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Prof. Dr. Tevfik Ecder, MD

Professor of Nephrology · Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Prof. Dr. Tevfik Ecder is a nephrologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul and Professor at İstinye University Faculty of Medicine. A 1987 graduate of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, he completed sub-specialty training in nephrology at Istanbul, served as visiting scholar at the Cleveland Clinic, and held a two-year ISN research fellowship at the University of Colorado School of Medicine focused on polycystic kidney disease. He sits on the executive board of the Turkish Society of Nephrology's Cystic Kidney Diseases Working Group, with 100+ international publications.
35+
years in internal medicine
100+
SCI publications
Polycystic Kidney DiseaseChronic Kidney DiseaseHypertensionDiabetic NephropathyISN MemberASN MemberERA Member
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 06/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • ★
    1998
    International Society of Nephrology Research Fellowship
    ISN (for Colorado fellowship)
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

until 2014
Faculty member, Division of Nephrology
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department
Jun 2014-Dec 2021/2022
Faculty member, Nephrology Division
Istanbul Bilim / Demiroğlu Bilim University Faculty of Medicine
current
Faculty member, Internal Medicine; Nephrologist
İstinye University Faculty of Medicine; Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2001
    J Clin Invest
    «Impaired IL-18 processing protects caspase-1-deficient mice from ischemic acute renal failure»
    · co-author · 651 citations
  • 2011
    Nephrol Dial Transplant
    «A population-based survey of Chronic REnal Disease In Turkey - the CREDIT study»
    · co-author · 519 citations
  • 2002
    J Am Soc Nephrol
    «Cardiac and renal effects of standard versus rigorous blood pressure control in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: results of a seven-year prospective randomized study»
    · co-author · 412 citations
  • 2009
    Nat Rev Nephrol
    «Cardiovascular abnormalities in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease»
    · first author · 369 citations
  • 2001
    J Am Soc Nephrol
    «Hypertension in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: early occurrence and unique aspects»
    · first author · 333 citations
  • 2001
    Kidney Int
    «Endotoxemic renal failure in mice: Role of tumor necrosis factor independent of inducible nitric oxide synthase»
    · co-author · 258 citations
CLINIC

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
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