Prof. Sukru Emre
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Professor Sukru Emre is one of the world’s leading liver transplant surgeons, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics. He has more than 35 years of clinical experience and has performed thousands of liver transplants.
He graduated from a Faculty of Medicine in Turkey and completed specialty training in general surgery and transplantation. For many years he worked at Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), and later led the Liver Transplant Program at Yale–New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine (USA), where he served as Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Director of the Liver Transplant Program.
Areas of expertise: adult and pediatric liver transplantation, living-donor (related) transplantation, split liver transplantation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery (including hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoblastoma), portal hypertension and shunt operations, post-transplant immunosuppressive therapy, acute liver failure, biliary atresia, familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), and organ donation and allocation.
Author of hundreds of scientific publications on transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, immunosuppression, and pediatric transplantation.
Achievements and awards
About Dr. Sukru Emre
- Adult and pediatric liver transplantation
- Living-donor (related) liver transplantation
- Split liver transplantation
- Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
- Hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoblastoma
- Portal hypertension and shunt operations
- Post-transplant immunosuppressive therapy
- Acute liver failure
- Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)
- Biliary atresia and hepatitis C
- Organ allocation and donation
- Higher medical education, Faculty of Medicine (Turkey), MD degree
- Residency in general surgery
- Fellowship in transplant surgery
- Awarded the title of Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine (USA)
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA — liver transplant surgeon
- Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, USA — Director of the Liver Transplant Program
- Yale School of Medicine — Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
- Currently practices in Istanbul (Turkey), consulting patients and performing liver transplants
Author of hundreds of scientific publications on liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, immunosuppression, and pediatric transplantation. Co-author of works on living-donor and split liver transplantation, the treatment of biliary atresia, and familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP).
- Publications in leading international journals on transplantation and surgery
- Member of editorial boards and reviewer for specialty journals
- Invited speaker at international congresses on transplantation
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)
- International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
- Turkish Transplantation Society (TOND)
Yeditepe University Hospital is a private academic medical center in Istanbul, part of Yeditepe University. The clinic is renowned for its organ transplantation program, including liver transplantation, and is one of Turkey’s leading centers in hepatobiliary surgery.
The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art operating rooms and intensive care units and holds international accreditations. It provides a multidisciplinary approach involving transplant surgeons, hepatologists, anesthesiologists, and pediatricians.
Patients receive a full range of services: pre-transplant assessment and preparation, adult and pediatric liver transplantation (including living-donor transplantation), post-operative follow-up, and immunosuppressive therapy.
