Vahit Onur Gül graduated from the Gülhane Military Medical Faculty in 1998. He became a general surgeon specialist in 2009 and a general surgery associate professor in 2020. He served as a military doctor in almost every city in our country. He received training in robotic surgery in the USA and microsurgery in Switzerland. He participated in many advanced laparoscopic surgery courses both domestically and internationally. He presented numerous oral and written papers at conferences and meetings both domestically and internationally. He has extensive experience in robotic and laparoscopic colon, stomach, and rectal cancer surgery, thyroid and breast surgery. He is currently serving at Ankara Koru Hospital. His medical interests include:
Robotic Surgery
Obesity Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Breast Surgery
Endocrine (Thyroid-Goiter) Surgery
Oncologic Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Anal Region Diseases
Hernia Surgery
Dr. Victor Urzola is a reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgeon known internationally for his commitment to provide a high degree of surgical specialization in complex cases of reconstructive surgery and cosmetic procedures. Dr. Urzola obtained his specialty at the University of Milan, Italy where he graduated with honors and continued his training as a specialist in Microsurgery at the Henri Poincaré University, France. He was a fellow in facial cosmetic surgery at the Gentilly Polyclinique, France and in post-bariatric and body contouring surgery at Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersy, USA. Dr. Urzola was also a fellow of the American Anti-Aging Association where he obtained his training in stem cells and was later appointed a professor at this institution. Dr. Urzola obtained his training in genetics and genome at Stanford University, in San Francisco California. He was the President of the Costa Rican Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ACCPRE) and has served in this organization as vice president and treasurer.
Medical Interests and Activities
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Oncologic laparoscopic surgery
• Anorectal area diseases
• Urgent surgical cases (acute cholecystitis, divertikülit, ileus, pankreatit, appendicitis)
• Colon and rectum cancer
• Treatment of oncologic surgical cases with further laparoscopic and robotic surgery. • Laparoskopik hernia surgery
• Esophagus and stomach cancer
• Selim anorectal diseases (hemorrhoidal disease, anal fissure), perianal fistula, pilonoidal sinus (hairless- non-surgical treatment)
Education and Experience
• İstanbul University Medical Faculty 1988 • University of Colorado Health Science Center – Intern Surgeon
• Isparta, Dedeçam Şehit Ramazan Karaca Health Center (1995-1996) • İstanbul Surgery Hospital – American Hospital (2000-2001)
• Chief assistant Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery (2001-2008) • World Congress on Peritonel Surface Malignancies (HIPEC course) Berlin, Germany (2012)
• USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2006-2007)
• Assoc. Prof. M.D. , İstanbul Medical Faculty General Surgery (2008-2014)
• Da Vinci Robotic Intensive Course at IRCAD, Strasbourg, France (2011)
• Stony Brook Medicine Cadaver Training Event in Colon and Rectal Surgery, New York, USA (2016) (Instructor)
• Fellow of the European Board of Surgery- Emergency Surgery (FEBS EmSurg) Honorary Diploma (2017)
• Prof. M.D. , İstanbul Medical Faculty General Surgery (2014 -2017)
• İstanbul University Medical Faculty – General Surgery Master of Science 1996
• University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Los Angeles, USA – February 2006 – February 2007
Scientific Publications • Endoscopic Laparoscopic & Minimal Invasive Surgery Journal Editorial Board / National Scientific Committee • UTACD Assist. Editor
1997 – 2002 Resident, General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Ankara University
2002 – 2006 General Surgeon, Bartın State Hospital, Bartın
2006 – 2008 General Surgeon / Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara
2008 – 2010 Assistant Professor / General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Rize University, Rize
2009 – 2010 Assistant Professor / Kidney and Liver Transplantation Unit, General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Ankara University
2010 – 2013 General Surgeon, Deputy Head, Turkish Public Health Agency Non-contagious Diseases, Programs and Cancer, Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey
2013 – 2014 General Surgeon / Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara
2014 – 2017 Associate Professor (General Surgeon – Lecturer), Liver and Bile Ducts Clinic, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara
2017 – To date Professor (Lecturer), General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Başkent University
1996 Bachelor’s Degree / Master’s Degree / School of Medicine / Ankara University
2002 Residency/Doctorate, General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Ankara University
2009 Assistant Professor / General Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Rize University
2014 Associate Professor / General Surgery Department, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara
2020 Professor / General Surgery Department, Başkent University Hospital, İstanbul
Awards
Study awarded the Best Article Prize in JCAM 2014
Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
The First Trocar Entry in the Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Which Technique Karaca, Çapar, Ali
1997 – 1999 General Practitioner / 4. J. Kmd. Brigadier. Command, Gendarmerie Command School, Foça, İzmir
1999 – 2003 Specialization Student / GATA Haydarpaşa E.H. / General Surgery Service, Istanbul
2003 – 2005 / Specialist Physician / Chief Medical Officer of Şırnak Military Hospital / General Surgery Specialist, Şırnak
2005 – 2006 Specialist / GATA Haydarpaşa E.H. / General Surgery Service, Istanbul
2006 – 2011 Assistant Professor / GATA Haydarpaşa E.H. / General Surgery Service, Istanbul
2009 – 2010 Assistant Professor / Bergen Haukeland University School of Medicine / Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Bergen, Norway
2011 – 2016 Associate Professor / GATA Haydarpaşa E.H. / General Surgery Service, Istanbul
2017 – 2021 Professor / Istanbul Okan University / Faculty of Medicine / Department of General Surgery
2021 – Currently Professor / Istanbul Baskent University SUAM
1996 M.Sc. / Faculty of Medicine / GATA Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
1999 Specialization in Medicine / General Surgery / GATA Haydarpaşa E.H. / General Surgery Service, Istanbul
1997 – 1999 Infirmary Chief Physician, Gendarmerie Commando School, Foça, İzmir
2003 – 2005 Şırnak Military Hospital Deputy Chief Physician, Şırnak
2006 – 2016 Deputy Chief of Service, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, General Surgery Service
2017 – 2021 Term 4 Coordinatorship, Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
2019 – 2021 Deputy Dean, Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
Memberships
Turkish Surgery Association
National Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Istanbul Breast Association
Endocrine Surgery Association
Dialogue Society in Endocrinology
Breast Surgery Association
Surgical Oncology Association
European Society of Surgical Oncology
Awards
Journal of Colon and Rectum Diseases Publication Award
“Comparison of Sodium Phosphate and Sennoid in Bowel Cleansing Before Colonoscopy: A Prospective Randomized Study”
Sücüllü, AI Filiz, O School, E Yücel, Y Kurt, ML Akın
Colon Rectum Hast Journal 18:133-137, 2008
Distinguished Paper Award
‘Comparison of Staging with Endorectal Ultrasonography and Pathological Staging in Rectal Cancer’
O Okul, İ Sücüllü, E Yücel, Y Özdemir, AI Filiz, ML Akın
National Surgery Congress, Ankara, 2010
Experimental Oral Presentation Third Prize
"Effect of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG on Colon Anastomosis in Experimental Peritonitis Model"
Fulya Gündüz Okudur, Dursun Özgür Karakaş, Ali İlker Filiz, Levhi Akın
6th Surgical Research Congress, 8-10 December 2011, Ankara
Iskenderpasa Primary School 1985-1990
Trabzon Anatolian High School 1990-1997
Ankara University, Ankara Faculty of Medicine 1997-2003
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery 2004-2010
Arhavi State Hospital Artvin 2010-2012
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Service (Specialist) 2012-2018
Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Department of Endocrine Surgery, visiting fellow under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Henning Dralle 2015-2015
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Service Faculty Member 2019-Present.