проф. д-р Волкан Тугджу

Prof. Dr. Volkan Tugju

Prof. Dr. Volkan Tuğcu

BRIEF INFORMATION:
Specialist:
urologist

CV and professional development

Prof. Dr. Volkan Tugju's professional experience:

  • 2021-present - Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
  • 2018-2021 Bahceliyevler Memorial, Istanbul
  • 2017-2018 İstanbul Health Sciences University - Head of the Department of Urology
  • 2010-2017 SBU Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk - Teaching and Research Hospital - Associate Professor of Urology
  • 2004-2010 SBU Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk - Training and Research Hospital - Urology Specialist

Education:

  • 1998-2003 Bezm-i Alem University - Medical Faculty of Urology - Specialization
  • 1992-1997 Uludag University - Faculty of Medicine - Doctor of Medicine

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Memberships and publications

Membership of professional organisations

  • Turkish Association of Urology, Member of the Board of Directors, 2017
  • Endourological Society, 2015.
  • European Association of Urology, 2010.
  • Turkish Association of Endourology, 2010.
  • Turkish Association of Andrology, 2010

Awards and diplomas to Prof. Dr. Volkan Tugju

  • Istanbul Governorship Provincial Health Directorate - "Certificate of Acknowledgement of Special Merit", 2007 and 2008.
  • "Best research article" in American Journal of Urology, Joumal of Endourology 2008-2009.
  • Honorary diploma from the Eurasia Urooncology Congress, 2010.
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Governor of Bakırköy, 2010.
  • Award of the Ministry of Health - Doctor of the Year, 2016.
  • Best Video Award at the International Symposium on Robotic Surgery and New Technologies in Prostate Cancer, 2018.

Prof. Tuğcu developed his own method of robotic surgery, which entered the world medical literature under the name of "Tuğcu Bakırköy Technique".

Scientific publications

  • 97 scientific publications published in international journals.
  • 60 scientific publications published in national journals.

Clinical areas of interest

Main clinical areas of interest:

  • prostate cancer
  • robotic surgery for bladder and kidney cancer
  • artificial bladder construction surgery by robotic surgery
  • kidney transplantation
  • non-surgical treatment of prostate cancer with HIFU

Additional information

Prof. Dr. Volkan Tugju was the first person to perform a robotic kidney transplant in Turkey in 2015 and ranks second in the world, performing over 90 kidney transplants using robotic surgery. At a congress held in 2017, transplant surgeons of the American School of Medicine in the United States witnessed Prof. Tugju performing a robotic kidney transplant, live streaming the procedure.

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