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Kitcha Tungthangthum
Dentist
44 years of experience
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Kitcha Dental Clinic

Kitcha Tungthangthum

Dentist
44 years of experience

Dr.Kitcha Tungthangthum, a distinguished dental professional, earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Chiang Mai University. With 45 years of experience in the field, he has become a leading figure in dentistry. As the founder of Kitcha Dental Clinic, Dr.Kitcha Tungthangthum has dedicated his career to providing exceptional dental care, establishing the clinic as a trusted name in the community. His extensive expertise spans various dental disciplines, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of treatment. Dr. Kitcha Tungthangthum's commitment to excellence and innovation has made him a respected authority in the dental profession.

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Tugrul Kaya
Dentist
10 years of experience

Tugrul Kaya

Dentist
10 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Esnan Dental Hospital
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Hakan Kaval
Dentist
34 years of experience

Hakan Kaval

Dentist
34 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
MosDent Dental Hospital
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Ahmet Ozcetin
Dentist
25 years of experience

Ahmet Ozcetin

Dentist
25 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Esnan Dental Hospital
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Caner Cakli
Dentist
17 years of experience

Caner Cakli

Dentist
17 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Esnan Dental Hospital
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Serdar Yenigun
Dentist
24 years of experience

Serdar Yenigun

Dentist
24 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Esnan Dental Hospital
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Donna Robinson
General practitioner
43 years of experience
3.0
1 review
Thailand, Bangkok
MedConsult Bangkok Medical Clinic

Donna Robinson

General practitioner
43 years of experience
Dr Donna Robinson is a highly experienced doctor with a UK and Thai medical license, and the Owner and Medical Director of MedConsult Bangkok Medical Clinic GP Specialist. She has been practicing for over 35 years and has won two awards in 2022.Read more
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Rebeca Riera
Dentist
21 years of experience
Mexico, Playa del Carmen
Bokanova Riviera Maya

Rebeca Riera

Dentist
21 years of experience
Dr. Rebeca Riera is a specialist in prosthodontics and aesthetics dentistry at Bokanova Dental Center, fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish.Read more
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Apichart Veerawattanatigul
Dentist
20 years of experience
Thailand, Bangkok
Bangkok International Dental Center at Emquartier

Apichart Veerawattanatigul

Dentist
20 years of experience
  • Doctor of dental surgery, Srinakarinwirot university
     
  • Master of Orthodontics, Hong Kong University
     
  • Diploma of Thai board of Orthodontics
     
  • Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) Royal College Surgeon Of Edinburgh
     
  • Certificate of completion, Invisalign, Align Technology, Inc.
  • Full time lecturer in Faculty of Dental Medicine, Rangsit University
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Luca Dalla Paola
Endocrinologist
31 years of experience
Italy, Bologna
Maria Cecilia Hospital

Luca Dalla Paola

Endocrinologist
31 years of experience

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua, where, in 1996, he obtained the specialization in Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases. In 1994 he specialized in Metabolic Diseases from the San Bortolo University Hospital in Vicenza. Engaged in research activities in the areas of use of engineered tissues and growth factors for tissue regeneration, new technologies in the field of conservative surgical treatment, and extreme percutaneous revascularization protocols. He has been chairman of several international courses on Diabetic Foot and Charcot Foot and he is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Diabetic Foot and Ankle", and of the European Diabetic Foot Study Group (DFSG).

Author of over 100 scientific publications and about 300 speeches at international congresses, including several editions of the National Congress of the Diabetes Doctors Association or the Italian Journal of Diabetology.

Awarded with "Ilizarov Award of Excellence" at the International External Fixation Symposium, 2018; -“Paul Brand Memorial Lecture” Award in 2016.

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Renato Maria Bragato
Cardiologist
34 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Renato Maria Bragato

Cardiologist
34 years of experience

Prof. Renato Maria Bragato is the Autonomous Echocardiography Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital.


His main medical specialties are 2D, 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographies.

