The doctor is a leading general and oncological surgeon in Turkey with over 28 years of experience. Specializing in colorectal surgery, endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries, as well as thyroid and breast diseases, the doctor has made significant contributions to the field.

Graduated with an MD from Ankara University, the doctor completed a specialization in endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery and a residency at Ankara University Medical General Surgery Clinic. The doctor has held positions such as chief assistant and adjunct professor at Ankara University, and senior surgeon at various hospitals.

The doctor has also practiced colorectal surgery at St. Mark's Hospital, University of Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic, and published numerous articles on colon cancer.

The doctor is a highly experienced specialist in the field of neurosurgery, with a focus on advanced surgical techniques for treating complex brain and spinal disorders. With over 15 years of clinical experience, the doctor has performed numerous successful surgeries, contributing significantly to the field through innovative approaches and patient-centered care.

Graduated from a prestigious medical school and completed rigorous residency and fellowship programs. The doctor is board-certified and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, sharing insights and advancements in neurosurgical procedures.

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

Areas of Interests

• General Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Endoscopic procedures (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy)
• Interventional endoscopy
• ERCP
• Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)
• Cholangioscopy
• Diseases of the biliary system and pancreas

Education:
 

• 1990 -1996 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
• 1997 - 2001 Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
• 2001 - 2003 Turkey High Specialization Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterology Subspecialization
• 2010 - 2010 State University of New York, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, EUS training program
   

Experience:
 

• June 2024 LIV Hospital Ulus Hospital
• 2018 - 2024 Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2013 - 2018 Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2008 - 2013 Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
• 2008 - 2008 Medicalpark Gaziantep Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2004 - 2008 Gaziantep State Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic, Endoscopy Unit Founding Physician

