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Best Obesity bariatric surgeons: TOP 175 doctors

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koray Karabulut
General surgeon
26 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Kraemer Medical

koray Karabulut

General surgeon
26 years of experience
Dr. Koray Karabulut is a highly experienced general surgeon with over 19 years of expertise. He specializes in liver, gallbladder, biliary tracts, and pancreas surgery, as well as obesity treatment, gastrointestinal system surgery, surgical oncology, laparoscopic procedures, and robotic surgery. He is also skilled in performing procedures such as gastric balloon insertion, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, post-bariatric plastic surgery, sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve surgery), and gastric bypass surgery. Dr. Karabulut's achievements include the Best Paper and Oral Presentation Award at the 2nd Minimally Invasive Surgery Congress and the Young Researcher Award at the Turkey Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Association 9th Congress.Read more
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Murat Ataseven
Plastic surgeon
24 years of experience
Turkey, İzmir
Op. Dr. Murat Ataseven Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic

Murat Ataseven

Plastic surgeon
24 years of experience
Dr. Murat Ataseven specializes in oral, maxillofacial and facial plastic surgery. He treats conditions such as moles, lipoma and lumbar mass. He also addresses harelip, jaw surgery, eating disorders, and offers acupuncture. His surgical expertise covers nerve surgery, wound and burn treatment, rhinoplasty, and maxillofacial surgery.Read more
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Mehmet U
General surgeon
19 years of experience
Switzerland, Zurich
Global Medical Care

Mehmet U

General surgeon
19 years of experience
  • Mehmet was born in 1980 in Hatay's Antakya district.
  • He completed his primary and secondary education in Iskenderun.
  • In 1998, he began his medical education at Ege University Faculty of Medicine.
  • He graduated from Ege University with the title of Medical Doctor in 2004.
  • Mehmet entered the TUS (Medical Specialty Education Entrance Examination) and qualified for the specialty education he aimed for, pursuing his dream of becoming a Surgeon doctor.
  • In 2005, he started his General Surgery Specialization training at Istanbul Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital.
  • After completing 5 years of intensive training, he published his first medical article titled "Causes, Treatment, and Interventions in Incisional Hernias" in 2010, earning the title of General Surgery Specialist.

2019 Global Medical Care Obesity Surgeon

2016 Head of the obesity unit, Izmir Private Hospital

2013-2016 Eskişehir Acıbadem Hospital

2012 to 2013 General Surgery Specialist and chief physician, Manisa Soma Private Vefa Hospital.

2011-2012 Compulsory Service at Mardin Kızıltepe

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Serdar A
General surgeon
13 years of experience
Switzerland, Zurich
Global Medical Care

Serdar A

General surgeon
13 years of experience

Graduated from Bornova Anatolian High School.Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Celal Bayar University in 2011, becoming a medical doctor. Began career as a general practitioner at Şanlıurfa Birecik State Hospital. Passed medical specialization examination (TUS) in 2012, began surgical specialization at İzmir Bozyaka's surgical department. Worked as an external observer physician at Heidelberg Universität Klinikum in 2015. Became a surgeon in 2017, focusing on evaluating patient demographics and efficacy of Sleeve Gastrectomy. Performed compulsory service at Ardahan Göle State Hospital between 2018 and 2019. Joined İzmir Tepecik training and research hospital in 2020. Devotes himself to ongoing studies and patient care.

Specialities:

  • Bariatric surgery
  • Hernia surgery
  • Inguinal and sac hernias
  • Recurrent hernias (laparoscopic and standard methods)
  • Gastrointestinal (Digestive) System Surgery
  • Large intestine (colon) cancer treatment
  • Cancer surgery
  • Liver surgery
  • Colon and rectal cancer
  • Laparoscopic colon and rectal disease surgery
  • Gastric Cancer Surgery
    • Gastrointestinal cancer surgery
    • Gastric Botox
  • Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
    • Pancreatic surgery
  • Sleeve gastrectomy revision

Experiences:

  • 2022 : Global Medical Care Obesity Surgeon
  • 2019-2022 Izmir Tepecik Education and Research Hospital
  • 2017 - 2019: General Surgery Residency, Ardahan Göle State Hospital
  • 2016: Hepatopancreaticobiliary Department, Heidelberg University
  • 2012 - 2017: Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital
  • 2012: General Practitioner, Şanlıurfa Birecik State Hospital
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Ugur Y
General surgeon
14 years of experience
Switzerland, Zurich
Global Medical Care

Ugur Y

General surgeon
14 years of experience

He graduated from medical school in 2004 and became a doctor of medicine. He completed his General Surgery training in 2010, specializing in the effects of preoperative nutritional support on colon anastomosis healing in malnourished rats. He received the second prize for his thesis at the international KEPAN Congress.

