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Prof. MD. M.A. Samet Bozkurt

Professor of General Surgery (Colorectal, Emergency Surgery) · İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
Prof. MD. M.A. Samet Bozkurt is a general surgeon at İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir and Professor of General Surgery at İstinye University Medical Faculty. Trained at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and Bakirköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, with a long tenure at Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, his clinical focus spans colorectal cancer surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, hernia and bariatric surgery, breast and endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal) surgery and trauma. He is a co-author on multiple international COVIDSurg cohort studies published in The Lancet, J Clin Oncol and Br J Surg.
20+
years in surgery
70+
peer-reviewed publications
Colorectal SurgeryHepatobiliary SurgeryBariatric SurgeryHernia SurgeryEndocrine SurgeryEmergency Surgery
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 05/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

current
Professor of General Surgery
İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir / İstinye University Medical Faculty
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2020
    Lancet
    «Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study (COVIDSurg Collaborative)»
    · co-author · 2037 citations
  • 2021
    Anaesthesia
    «Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study»
    · co-author · 673 citations
  • 2021
    Lancet Oncol
    «Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study»
    · co-author · 334 citations
  • 2021
    J Clin Oncol
    «Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicenter, comparative cohort study»
    · co-author · 305 citations
  • 2021
    Lancet
    «Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries»
    · co-author · 261 citations
  • 2020
    Br J Surg
    «Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection»
    · co-author · 163 citations
CLINIC

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PRIMARY CLINIC
İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
A multidisciplinary Liv Hospital campus on the European side of Istanbul. Opened in December 2016. 60+ departments: cardiology, neurosurgery, oncology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology. da Vinci surgery, 3 Tesla MRI.
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