Doctor Ahmet Cem Dural

About the Doctor

Membership

• Turkish Surgical Association (TSA)

• Turkish Association of Endocrine Surgery (TAES, Executive Board Member)

• Turkish Society for Dialogue in Endocrinology (TSDE)

• Turkish Association for Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgery (TAELS)

• European Society of Endocrine Surgery (ESES)

• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

• Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)

• American College of Surgeons (ACS)

• American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES)

• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Experience

• LIV Hospital Ulus & Vadistanbul (Present)

• Faculty Member, Istinye University Department of General Surgery (2022–Present)

• Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital (2012–2021)

• Research Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Endocrine & Metabolism Institute, USA (2014)

• Endocrine Surgery Clinical Fellow, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden (2015)

• Research Fellow, Ottawa University, Faculty of Medicine, Canada (2016–2017)

• General Surgeon, Iğdır State Hospital (2009–2012)

Publications

• Over 69 international SCI-indexed papers and 20 national publications

• Author of studies published in Lancet, Surgery, Ann Ital Chir, and Gland Surgery

• Co-author of international multicenter studies such as GlobalSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative; H-index 20

Education

• M.D. – Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (1997–2003)

• Specialization in General Surgery – Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (2003–2009)

• Research Fellowship – Cleveland Clinic (2014)

• Endocrine Surgery Fellowship – Karolinska University Hospital (2015)

• Translational Medicine Fellowship – University of Ottawa (2016–2017)

Certificates

• European Board of Endocrine Surgery (EBSQ) Certification

• Robotic Surgery Diploma (Intuitive DaVinci, Karolinska University Hospital)

• Postgraduate Education Researcher Certificate (University of Ottawa)

• Animal Research Use Certification (Ottawa University)

Services

• Surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal gland diseases and cancers

• Laparoscopic and robotic adrenalectomy

• Transoral robotic thyroidectomy

• Evaluation and surgical management of endocrine tumors

• Minimally invasive endocrine surgery