Education and Experience
1994 - 2000 Faculty of Medicine, Undergraduate Degree
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2000 - 2005 Medical Specialization
Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2005 - 2008 Specialist Doctor
Organ Transplantation Unit, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - 2009 General Surgery Faculty Member
Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2009 - 2010 Specialist Doctor
Transplantation Department, Mayo Clinic Florida, USA
2010 - 2010 Specialist Doctor
Recanati Miller Transplantation Department, Mount Sinai Faculty of Medicine, New York, USA
2010 - 2011 Specialist Doctor
Liver Transplantation and HPB Surgery Unit, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
2011 - 2012 Transplant Surgeon
Department of General Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
2012 - 2018 Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2018 - 2022 Prof. Dr.
Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2013 - 2022 Specialist in Charge of the Organ Transplantation Center
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Memberships in Scientific Organizations
International Liver Transplant Society
European Society of Organ Transplantation (2008- )
European-African Hepatobiliary Surgery Association (2012- )
Asia-Pacific Hepatobiliary Surgery Association (2011- )
Turkish Surgical Association (2005- )
Turkish Liver Transplant Society (2005- )
Certificates
Medical Doctor: No: 12684 June 2000
Medical Specialization: No: 102945 July 2005
US-ECFMG Certificate: No: 0-733-111-9 January 2010
Turkish Board of General Surgery: May 2012
Associate Professorship Certificate: No: 36924 June 2012
Professorship Certificate: September 2018
Foreign Languages: English (Fluent, written and spoken), German (Intermediate, written)
Patent Livervision
A three-dimensional liver imaging software that facilitates liver surgery planning by providing anatomical three-dimensional mapping of the liver.
Degrees and Awards
Turkish Surgical Association Overseas Training Support Award, January 2010
Project title: Comparison of the Long Term Outcomes of Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Left Lateral Graft Transplantation Balci D; Facciuto M; Iyer K; Kerkar N; Shneider B; Suchy F; Emre, S; Schwartz M; Miller C; Florman S.
Travel Grant Winner, International Liver Transplant Society Meeting, Paris, July 2008
Balci D, Taner BC, Dayangac M, Akin B, Yaprak O, Duran C, Killi R, Yuzer Y, Tokat Y. “Two year follow up of microsurgical hepatic arterıal reconstructions with intraoperative doppler evaluation in living donor liver transplantation: redo when necessary.” Liver Transplantation Vol.:14 Issue: 7, Pages: S173-S174, Suppl. 1, Jul 2008
First Place in the Written Stage of the Surgical Board Exam, April 2005