Publications

• Arhan M, Koklu S, Koksal AS, Yolcu OF, Koruk S, Koruk I, Kayacetin E. Alverine citrate induced acute hepatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(15): 2303-4  ISSN: 1007-9327
• Parlak E, Cicek B, Koruk I, Disibeyaz S, Sahin B. Successful prevention of stent migration caused by placement of a second stent. Endoscopy. 2005; 37(4): 404. ISSN: 0013-726X
• Koruk I, Ozturk ZA, Köklü S, Koruk S, Ozdede S. Port-site metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2008; 71(2): 283-4      ISSN:0001-5644
• Koruk I, Parlak E, Secilmis S, Akdogan M, Koklu S.  Endoscopic sphincteroplasty with large balloon dilatation for extraction of difficult common bile duct stones. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jun;53(6):1737-8. ISSN: 0163-2116
• Ozkaya M, Yuzbasioglu MF, Koruk I, Cakal E, Sahin M, Cakal B. Preoperative detection of insulinomas: two case reports. Cases J. 2008 Nov 29; 1(1): 362  ISSN: 1757-1626
• Yılmaz Ö, Koruk İ, Çayır K, Koruk M, Yılmaz A. Usefullness of serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) for colorectal cancer diagnosis. Int J Hematol Oncol 2009; 19(1): 23-27  ISSN: 1306-133X
• Savaş C, Koruk İ, Koruk M, Kadayıfçı A, Sarı İ. Association of prion protein with the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis. Trakya Univ Tip Fak Derg. 2010; 27(4): 373-7. DOI: 10.5174/tutfd.2009.02284.1 ISSN: 1301-3149
• Buyukberber M, Koruk I, Cıkman O, Koruk M, Kucukoglu ME, Sakman A, Demir O, Sahinoz S. Serum cystatin C measurement in differential diagnosis of intra and extrahepatic cholestatic diseases. Ann Hepatol 2010; 9(1): 58-62  ISSN: 1665-2681
• Gulsen MT, Koruk I, Dogan M, Beyazit Y. Diagnostic accuracy of cascade stomach by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with obscure symptoms: A multi-center prospective trial. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2011; 35: 489-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.03.004         ISSN: 2210-7401
• Koruk I, Aydın U, Koruk S, Aydınlı M. A newly defined biliary anatomic variation. Turk J Gastroenterol 2011; April 22(2): 232-3  DOI:10.4318/ tjg.2011.0204  ISSN: 1300-4948
• Koruk İ, Özdemir H, Aydınlı M, Tarakçıoğlu M, Koruk M. The relation between serum Cytokeratin 18 and acute pancreatitis: Can it be a serological predictive marker?. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2011. DOI:10.4318/tjg.2011.0256 ISSN: 1300-4948
• Aydinli M, Koruk I, Koruk S, Aydin U, Kadayifci A. Intraoperative cholangioscopy with an ultrathin endoscope for hemobilia. Endoscopy 2011;43 Suppl 2 UCTN:E410. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1256897. Epub 2012 Jan 24
• Aydinli M, Koruk I, Dag MS, Savas MC, Kadayifci A. Ultrathin endoscopy for gastrointestinal strictures. Digestive Endoscopy 2012 May;24(3):150-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2011.01206.x. Epub 2011 Oct 27                 ISSN: 0915-5635
• Yılmaz Ö, Koruk İ, Onbaş O, Ozgokce M. Portal venous gas resulting from enteritis in a case with portal hypertension: Case report. Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi. 2012; 32 (4): 1195-8 ISSN: 1300-0292
• Demiryürek S, Koruk I, Bozdag Z, Ozkara E, Kaplan DS, Oztuzcu S, Cetinkaya A, Alasehirli B, Demiryürek AT. Investigation of the esophageal Rho-kinase expression in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2013 Aug;37(4):284-9. doi: 10.3109/01913123.2013.797064        ISSN: 0191-3123
• Dag MS, Ozturk ZA, Koruk I, Kısacık B, Gerenli O, Aydınlı M, Kadayıfcı A. Intestinal Behcet's disease with severe pulmonary arterial involvement mimicking ulcerative colitis. Asian Biomedicine. 2013; 7(5): 715-8      ISSN: 1905-7415
• Dağ MS, Aydınlı M, Oztürk ZA, Türkbeyler IH, Koruk I, Savaş MC, Koruk M, Kadayıfçı A. Drug- and herb-induced liver injury: a case series from a single center. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Feb;25(1):41-5. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.4486ISSN: 1300-4948
• Kadayifci A, Atar M, Parlar S, Balkan A, Koruk I, Koruk M. Transnasal endoscopy is preferred by transoral endoscopy experienced patients. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014 Mar;23(1):27-31     ISSN: 1841-8724
• Alasehirli B, Oğuz E, Oksuzler E, Koruk I, Oztuzcu S, Ozkara E, Karakok M, Erbagcı AB, Demiryurek AT. Investigation of intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) gene expressions in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Tumour Biol. 2014 May;35(5):4907-12. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-1644-3      ISSN: 1010-4283
• Dag M, Özturk Z, Aydınlı M, Koruk I, Kadayfçı A. Postpartum hepatotoxicity due to herbal medicine Teucrium polium. Ann Saudi Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;34(6):541-3. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2014.541        ISSN: 0256-4947
• Tahtacı M, İbiş M, Koruk İ, Parlak E. Endoscopic removal of fractured basket traction wire. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;25 Suppl 1:324-5. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.6582            ISSN: 1300-4948
• Dağ MS, Koruk İ, Aydınlı M, Çam H, Öztürk ZA, Kadayıfçı A. An unusual cause of esophageal ulcer; sertraline hydrochloride. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec;25 Suppl 1:250-1. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2014.4646  ISSN: 1300-4948
• Balkan A, Yılmaz N, Balkan Y, Koruk İ, Örkmez M, Aydınlı M, Koruk M. Relationship between liver injury and serum cytokeratin 18 levels in asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carriers and in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Arab Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017; 18: 98–103                   ISSN: 1687-1979
• Koruk İ. How to manage difficult cannulation in ERCP. Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Open Access. 2017, 6(3): 00194. DOI: 10.15406/ghoa.2017.06.00194 ISSN: 2373-6372
• Valori R, Cortas G, de Lange T, Balfaqih OS, de Pater M, Eisendrath P, Falt P, Koruk I, et al.  Performance measures for endoscopy services: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative.  Endoscopy 2018; 50: 1186–1204   ISSN 0013-726X
• Koruk S, Koruk I, Mizrak A. A, Bilgi M, Gul R, Bozgeyik S. Dexmedetomidine or midazolam in combination with propofol for sedation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: a randomized double blind prospective study. Videosurgery Miniinv. 2020; 15(3): 526-32 doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2020.95066

Dr. Binnur Simsek is a gastroenterology specialist. She has experience in liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation, and viral hepatitis (B, C, Delta). She also treats alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, peptic ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, and inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s colitis.

She completed her medical and gastroenterology training at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Simsek has worked at Istanbul University, Sanlıurfa Education and Research Hospital, Liv Hospital, and Istinye University. She is a member of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver and the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology.

Areas of Interests

• Pituitary Diseases
• Thyroid Diseases
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Female and Male Reproductive System Diseases
• Parathyroid Diseases
• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases

Education:

• Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
• Bezmialem Foundation University
• Health Sciences University Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic, The Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute observer physician
• University of Piemonte Orientale, SCDU Endocrinology, Italy, observer physician
   

Experience:
 

• Mehmet Akif Inan Training and Research Hospital
• Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital
• Bezmialem Vakif University Hospital
• Malatya State Hospital

The doctor graduated from Uludağ University Medical College with a Diploma of Medicine in 1983 and completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at the Center of Oncology & Nuclear Medicine in Istanbul in 1990. A post-doctoral fellowship in Thermoradiotherapy was completed at Thomas Jefferson University from 1990 to 1994. The doctor served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Uludağ University Medical College from 1994 to 2005 and was the Faculty Accreditation Coordinator from 2001 to 2004.

From 2004 to 2017, the doctor was a Professor and Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Anadolu Medical Center, also serving as Coordinator of Oncological Sciences from 2011 to 2017. Currently, the doctor is the Director of Oncological Sciences at Medicana Bursa Hospital, a position held since 2018.

Education

İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi (ingilizce) 1995- 2002

Work Experience

Başbakanlık S.H.Ç.E.K. Genel Müdürlüğü Kurum Hekimliği (2003)

Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Genel Cerrahi Uzmanlığı 2011

Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Temel ve İleri Düzey Endoskopik Girişimler Eğitimi 2011

İstanbul Hastanesi /Van 2011

Özel Malatya Hastanesi / Malatya2012

Bilgi Tıp Merkezi Keçiören /Ankara 2013

Özel Koru Sincan Hastanesi Sincan/Ankara 2013

Baş Tibb Mərkəzi /Baku Clinic Azerbaycan/Bakü 2013

Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Özel Koru Ankara Hastanesi 2019

Özel Ankara Koru Hastanesi /Ankara 2019

Medical Interests

laparoscopic obesity
Laparoscopic abdominal and inguinal hernia repairs (with the latest techniques)

Postpartum laparascopic diastasis recti (the formation of a protrusion in the upper middle abdomen due to the separation of the muscles in the abdominal tissue) and abdominal hernias above the navel and and gobekustunde both diastasis recti repair and abdominal hernia repair from the skin with laparascopic scola method for the first time in Turkey laparascopic stomach hernia and antireflu surgery).  

Laparoscopic gallbladder surgeries, including cleaning the bile duct with trans-cystic choledochal irrigation in patients with bile sludge and stones less than 5mm in the bile duct, performed in the same session

Laparoscopic gallbladder surgeries in pregnant women during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, i.e., after 12 weeks of pregnancy

Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Pregnancy

Anal disorders, anal fissures, all types of internal and external hemorrhoid surgeries, anal fissure, and anal fistula surgeries

Thyroid surgeries and cancers, parathyroid surgeries and cancers

Breast diseases and breast cancer surgery

Oncological surgery; liver and gallbladder and bile duct surgeries, stomach cancer surgery, colon cancer surgery, and liver resections for metastatic liver tumors

The doctor received Surgical Oncology training at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and completed MRCS at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Starting practice in 2000, the doctor founded Curie Manavata Cancer Centre in 2007. With 19 years of experience, the doctor has performed over 50,000 cancer surgeries and participated in more than 200 clinical trials. The doctor is a published author with numerous international and national publications. Specializing in Breast and Thoracic Surgical Oncology, the doctor is a professor for DNB Superspecialty Surgical Oncology and Breast Surgery at MUHS.

Prof. M.D. Yusuf Serdar Sakin was born in Nevşehir in 1978. After completing his primary and secondary education in Ankara, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Gülhane Military Medical Academy in 2002.
Following his graduation, he served in Gole/Ardahan for two years. He started his internal medicine training at the Department of Internal Medicine, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine.
After completing his training, he worked as an internal medicine specialist in Ankara. A year later, he began additional training in the Department of Gastroenterology at Gülhane Faculty of Medicine and completed his training in 2014.
After graduation, Yusuf Serdar Sakin continued to work in the same department. He also received advanced endoscopy and Motility training at AMC Center in the Netherlands in 2017.
After obtaining the title of Associate Professor in 2017, he became a Professor in 2023.
He currently provides medical services to patients at Koru Ankara Hospital. His areas of medical interest include:

-Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
-Push enteroscopy
-Endoscopic mucosal resection
-High-resolution manometry
-pH/pH-impedance metry analysis
-Advanced endoscopic procedures (stenting, dilation, etc.)
-Gastrointestinal motility disorders
-Gastroesophageal reflux disease
-Inflammatory bowel diseases
-Advanced endoscopic procedures and pancreatitis.

The doctor graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine from Mysore University in 1996, followed by a Doctor of Medicine in radiotherapy from Banaras Hindu University in 2002. Further enhancing expertise, the doctor earned a Diplomate of National Board in radiotherapy in 2004.

The doctor is a member of several prestigious organizations, including the Association of Radiation Oncology of India, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, the Bangalore Oncology Group, and the Indian Association of Hyperthermia Oncology, reflecting a strong commitment to advancing the field of oncology.