Prof. Levent Turkeri
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On the advice of our son, who is also a doctor, we turned to Levent-hoca.
With his account of the situation, his approach and the trust he inspired, he made us reach a decision even before my husband left his office.
This is a doctor whom I mention in my prayers all my life — for his knowledge, for his approach to the patient and their relatives, for treating the patient like a member of his own family.
12 years ago, during an ultrasound prescribed by another doctor, we found out completely by chance about my husband's kidney cancer — and that became the reason for getting to know Levent-hoca.
We had heard that he is called "golden hands". From the very first minute in the office, both my husband and I had full trust in him.
As hoca had said, the postoperative period went comfortably — without pain, without bleeding.
He is considered one of the best doctors in Turkey in his field. After chemotherapy, he successfully performed a surgery of such complexity that only a few people in Turkey are capable of doing.
The fact that I am alive today, I owe to him.
Professor Levent Türkeri is a Turkish urologist-oncologist with more than 35 years of clinical experience and one of the strongest academic profiles in the country. He defended his doctoral dissertation in molecular biology and genetics, which gave him a rare combination of clinical and scientific expertise for a practicing surgeon. Since 2011 he has been a Professor of Urology, and since 2010 he has been working at Acıbadem Healthcare Group. His narrow specialization is the surgical treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancer using robotic, laparoscopic and open techniques. In 2009 he received the national scientific prize of the Turkish Urooncology Association. He is a board member of the Turkish Urooncology Association and heads the school of urology at the Society of Urological Surgeons. He is an active member of leading international associations — AUA, EAU, ESU, EORTC, SIU. According to reviews, patients note successful complex robotic and laparoscopic operations for prostate, kidney and testicular cancer, an empathetic approach and trust from the very first meeting. For a patient with a uro-oncological diagnosis, this is a combination of evidence-based clinical practice and surgery in an internationally accredited clinic.
Achievements and awards
About Doctor Levent Türkeri
Urology. Narrow specialization — uro-oncology: cancer of the prostate, bladder, kidney and testicle. Surgical techniques: robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery. Scientific focus — molecular biology of tumors of the genitourinary system and clinical research.
- 1984 — medical degree, Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine.
- 1991 — residency in urology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine.
- 1995 — Associate Professor title, Marmara University.
- 1996–2004 — doctoral studies in medical biology and genetics, Marmara University.
- 2011 — Professor title, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine.
- Since 1995 — Director of the Ergun Özalp Urology Research Laboratory at Marmara University.
- Since 2010 — clinical practice at Acıbadem Healthcare Group.
- Currently — Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital (clinic appointments) and his own private practice at Aziz Kaya İş Merkezi in Istanbul.
- Academic position — Professor of Urology at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University School of Medicine.
- Main areas of work: prostate cancer surgery (including robotic radical prostatectomy), kidney and bladder cancer surgery, testicular tumors.
- Publications available on ResearchGate and in PubMed.
- Main research areas: molecular biology of genitourinary tumors, Retzius-sparing robotic radical prostatectomy, MRI-targeted prostate biopsy.
- Co-author of multicenter clinical studies.
- Teaching: Professor of Urology at Acıbadem University School of Medicine; previously at Marmara University.
- Turkish Urooncology Association — board member.
- Society of Urological Surgeons of Turkey — Director of the School of Urology, coordinator of the Urological Board.
- Turkish Association of Urology.
- American Urological Association (AUA).
- European Association of Urology (EAU).
- European School of Urology (ESU).
- Society for Urological Research (URS).
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
- European Society of Oncological Urology (ESOU).
- European Society of Urological Research (ESUR).
- Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR).
- Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU).
- Innovators in Urology.
Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital is one of the largest clinics in the Acıbadem Healthcare Group network with international JCI accreditation. The clinic’s oncology unit includes departments of medical oncology, surgical oncology and radiotherapy, as well as systems for stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife Icon) and MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MR Linac). The clinic has a urology department with a robotic surgery program (da Vinci system), used for radical prostatectomy and removal of the kidney and bladder. For a patient with a uro-oncological diagnosis, this is the opportunity to go through the entire pathway — from diagnosis and discussion at a multidisciplinary council to robotic surgery and, if necessary, radiation therapy — in a single internationally accredited clinic with direct access to the professor both through the hospital and through his own private practice.
