Zafer Gulbas

Zafer Gulbas – MD, PhD, professor of hematology at Eskisehir University, Turkey. He is the head of the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at Anadolu Clinic.

Professor Gulbas specializes in treating patients with pathologies such as:

• Coagulopathy – blood clotting disorders;
• Anemia – low hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood;
• Acute and chronic leukemia – cancer diseases of the hematopoietic system;
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a malignant process in the lymphatic system;
• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) – varieties of cancer of the lymphatic system.

Dr. Gulbas treats oncological diseases of the blood system using the method of flow cytometry. Thanks to this study, it is possible to diagnose various pathologies of the patient’s immune system.

Zafer Gulbas specializes in performing BMT:

• Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from a related donor;
• Bone marrow transplantation from an unrelated donor.

• 1970-1977 – Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Hacettepe University Medical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 1976-1977 – Internship at the Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 1977-1981 – Completed a residency at the Faculty of Medicine at Anadolu University Medical University, located in Eskisehir, Turkey.
• 1981-1983 – Worked as a general practitioner at the Military Sports School as part of his military service, Ankara, Turkey.
• 1983-1986 – Worked as a physician at the Ataturk Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (Ministry of Health) as part of compulsory medical service, Ankara, Turkey.

• 1987-1988 – Assistant Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
• Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
• 1988-1994 – Department of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
• 1994-2010 – Professor of Hematology, Head of Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey
• 1998-2010 – Head of Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
• May 2010 – Head of Oncohematology Department, Director of Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Anadolu Medical Center, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.

• Atatürk Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Turkey. 
• Hadassah Clinic, Israel;
• Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA;
• Anderson Cancer Center, USA;
• Princess Margaret University Hospital, Canada.

The professor’s scientific activity is related to the problem of stem cell transplantation and the side effects of this procedure. He is the author of a large number of articles on this subject, among which the following are well known:

• The role of thromboelastometry in prophylactic platelet transfusion in hemoblastosis.
• Beta-2 microglobulin predicts outcome of autologous stem cell transplantation in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
• Daily or intermittent administration of G-CSF in autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation: a prospective randomized trial.
• Elevated serum LDH is not necessarily associated with disease activity in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
• Erythropoietin improves healing of skin necrosis resulting from doxorubicin extravasation in a mouse model,
• Results of haploidentical allogeneic allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with acute leukemia: experience of the United Center.

• