Best Transplantology Doctors in Ankara for Australians

Dr Mesut Pekmez specialises in kidney and liver transplants at Lokman Hekim University Ankara Hospital. He leads complex surgical cases at this well-equipped university centre.

• Trained at Ankara Baskent University – a leading institution for surgical education
• Performs both kidney and liver transplant procedures
• Active member of the Ankara Surgical Association
• Focuses on precise surgical techniques for organ transplantation
• Works within a multidisciplined university hospital team

Professor Karacal is a senior specialist at Memorial Ankara Hospital with decades of expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

• Specialises in microvascular reconstruction for tissue transfer and complex repair
• Former Faculty Member at Black Sea Technical University and Izmir Bakircay University
• Held senior leadership as Chief Assistant at Ankara Numune Hospital
• Expert in reconstructive techniques needed for post-transplant or trauma recovery

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özsoy, MD, is a general surgeon who specializes in hepatobiliary surgery and liver and kidney transplantation. He heads the Liver Transplantation Center at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. He also leads the Kidney Transplantation Units at Kyrgyzstan Turkish Friendship Hospital and at Etlik City Hospital in Ankara.

He is board-certified in general surgery (2010). His credentials include Liver Donor and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery certification (Kent Hospital, 2010), a Liver Transplantation certificate (İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute, 2014–2015), an Experimental Microsurgery certificate (2013), and Endoscopy and ERCP certificates. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association, the Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Association, and the Turkish Society of Reconstructive and Microsurgery.

He has served as Professor of General Surgery at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University since 2021. His research focuses on kidney and liver ischemia–reperfusion injury and on seroma prevention. He has supervised a thesis on hepatoprotection.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Köroğlu is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Memorial Ankara Hospital (2024–present). She previously served as a faculty member at Gaziler Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital (2016–2024). She was Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic at Elazığ Military Hospital (2011–2015). She earned her MD in 2003 from the GATA Faculty of Medicine. She completed her PM&R residency in 2011.

Her credentials include Ministry of Health–approved certified prolotherapy training. She has taught Prolotherapy and PRP (2022) and Knee Prolotherapy and Campinject (2019). She also taught GETAT and Dextrose Prolotherapy (2018) and ISPRM Ultrasound (2009). She has additional training in musculoskeletal ultrasound, neural therapy, lumbar injections and manipulation, and botulinum toxin treatment for the spastic hand. She attended the Euro‑Mediterranean PRM School in Italy (2010). She is a member of the Turkish Society of PM&R, the Turkish Society for Research and Fight Against Rheumatism, the Association of PM&R Specialists of Türkiye, the Spinal Cord Diseases Association, and the Ankara Medical Chamber.

Professor Ali Kagan Gokakin is a senior surgical specialist at Medicana International Ankara Hospital who focuses on liver transplantation and complex digestive surgery.

• Trained at the Florence Nightingale Hospital Liver Transplantation Centre
• Performs Whipples procedure to treat tumours and disorders of the pancreas and bile duct
• Specialises in laparoscopic surgery using small incisions for faster patient recovery times
• Managed liver transplant services at the Pamukkale University (PAU) Faculty of Medicine