He executes echo transthoracic and transoesophageal intra-operative monitoring in heart surgery, vascular surgery and hemodynamics (intra-operative diagnostics, cardiac function monitoring, mini-access treatment and surgery using the Heartport technique, monitoring implantation of vascular and valvular percutaneous endoprostheses, monitoring PFO closure, monitoring LAA Occluder and Mitral clip positioning), intraoperative evaluation and follow-up of application and correct functioning of “Ventricular Advanced Device” (VAD, NOVACOR, CIRCULATE),  resynchronisation and evaluation of bi-ventricular cardiac stimulation, vascular ultrasound (EchocolorDoppler of the supra-aortic trunks) and study of endothelial dysfunction (Shear test), evaluation of cardio-embolic risk using CEUS, transthoracic and transesophageal techniques.

Research areas of interest: His research activity is dedicated to Artificial Heart Device and Fusion Imaging.

Author and co-author of over 70 published papers on different national and international journals mainly from personal original research project

Member of Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC)

Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bragato+renato

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Marco Francone
Radiologist
23 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Marco Francone

Radiologist
23 years of experience

Prof.  Marco Francone is the Cardiovascular Imaging Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital.

Medical areas of interest:

Imaging in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases

Previous experience:


- First level Medical Director at the Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomy-Pathological Sciences, at Policlinico Umberto I in Rome

- Past-President, Cardiology Section at the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM)

Research areas of interest: 

Inflammatory heart disease, cardiomyopathy, imaging of acute myocardial infarction, imaging in cardio-toxicity, imaging of post-COVID patients.

Prof.  Marco Francone is the author of more than 150 indexed scientific papers with an impact factor of more than 500 and has lectured around the world for fifteen years, from the United States to Asia, from Africa to Australia.

Teaching experience:

Full Professor of Radio diagnostics at Humanitas University

Publications:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=marco+francone&sort=pubdate&size=200&show_snippets=off

 

 

 

 

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Luca Balzarini
Radiologist
43 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Luca Balzarini

Radiologist
43 years of experience

accreditations:

European Society of Radiology

Prof. Luca Balzarini is the head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging in Humanitas Research Hospital. He lectured at the post-graduation school in Radiology at the University of Milan and Pavia and he is member of the European Society of Radiology and of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM).
He graduated cum laude in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan in 1982 and in 1986 he graduated cum laude at the post-graduation school of Radiology at the University of Milan.

His career started at Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milano where he attended as a PHD student of the University of Milan.
After a long experience abroad, where he developed master expertise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, he then became Assistant in the Department of Diagnostic radiology at Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IRCCS) in Milan where he has this role for 12 years now.

Since 1997 he has been working at Humanitas Research Hospital as head of Magnetic Resonance Section, and then head of Diagnostic Radiology Unit (2006). Nin 2012 he became head of Department of Diagnostic Imaging.

In his high technology Department there are 5 MRI machines (from 1 up to 3 T units), 4 CT scans, and an angiography suite, all radiological techniques are regulated by a system of dose control (Dose Watch).

His team, composed of 25 radiologists, has recognized expertise in several fields of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging and particularly dedicated in Oncological, Muscle-Skeletal, Neuro and Cardiac Imaging.

 

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Giorgio Walter Canonica
Allergist
53 years of experience
Italy, Milan
HUMANITAS RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Giorgio Walter Canonica

Allergist
53 years of experience

Prof. Giorgio Walter Canonica is the Head of Personalized Medicine Center: Asthma and Allergy in Humanitas Research Hospital.

 

Medical areas of interest:
Asthma and allergies 

Research areas of interest: 
T cells: study of different subgroups and their functional role in basic and clinical research (allergy, specific autoimmunity of organs, degenerative diseases of the CNS and cancer).

Molecular events and interactions between immunocompetent cells, inflammatory cells, epithelial cells in allergic inflammation and airway remodelling.

Biomarkers that define the therapeutic response in asthma.

New antiallergenic drugs and new strategies in the treatment of allergic disease.

Clinical and immune-pharmacological activities of modifiers of biological responses such as cytokines, monoclonal antibodies, specific immunotherapy for allergens, etc.