After fulfilling his compulsory service, he helped establish the obesity and metabolic surgery unit in Malatya Private EGM Hayat and Park hospitals in 2018. He currently works in these hospitals and helps Global Medical Care patients with obesity and diabetes surgery, cancer surgery, and advanced laparoscopic interventions.

Membership:

Turkish Surgical Association

Bariatric Metabolic Surgery Association (BMCD)

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

Turkish Obesity Surgery Society (TOSS)

International Bariatric Club (IBC).

 

Experiences:

2023 - Life Hospital, Antalya,

2018 - Malatya Private Hayat Hospital,

2018 - Malatya Private Park Hospital,

2010-2018 Darende Hulusi Efendi State Hospital, Malatya

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Atilla Akova
General surgeon
32 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Bariatric Istanbul

Atilla Akova

General surgeon
32 years of experience
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.Read more
Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Cengiz Eris
General surgeon
23 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Aesthetic Manager

Cengiz Eris

General surgeon
23 years of experience

Prof. Dr. Cengiz ERİŞ

I was born in 1977 in the center of VAN. After completing my primary, secondary and high school education in Van, I started my medical education at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1995.

After graduating in 2001, I started my General Surgery specialization at Bezm-i Alem Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital.

In 2007, I worked as a General Surgery specialist at Siirt State Hospital for about 2 years as part of compulsory service.

After compulsory service, I started working as chief assistant at Istanbul Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital. During my tenure, I completed my master’s degree in Liver Transplantation, Bile Duct and Pancreatic Surgery at İnönü University Liver Transplantation Institute for 1 year.

In addition to being responsible for the Liver Transplantation unit at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, I performed many operations in the field of Advanced laparoscopic surgery.

One year after receiving the title of Associate Professor in 2015, I founded European Obesity Surgery and started working as an Obesity and Metabolism surgery specialist.

As of December 2021, I have been appointed as a faculty member at Nişantaşı University with the position of Professor.

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Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Before and After Pictures
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Cemalettin Camci
General surgeon
33 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Care in Turkey Clinic

Cemalettin Camci

General surgeon
33 years of experience
Gastric balloon
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Murat Sendur
General surgeon
9 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Eren Hospital

Murat Sendur

General surgeon
9 years of experience

Title:
Op.Dr.

Name-Surname: 

Murat Şendur

Education

2009 - Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi – Medical Faculty
2015 - Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi – Specialist as a Genral Surgeon

Experience


2015 - 2015 - Erzurum Hınıs Şehit Yavuz Yürekseven State hospital

2015 - 2020 - Bahçelievler State hospital 

  1. 2021- Bahçelievler Medical park Hospital
  2. Eren Hospital

Pursuits

After completing his medical education in 2009, he has 12 years of general surgery experience and is an expert in Laparoscopic surgeries. Many surgeries can be performed with the Laparoscopic system, which is popularly known as the closed system. He has the most experience in Bariatric and Metabolic surgery.. In the field of obesity and diabetes, which can now be treated with surgery, such as Sleeve Gastrektomi(Tube stomach), Gastric By-Pass, Mini Gastric By-Pass(Diabetes surgery)  , he performs successfully. Endoscopic Botox treatment and gastric balloon are applied in patients who are not suitable for surgery..

Courses and Certificates

1) Cerrahpaşa surgical meetings: Current surgical treatments in inflammatory bowel diseases

9-10 Ocak 2010 - İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak. 

 

  1. 2) Turkish Society of Surgery -Basic Surgery course 27.02.2010 İst. 

 

3) Laparoscopic training program

7-13 Nisan 2010 İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak. 

 

4) Turkish Surgical Society - Satplers and its use course 

22 Eylül 2012 İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak. 

 

5)14. Ulusal Kolon ve Rektum Cerrahisi kongresi 

15-19 Mayıs 2013 Antalya

 

6) Turkish Society of Surgery - Current approaches to difficult wound management and applications course

25 Mayıs 2013 İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak. 

 

7)19. Ulusal Cerrahi  Kongresi 

16-20 Nisan 2014 Antalya 

 

8)15. Turkish-German Endoscopy days - Endosonography applications

9 Haziran 2014 İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak.

 

9) Turkish Society of Surgery - Vascular and other Interventional procedures course

29 Kasım 2014  İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak.

 

10) Cerrahpaşa surgery meetings - Minimally invasive Colorectal cancer surgery

6-7 Aralık 2014

 

11)27. Turkish-German Gastroenterology-Hepatology Congress

4 Haziran 2015  İst. Cerrahpaşa Tıp. Fak.

 

12) 16. Turkish-German Endoscopy days - Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Submucosal Dissection applications

5 Haziran 2015 Marmara üniversitesi Pendik E.A.H

 

13) Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair techniques and innovations course

6 Haziran 2015 Acıbadem İst. 

 

14) 34. National Gastroenterology Week

1-6 Aralık 2017 Antalya

 

15) European Resuscitation Council- Basit Life Support (BLS) certificate

02.12.2017 ( ERC-253-627337)

 

16) Turkish Surgical Association Board school participation

24-25 Şubat 2018 ve 3-4 Mart 2018

 

17) 21. National surgery congress

11-15 Nisan 2018 Antalya

 

18) Turkish Surgical Association Qualification Certificate

05.05.2018 Ankara

 

19)14. Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery congress &MMESa Spring meeting

19-22 Nisan 2019 Kıbrıs

 

20)6th National and 5th Mediterranean Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Congress

17-20 Ekim 2019 Antalya

 

 

21) 15.National &2. İnternational Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery congress

28-30 Ekim Antalya

Mesleki Üyelikler

1. Türk Cerrahi Derneği (2018 den günümüze)

2.Endoskpik ,Laparoskopik cerrahi derneği(2020 den günümüze)


 


Araştırma ve Yayınlar

1)  Evaluation  of systemic steroid response via Digital İnfrared Termal Imaging (DITI) in patients with Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis.

M Sendur, E Hatipoglu, V Celik

Medical journal of Bakırköy 16(3), 2020/9/1 

 

2)Laparoscopik kasık fıtığı onarımında TEP ve TAPP sonuçlarımızın karşılaştırılması, Sözlü bildiri

Hüseyin Akyol1 , Murat Şendur2

15.National &2. İnternational Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery congress

 

 

 



 

 

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Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Before and After Pictures
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Hidayet Catal
General surgeon
32 years of experience
Turkey, İzmir
Medifema Hospital

Hidayet Catal

General surgeon
32 years of experience

Dr. Hidayet Çatal is a Diabetes and Obesity Surgery Specialist born in 1963 in Yalvaç, Isparta. He has worked in various hospitals in Izmir, Turkey since 1992, and has had great success in bariatric and metabolic surgeries. He is also regularly invited to international channels to explain his surgical methods.

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Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric balloon
Gastric band
Gastric bypass
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
Gastric sleeve surgery (Sleeve gastrectomy)
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Umut R Gunduz
Pediatrician
28 years of experience

Umut R Gunduz

Pediatrician
28 years of experience
Turkey, Antalya
UK-Turkey Health
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Taha Sonm
Plastic surgeon
14 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Safety Сlinic

Taha Sonm

Plastic surgeon
14 years of experience
Rhinoplasty (nose job)
Rhinoplasty (nose job)
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Abu Shamsiya Rami Nuamanovych
Gastroenterologist
25 years of experience
4.9
16 reviews
Ukraine, Kyiv
Dievo Surgery Center

Abu Shamsiya Rami Nuamanovych

Gastroenterologist
25 years of experience

• Surgical treatment: laparoscopic operations to remove all types of hernias (inguinal hernias, femoral hernias, umbilical hernias, postoperative ventral hernias, esophageal opening of the diaphragm and other types of abdominal wall hernias).

• Treatment of gallstone disease, removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy), stones in the ducts.

• Operative treatment for acute conditions (acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, perforating ulcer, perforation of a diverticulum, intestinal obstruction, purulent-septic diseases), all conditions of "acute abdomen".

• Treatment of oncological diseases of the stomach, intestines and other organs of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space.

• Treatment of varicose veins of the legs.

• Operative treatment of obesity (bariatric surgery) and metabolic dysfunction.

• Colitis, hemorrhoids, anal itching, fissures, constipation and diarrhea, anal sphincter weakness, anal sphincter incontinence due to rupture of the perineum after childbirth.

• Abdominal injuries.

• Perianal condylomas.

• Polypos.

• Proctitis, paraproctitis and others.

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Umut Riza Gunduz
General surgeon
14 years of experience

Umut Riza Gunduz

General surgeon
14 years of experience
Turkey, Antalya
Corpusrenew Health Agency
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Yasar Copelci
General surgeon
3 years of experience

Yasar Copelci

General surgeon
3 years of experience
Turkey, Antalya
Corpusrenew Health Agency
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Prof Dr Gokmen Ozturk
Gastroenterologist
25 years of experience
5.0
1 review

Prof Dr Gokmen Ozturk

Gastroenterologist
25 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Cirta Care Clinic
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Ahmed Saad Khalil
General surgeon
23 years of experience
Egypt, Alexandria
dr ahmed saad khalil obesity surgery

Ahmed Saad Khalil

General surgeon
23 years of experience


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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Stefania Klintsova
Psychologist
8 years of experience

Stefania Klintsova

Psychologist
8 years of experience
Spain, Valencia
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