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BREAST SURGERY · LIV HOSPITAL VADISTANBUL

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tükenmez

Professor at the Department of General Surgery (Breast Surgery Service) · Liv Hospital Vadistanbul, Istanbul · Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University
Professor at the Department of General Surgery (Breast Surgery Service) of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, and surgical oncologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul. A pioneer of single-port endoscopic breast surgery in Türkiye (since 2012) and member of the European Board of Surgery (Breast Surgery). Completed a dual international training programme: Avon Foundation Global Breast Cancer Clinical Scholar at Northwestern University (Chicago, 2016) and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Co-author of the 2025 JAMA Surgery paper on omitting axillary dissection following neoadjuvant therapy.
Specialties: Breast Cancer Oncology
22+
years of experience
40+
original international publications
500+
citations
Avon Foundation Global Breast Cancer Clinical Scholar 2016Harvard Dana-Farber fellowshipEuropean Board of Surgery (Breast Surgery)Single-port endoscopic breast surgery pioneer
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professionally
ISTANBUL · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • ★
    2016
    Avon Foundation Global Breast Cancer Clinical Scholars
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    International clinical programme
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM

What Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tükenmez does

Oncoplastic breast surgery, single-port endoscopic operations, and sentinel lymph node biopsy.

  • 01
    Single-port video-endoscopic mastectomy
    Nipple-sparing approach
  • 02
    Breast-conserving cancer surgery
    Lumpectomy with reconstruction
  • 03
    Sentinel lymph node biopsy
    Minimally invasive metastasis detection
  • 04
    Laparoscopic splenic surgery
    Minimally invasive procedures
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

2021
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Joined as senior breast surgeon.
2017
Associate Professor (Doçent)
İstanbul University, Department of General Surgery — Breast Surgery Service.
2016
Avon Foundation fellowship
Northwestern University Feinberg, Chicago.
2012
First single-port endoscopic breast operation
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi.
2008
Completed surgical residency
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, general surgery.
2002
MD
İstanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected publications in high-impact international journals.

  • 2009
    World J Surg Oncol
    «Breast cancer risk factors in Turkish women - a University Hospital based nested case control study»
    · co-author · 185 citations
  • 2024
    JAMA Oncol
    «Omission of axillary dissection following nodal downstaging with neoadjuvant chemotherapy»
    · co-author · 106 citations
  • 2014
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech
    «Videoendoscopic single-port nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction»
    · first author · 103 citations
  • 2021
    Ann Surg Oncol
    «The effect of primary surgery in patients with de novo stage IV breast cancer with bone metastasis only (Protocol BOMET MF 14-01): a multi-center, prospective registry study»
    · co-author · 85 citations
  • 2014
    Breast Care
    «Can steroids plus surgery become a first-line treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis?»
    · co-author · 85 citations
  • 2008
    World J Surg
    «Impact of adenoma weight and ectopic location of parathyroid adenoma on localization study results»
    · co-author · 80 citations
CLINIC

Where they practise

Direct contract with BergemHealth at every listed clinic.

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Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
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