Kafkas Celik, MD
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
About Dr. Hamit Kafkas Çelik
Hamit Kafkas Çelik, MD, is a General Surgery Specialist whose clinical interests include obesity and bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery and gastrointestinal surgery.
He graduated from Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2007 and completed specialist training in General Surgery at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital in 2014. His scientific work includes topics in bariatric, colorectal and emergency surgery.
EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
Medical Education & Specialist Training
2000–2007 · MEDICAL EDUCATION
Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine
Completed the English-language medical programme in Istanbul, Türkiye.
2009–2014 · GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALIZATION
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Completed specialist training in General Surgery in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Professional Experience
FROM 2020
Private Practice
General Surgery and obesity surgery practice.
2018–2020
Private Yunus Emre Hospital
General Surgery Specialist.
2017
Liv Hospital
General Surgery Specialist, with experience in robotic surgery.
2014–2016
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
General Surgery Specialist, with work in obesity surgery.
MAY–OCTOBER 2014
Bahçelievler State Hospital
General Surgery Specialist.
CLINICAL FOCUS
Areas of Interest
Bariatric Surgery
- Obesity and bariatric surgery
- Sleeve gastrectomy
- Gastric bypass
- Gastric balloon
General & Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Gastrointestinal surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Emergency surgery
Selected Scientific Activities
- Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy experiences in morbidly obese patients — 18th National Surgery Congress, İzmir, 2012.
- Retrospective analysis of 452 acute appendicitis cases — 10th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Antalya, 2009.
- Comparison of laparoscopic and open repair in peptic ulcer perforations — 18th National Surgery Congress, İzmir, 2012.
- Direct trocar technique in laparoscopic appendectomy — Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery, 2013.
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis mimicking acute abdomen — International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2014.
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