 2018 and led Ankara University's Organ Transplantation Center (2013-2022). He has published widely on ALPPS for liver tumors.

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+About

Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı is a general and transplant surgeon at Medical Park Göztepe Hospital focusing on liver and bile duct surgery, upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers, laparoscopic surgery and liver transplantation. An Ankara University graduate (2000), he trained at Mayo C...

Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı is a general and transplant surgeon at Medical Park Göztepe Hospital focusing on liver and bile duct surgery, upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers, laparoscopic surgery and liver transplantation. An Ankara University graduate (2000), he trained at Mayo Clinic Florida, Mount Sinai and Asan Medical Center, became professor in 2018 and led Ankara University's Organ Transplantation Center (2013-2022). He has published widely on ALPPS for liver tumors.

+Education

  • 1994-2000 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (MD)
  • 2000-2005 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery Department and Organ Transplantation Unit - Residency
  • 2009-2010 - Mayo Clinic Florida (USA), Transplantation Department - Transplant Fellowship
  • 2010 - Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, USA), Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute - Transplant Fellowship
  • 2010-2011 - Asan Medical Center (Seoul, South Korea), Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery Unit - Fellowship
  • 2010 - US ECFMG certificate
  • 2012 - Turkish Board of General Surgery; Associate Professor
  • 2018 - Professor
  • 1994-2000 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (MD)
  • 2000-2005 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery Department and Organ Transplantation Unit - Residency
  • 2009-2010 - Mayo Clinic Florida (USA), Transplantation Department - Transplant Fellowship
  • 2010 - Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, USA), Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute - Transplant Fellowship
  • 2010-2011 - Asan Medical Center (Seoul, South Korea), Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery Unit - Fellowship
  • 2010 - US ECFMG certificate
  • 2012 - Turkish Board of General Surgery; Associate Professor
  • 2018 - Professor

+Experience

  • Medical Park Göztepe Hospital, General Surgery / Organ Transplantation (current)
  • 2018-2022 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Professor
  • 2013-2022 - Ankara University Organ Transplantation Center, Responsible Specialist
  • 2012-2018 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Associate Professor
  • 2011-2012 - Gülhane Military Medical Academy (Ankara), Transplant Surgeon
  • 2008-2009 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery, Faculty Member
  • 2005-2008 - Florence Nightingale Hospital (Istanbul), Organ Transplantation Unit, Specialist
  • Medical Park Göztepe Hospital, General Surgery / Organ Transplantation (current)
  • 2018-2022 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Professor
  • 2013-2022 - Ankara University Organ Transplantation Center, Responsible Specialist
  • 2012-2018 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Associate Professor
  • 2011-2012 - Gülhane Military Medical Academy (Ankara), Transplant Surgeon
  • 2008-2009 - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery, Faculty Member
  • 2005-2008 - Florence Nightingale Hospital (Istanbul), Organ Transplantation Unit, Specialist

+Memberships

  • International Liver Transplantation Society
  • European Society of Organ Transplantation (2008-)
  • European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2012-)
  • Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2011-)
  • Turkish Surgical Association (2005-)
  • Turkish Liver Transplantation Society (2005-)
  • International Liver Transplantation Society
  • European Society of Organ Transplantation (2008-)
  • European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2012-)
  • Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (2011-)
  • Turkish Surgical Association (2005-)
  • Turkish Liver Transplantation Society (2005-)

+Research

  • Liver surgery and liver tumors (HCC, colorectal liver metastases)
  • Bile duct surgery and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
  • Upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers
  • Laparoscopic surgery
  • ALPPS and RAPID staged hepatectomy techniques
  • Adult and pediatric living donor liver transplantation

+International Papers

Petrowsky H, Linecker M, Raptis DA, ..., Balci D, et al. First long-term oncologic results of the ALPPS procedure in a large cohort of patients with colorectal liver metastases. Ann Surg. 2020 Li J, Moustafa M, Linecker M, ..., Balci D, et al. ALPPS for locally advanced intrahepa...

  • Petrowsky H, Linecker M, Raptis DA, ..., Balci D, et al. First long-term oncologic results of the ALPPS procedure in a large cohort of patients with colorectal liver metastases. Ann Surg. 2020
  • Li J, Moustafa M, Linecker M, ..., Balci D, et al. ALPPS for locally advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: did aggressive surgery lead to the oncological benefit? An international multi-center study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020;27
  • Balci D, Kirimker EO, Üstüner E, Yilmaz AA, Azap A. Stage I-laparoscopy partial ALPPS procedure for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol. 2020;121(6):1022-1026
  • Balci D, Sakamoto Y, Li J, Di Benedetto F, Kirimker EO, Petrowsky H. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) procedure for cholangiocarcinoma. Int J Surg. 2020;82S:97-102
  • Balci D, McCormack L. Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: a difficult surgery in a difficult patient where experience matters most. Surgery. 2021
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