Prof. Dr. Alaettin Çelik graduated from Adapazarı İlyaslar Primary School in 1960, from Haydarpaşa High School in 1966, and from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1972. In the same year, he became an assistant in the 2nd Surgery Department of the Faculty of Medicine. Between November 1975 and February 1976, he completed his military service for 4 months at the Gelibolu Military Hospital as a Reserve Officer. In 1977, he became a General Surgery Specialist in the Department of Surgery.
To establish the pediatric surgery department at the faculty and to specialize further, he worked as a registrar at the University of London's "The Hospital for Sick Children" from 01.12.1978 to 01.12.1980. After returning to the faculty, he continued his pediatric surgery studies and became an associate professor in 1982.
In the same year, he was appointed as the founding chairman of the Pediatric Surgery Department at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine on 06.09.1982. He established the department, which included a 30-bed inpatient unit, an ICU, a polyclinic, and an operating room for students, assistants, and specialists. In 1988, he became a professor. In addition to leading the Pediatric Surgery Department, he served as the Vice President of the Department of Surgical Medical Sciences between 1990 and 1995. From 1995 to 1998, he was the Head of the Department of Surgical Medical Sciences at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.
He is a specialist in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Pediatric Urology. He has numerous cited and published clinical and experimental research articles, case reports, expert theses, and free papers presented at domestic and international congresses. He is the author of several books, including Pediatric Surgery Book of Pediatric Surgery (2014), Newborn Surgery (2008), and Pediatric Surgery Book (2013).
He is a member of various professional medical associations, including the Turkish Ministry of Health Pediatric Surgery Society. He established, developed, and trained a large number of students, assistants, specialists, and faculty members at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery. He left the Department of Pediatric Surgery in 2013 and retired due to age limits on 16.03.2016. His contracted working period at the same faculty ended on 22.10.2016. He continues to work as a Pediatric Surgery Specialist at Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital and participates in weekly meetings of the Council of Children's Tumors.
Read moreIstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
Northwestern University, Transplantation Center
Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital
Bezmialem Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
1992 to 1997 – Research Assistant at Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
1998 to 2002 – Fellow at Northwestern University, Transplantation Unit
2003 to 2008 – Chief Assistant at Kartal Training and Research Hospital
2008 to 2011 – Associate Professor at Kartal Training and Research Hospital
2011 to 2013 – Associate Professor at Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
2013 to 2018 – Associate Professor at Kartal Training and Research Hospital
Professional Memberships
-Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Chirurgie
-American Society for Transplantation
-Breast Surgery Association
-Trauma Association
-Hepatobiliary Surgery Association
-Colorectal Surgery Association
Read moreL-Carnitine has a protective effect on the colonic mucosa during abdominopelvic radiotherapy in rats – Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
Preoperative local staging of colorectal cancer patients with MDCT – Hepato-gastroenterology
The effect of amifostine on bacterial translocation after radiation-induced acute enteritis – Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
I Effects of Pantoprazole on Contractile Tone and Contraction Frequency of Rat Pyloric Sphincter – Latin American Journal of Pharmacy
Endovascular treatment of delayed hemorrhage developing after pancreaticoduodenectomy – Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
Perianal Giant Condyloma Acuminatum (Buschke‐Löwenstein Tumor): A Case Report – Case Reports in Surgery
Management of flap dehiscence after Limberg procedure for recurrent pilonidal disease using NPWT – ABCD Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
Isolated omental panniculitis: Two case reports and review of literature – European Journal of General Medicine
The Effect of Endobag Usage on Port Site Infection During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Benign pneumoperitoneum after diagnostic colonoscopy: Case Report – Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease
Read moreEducation
1991 to 1997 Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
1998 to 2003 Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital
Experience
1997 to 1998 Van Edremit Health Center
1998 to 2003 Ministry of Health Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Resident Doctor
2004 to 2007 Sivas State Hospital, General Surgery Clinic, Specialist Doctor
2007 to Present Medical Park Bahçelievler Hospital, Associate Professor
Professional Memberships
-Turkish Medical Association
-Turkish Surgical Society
-Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
-Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
-Society of Endocrine Surgery