Results of reported patients and assessment of quality of life in patients with respiratory and allergic diseases.

Prof. Canonica coordinated and conducted more than 50 tests (phase II-IV) according to current GCP rules (certification number 2426574, 29/06/2017).

He has also served as an arbitrator for most of the most important international journals - Editor-in-Chief of "Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology" – Associated Editor "Annals of Allergy & Clinical Immunology".

Previous experience:
Director of the Degree programme of Lung Diseases at the University of Genoa (1998 - Today) President of the Clinic for Diseases of Allergies and Respiratory - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa - IRCCS AOU San Martino IST

(1997) Director of the Specialized School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology DIMI, University of Genoa

  • (1998-present) Full professor of allergies and respiratory diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa
     
  • (1995-1998) Full professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa
     
  • (1982) Associate Professor Allergy and Clinical Immunology-Dept. of Internal Medicine
    (1977) Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine - University of Genoa
  • (1973) Assistant at the Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases - University of Genoa

Publications:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=giorgio+walter+canonica

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Mesut Altunay
Dentist
12 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Dent X Oral & Dental Health Clinics

Mesut Altunay

Dentist
12 years of experience

Dentist Hüdayi Boğahan has been serving at Dent X Clinics since 2017. 

He is a graduate of Şehremini High School. She started her undergraduate program in English at Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry in 2011. She took an active role in Marmara University Drama and Theater Club, Marmara University Latin Dance Club, Marmara University and Şehremini High School Debate Clubs. Our physician, who has also participated in domestic and international training and organizations in his professional career, is one of the founding partners of our clinics. 

He is a member of the Aesthetic Dentistry Academy Association (EDAD), Computar Aided Dentistry Academy (CADA), International Team of Implantology (ITI), and Istanbul Chamber of Dentists (IDO). 

He provides aesthetic dentistry services in our clinic and carries out digital design applications in our clinic with his thesis (2016) on digital smile design. Prosthetic dental treatments, leaf porcelains, implant-top coatings, zirconia and e-max applications are current working areas.

He continues to work in Dentx Küçükköy clinic and is the branch manager.

 

Expertise

E MAX, ZIRCONIA AND MONOLITHIC ZIRCONIA CROWNS

OVER IMPLANT PROTHESIS (ALL ON X)

LAMINATE VENEERS, DIGITAL SMILE DESIGN

OVERDENTURE PROTHESIS

DIGITAL PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY

DIGITAL WAXUP-MOCKUP APPLICATIONS

Memberships (in particular related to your Specialisation)

CADA (COMPUTER AIDED DENTISTRY ACADEMY)

EDAD (EASTHETİC DENTISTRY ACADEMY)

İDO (İSTANBUL CHAMBER OF DENTISTRY)

ITI (INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF IMPLANTOLOGY)

 

Any other educational courses and certificate (those conducted internationally as well):

1. Prosthetic Treatment Options in Implant Dentistry, 2019

2. Smile Design With Laminate Veneers, 2019 + 2020

3. Occlusion With All Type of Dentistry, 2019 + 2020 + 2021

4. Dental Photography Courses, 2018

5. Smile Designer Certificate - 2019

6. Practical Dental Photography Certificate - 2019

7. Digital Design and 3D Modelling Certificate - 2019

8. Nobel Biocare All on 4 Concept Immediate Total Rehabilitation – 2019

9. OSSTEM Prosthetic Treatment Options in Implant Dentistry – 2019

10. EDAD Digital Analog Smile Design Certificate – 2019

11. Dentsem Implant Complications on Surgery and Prosthetic Treatments – 2019

12. Aim Academy Contemporary Trends in Implantology – 2018

13. Implant Direct Occlusion Training – 2018

 

Treatment History

# of treatments conducted ALL TIME: OVER 20000

# of treatments conducted LAST CALENDAR YEAR (2021): 6000

Treatmen Success %97

 

Techniques used: DIGITAL WAXUP MODELLING TECHNIQUE

Equipment used: 3SHAPE INTRAORAL DIGITAL SCANNER

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Arifcan Hamrayev
Orthopedist
16 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Grand Clinic

