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Prof. MD. Adalet Demir

Professor of Thoracic Surgery (Lung Transplantation, Lung Cancer) · u0130Su00dc Liv Hospital Bahu00e7eu015fehir
Prof. MD. Adalet Demir is a thoracic surgeon at u0130Su00dc Liv Hospital Bahu00e7eu015fehir and Professor at Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty. Trained at Cerrahpau015fa Medical Faculty and the Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, with international fellowship at the Leuven University Hospital Lung Transplantation Center, his clinical focus spans open and minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, lung transplantation, mediastinal staging, robotic and VATS lung segmentectomy, and chest wall reconstruction. He is a member of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Specialties: Oncology
30+
years in medicine
20+
years in thoracic surgery
Lung Cancer SurgeryLung TransplantationVATS / Robotic ThoracicMediastinal StagingChest Wall ReconstructionESTS MemberISHLT 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
  • 2006-2013
    Multiple best presentation / best poster awards
    (national thoracic oncology congresses, per Liv profile)
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2002-2005
Thoracic Surgery Specialist
Yedikule Training and Research Hospital
2010
Associate Professor (Dou00e7ent)
Yedikule Training and Research Hospital
2011-
Eu011fitim Gu00f6revlisi (Education Officer) / Lung Transplantation Center asst chief
Yedikule Training and Research Hospital
2012-
Associate Professor / Lung Transplantation Center asst
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty
current
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty / u0130stinye University / u0130Su00dc Liv Hospital Bahu00e7eu015fehir
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2019
    Lancet Oncol
    «2019 international clinical practice guidelines for the treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer»
    · co-author · 546 citations
  • 2001
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech
    «Diagnostic laparoscopy decreases the rate of unnecessary laparotomies and reduces hospital costs in trauma patients»
    · co-author · 147 citations
  • 2015
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
    «Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions»
    · first author
  • 2008
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
    «Role of positron emission tomography in mediastinal lymphatic staging of non-small cell lung cancer»
    · co-author
  • 2007
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
    «Staging and resection of lung cancer with minimal invasion of the adjacent lobe»
    · first author
  • 2009
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
    «Diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous pneumomediastinum»
    · co-author
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