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Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kemal Astarcıoğlu, MD

Professor of General Surgery — Liver Transplantation · Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kemal Astarcıoğlu is a senior hepatopancreatobiliary and liver transplantation surgeon at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital. He spent the bulk of his academic career at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine in İzmir, retiring as Professor of General Surgery in July 2019, and has authored over 100 publications in international peer-reviewed journals on liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, and HPB oncology. He joined the Memorial Bahçelievler Liver Transplant Center as a senior surgeon.
30+
years in surgery
100+
international publications
Liver Tx
transplant center
Liver TransplantationHPB SurgeryGeneral SurgeryHepatobiliary Oncology
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TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

until 2019
Professor of General Surgery / Liver Transplantation Center director
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir
2019-present
Professor of General Surgery, Liver Transplantation Center
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 1991
    Transplant Proc
    «The outcome of steatotic grafts in liver transplantation»
    · co-author · 354 citations
  • 1992
    Lancet
    «Effect of extended cold ischaemia with UW solution on graft function after liver transplantation»
    · co-author · 283 citations
  • 1996
    Ann Surg
    «Split-liver transplantation: the Paul Brousse policy»
    · co-author · 246 citations
  • 2008
    Jpn J Clin Oncol
    «Epidemiology and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in Turkey: outcome of multicenter study»
    · co-author · 87 citations
  • 2013
    Transplant Proc
    «Risk factors for early bacterial infections in liver transplantation»
    · co-author · 85 citations
  • 1995
    Transplant Proc
    «Deleterious effect of extended cold ischemia time on the posttransplant outcome of aged livers»
    · co-author · 64 citations
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