Prof. Dr. Alihan Gürkan is an experienced surgeon specializing in general surgery and organ transplantation who gained transplantation experience in the USA and Australia and served for many years as a faculty member at Akdeniz University.

Education

Medical Degree (MD) (1983 - 1989)
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine

General Surgery Residency (1991 - 1996)
Haydarpaşa Numune Hospital

Experience

Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery (1996 - 1996)
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas, USA

Visiting Surgeon, Thoracic Surgery (1996 - 1996)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA

Multi-Organ Transplantation Fellow (1996 - 1998)
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA

Transplantation Department (1998 - 2000)
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Faculty Member (2000 - 2010)
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery

Head of Department (2010 - 2013)
Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery

Head of Department (2013 - )
Memorial Antalya Hospital, General Surgery

Memberships

ASTS (American Society of Transplant Surgeons)
Turkish Society of Nephrology
Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Association
Turkish Surgical Association
Mediterranean Surgical Association