Dear friends of Medical Karadži.
Due to the force majeure circumstances of the recent week and the restrictions imposed on the travel of people through the border crossings and airports, we had to postpone the visit of the oncology specialists from Koch and American hospitals - Ph. Dr. Yasemin Bjolukbasi (Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy), Prof. Dr. Hasan Karanlik (Surgical Oncology) and Dr. Kerim Kaban (Medical Oncology), which would have taken place on March 13 and 14, 2020.
To all those who signed up - please accept our apologies. We undertake to contact you when the new date for the specialists' visit is clear.
On March 13 and 14, 2020, at the invitation of the manager of Medical Karadži - Zvezdelina Lutfi, oncology specialists from Koch and American hospitals will visit Sofia - Prof. Dr. Yasemin Bölükbaşı (radiation oncology - radiotherapy), Prof. Dr. Hasan Karanlik (surgical oncology) and Dr. Kerim Kaban (medical oncology). They will conduct FREE CONSULTATIONS for Bulgarian cancer patients as part of our initiative to provide Bulgarian citizens with access to the most advanced methods and technologies in medicine. The consultations are suitable for patients in need of a second opinion as well as for patients interested in treatment abroad, in particular Turkey.
Who is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasemin Bjolukbasi?
Dr. Yasemin Bölükbaşı is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. She was born in 1975 in Izmir. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Egge University in 1999 and completed her residency in 2004 at the same university. While working as a consultant in the Department of Radiation Oncology of Ege University between 2005 and 2010, she held the position of Deputy Director of the Cancer Control Department of the University between 2007 and 2008. After completing her radiation oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between 2008 and 2009, Dr. Yasemin Bölükbaşı joined the team at American Hospital, Istanbul in 2010 and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center - Istanbul at American Hospital offers a full range of radiation therapies. It is the first medical radiation treatment facility outside the United States to fully replicate the institution's treatment standards enforced by Houston-trained physicians. The two institutions are collaborating to meet a critical need in Turkey for expertise in radiation therapy, which is dealing with the rising incidence of cancer, especially lung and breast cancer.
Who is Prof. Dr. Hasan Karanlik?
Prof. Dr. Hasan Karanlik is a surgical oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer. He graduated from Istanbul University Medical School and specialized in general surgery at the same university. Subsequently, he specialized in surgical oncology and took his master's degree in cancer epidemiology and biostatistics at Istanbul University Institute of Oncology.
Since 2004, Prof. Dr. Karanlik has focused his career exclusively on the treatment of breast cancer. He is an active member of:
- Turkish Surgical Society
- The Society of Thoracic Surgery in Istanbul
- The Society of Surgical Oncology
- He is a member of the board of the Istanbul Society of Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
He has more than 100 national and international original articles, more than 200 submitted abstracts, Young Investigator Awards and 8 Best Research Awards.
Prof Dr Karanlik met all the requirements of the European Union of Medical Specialists and all the European Board of Surgery Liverpool examinations, and was awarded the title of 'Friend of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS)'.
He visited many institutions as an observer and researcher between 2009 and 2013 as:
- European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
- Camargo Do Cancer Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil
- Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York, USA
- MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA
- Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- European Academy of Senology in Düsseldorf, Germany
He is a member of the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC) in Basel, Switzerland. He is the Director of the Institute of Surgical Oncology at the Istanbul University Institute of Oncology, which is a member of the Society of Breast Surgery, and also works as a practicing surgeon and clinical researcher at the American Hospital, which is affiliated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Prof. Dr. Karanlik has a keen professional interest in oncoplastic surgical techniques and research through a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional approach.
Who is Dr. Kerim Kaban?
Dr. Kerim Kaban, board certified in internal medicine, hematology and oncology, was born in 1966 in Istanbul.
He graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1991 and began his residency training in internal medicine at the same university in 1992, after which he moved to Houston, Texas and continued his training for a master's degree at Baylor College of Medicine from 1993 to 1996.
He continued his fellowship training in Oncology and Hematology at MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1996 to 1999 and worked with Dr. Waun Ki Hong and Dr. Roy Herbst in the Thoracic Oncology Unit of the Angiogenesis Research Group from 2000 to 2003. At the same time, he continued his training at the University of Texas School of Public Health and specialized in cancer epidemiology.
Dr. Kaban returned to Turkey after 11 years in Houston, Texas starting with Acibadem Health Group as an oncologist from 2004 to 2011.
Since 2011, she has been working as a staff oncologist at American Hospital, Istanbul in close collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center. Hospital American specializes in cancer treatment, with expert physicians in all fields. Dr. Kaban, treats all types of cancer but has a special interest in lung cancer, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer.
MD Anderson Cancer Treatment Center
MD Anderson is currently ranked number one among cancer hospitals in the United States according to the survey, "America's Best Hospitals," conducted by U.S. News & World Report, having been in the top two since the survey's inception in 1990. The collaboration of American Hospital, Istanbul and MD Anderson is based on the understanding that the relationship will help bring MD Anderson's standard of cancer care to hospitals around the world.
Radiation therapy at American Hospital - MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center, which opened its doors to patients on January 28, 2010, is based on the planned, controlled, localized administration of ionized radiation in prescribed doses. The goal of the radiation treatment method is to provide therapy within the radiation threshold that will counteract and destroy disease cells at the site where the therapy is administered without damaging or reducing the function of healthy tissue. The amount of radiation to be administered is based on the diagnosis, stage, and indication for treatment. As a treatment modality that is administered to more than half of the total number of cancer patients, radiation therapy may be:
- "curative" (used for the purpose of effective treatment)
- "adjuvant" (in addition with other methods)
- "palliative" (to relieve pain associated with disease, bleeding and other symptoms
- "prophylactic" (preventive)
Radiation therapy at American Hospital - MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center is led by Ugur Selek, MD, PhD, a tenured associate professor of Radiation Oncology at the MD Anderson Radiation Treatment Center at the University of Texas.
Dr. Selleck's team of medical radiation physicists, radiation therapy technicians, and nurses work with a full range of radiation therapies:
- Comprehensive four-dimensional computed tomography simulation (4DCT)
- Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT)
- Volumetric Modulated Rotational Therapy (VMAT-Smartarc)
- Synchronized breathing radiotherapy
- Cranial and extracranial radiosurgery
- Partial breast radiotherapy
- Prostate implants
- Three-dimensional conformal brachytherapy
All patients interested in the free consultations with the oncology specialists Prof. Dr. Yasemin Bjolyukbasi, Prof. Dr. Hasan Karanlik and Dr. Kerim Kaban on 13 and 14 March 2020 in Sofia should make an appointment in advance by calling the following numbers Health Information Center Medical Karadži0879 977 401 or 0879 977 402.