Arifcan Hamrayev

Orthopedist
16 years of experience

Citizenship : Turkmenistan

Place / Date of Birth: Turkmenistan / 1988

 

EDUCATION STATUS

2005-2011 Medical Education: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

2013 – 2018 Specialization Training: M.S Baltalimani Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018 – 2021 year: Private Baypark Hospital

2021 -2022 year : Private TRG Hospitalist Hospital

2022- : Private Küçükçekmece Hospital

 

EDUCATION AND SEMINARS

Various Orthopedics congresses with national and international participation

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

English Russian

 

ORGANIZATIONS OF ITS MEMBERSHIP

Turkish Medical Association

Turkish Orthopedic Association Association

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Trauma surgery (Fractures-dislocations)

 Sports and soft tissue injuries (Anterior cruciate ligament, meniscus, other ligament and tendon tears)

Knee-Shoulder-Ankle Arthroscopy

Calcification of the Joints Diagnosis and Treatment (Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Ankle)

Prosthetic Surgery

Pediatric Orthopedics (Congenital hip dislocation, clubfoot..)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Diseases

Hand and Microsurgery

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Mehdi Afrit
Hematologist/oncologist
14 years of experience
United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Burjeel Specialty Hospital Sharjah

Mehdi Afrit

Hematologist/oncologist
14 years of experience

accreditations:

Emirates Oncology Society
European Society of Medical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Certificate of Medical Oncology
Certificate in Good Clinical Practice
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Biography

Dr. Mehdi Afrit is a Medical Oncologist who practices at Burjeel Specialty Hospital in Sharjah. He has over 11 years of experience caring for and managing cancer patients. He has extensive experience providing chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy to patients. He earned a Certificate of Medical Oncology from the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris, France, where he received training in antitumor chemotherapy and cancer medical treatment. Additionally, he holds an international certificate in breast diseases. He also has a certificate in Good Clinical Practice from Trans Celerate Biopharma Inc. and a certificate in Clinical Trial Management: Good Clinical Practice from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians. He previously worked for over five years as an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Tunis’s Faculty of Medicine. He later practiced as a Consultant, Medical Oncologist for six years at Arianna’s hospital in Tunisia. He later worked for two years as a Specialist Medical Oncologist at Zulekha Hospital. He was also an investigator in three international clinical trials and holds clinical trial auditing and CRO certifications and a GCP Training Certificate from 2016. He is a member in good standing of the Emirates Oncology Society (EOS), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). His clinical expertise includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Oncology care and treatment for chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immune therapy, and target therapy
  • Breast cancer
  • Solid tumor diagnosis
  • Digestive cancer
  • Gynecological cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Genitourinary cancer
  • Sarcoma

Awards & Achievements

  • Award from Himaya Foundations and University of Sharjah

Research & Publications

  • Clinicopathological Features of Gastric Cancer in a Cohort of Gulf Council Countries' Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 96 Cases. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(2): 1-3.
  • The Burden of Gynecologic Cancers in the UAE. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
  • The Emirates Oncology Task Force Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Adult Cancer Patients Before Anti-Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
  • The State of Cancer Care in the United Arab Emirates in 2020: Challenges and Recommendations, A report by the United Arab Emirates Oncology Task Force. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Humaa Darr, Ibrahim Abu-Gheida , Jawaher Ansari, Martine, Mehdi Afrit, Mohamad H Masri, Mohamed Abuhaleeqa. Gulf J Oncology 2020 Jan;1(32):71-87.
  • Primary Bone Lymphoma: Tunisian Multicentric Retrospective Study About 32 Cases. Ben Ayed C, Laabidi S, Said N, Afrit M, Ben Ahmed S, Boussen H. Tunis Med. 2018 May;96(5):269-272.
  • First Site of Recurrence After Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment in the Era of Multimodality Therapy: Which Imaging for Which Patient During Follow-up? Nesrine M, Mehdi B, Houda EB, Soumaya L, Mehdi A, Bechir Z, Hamouda B. Breast Dis. 2017 Nov 21
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