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.
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Awards
Best Paper and Oral Presentation Award for "Thoraco-laparoscopic total esophagectomy" at the 2nd Minimally Invasive Surgery Congress (2011).
Young Researcher Award for research on the “comparison of the efficiency of pheresis and the molecular adsorbent recirculating system in graft failure after living donor liver transplantation” at the Turkey Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Association 9th Congress (2012).
Membership
Turkish Surgery Association
National Society of Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery (Board Member)
Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Association
Liver Transplantation Association
National Trauma and Emergency Surgery Subsidiary Surgery Days Association
Turkish Obesity Surgery Association
Bariatric Metabolic Surgery Association
International Association of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists
Middle East Mediterranean Endoscopic Surgery Association
Education
Medical Doctor Education at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (1992-1998).
General Surgery Specialization Training at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (1998-2004).
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Training at IRCAD-Strasbourg (2007).
Research Fellow on Liver Tumors and Laparoscopic-Robotic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic (2010-2011).
Specialized training in Liver Transplantation at İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute (2011-2012).
Microsurgery Training at Erasmus Medical Center (2012).
Laparoscopic-Robotic Liver, Biliary Tracts, and Pancreas Surgery Training at IRCAD-Strasbourg (2013).
Observer program on Liver Transplantation at Cleveland Clinic (2013).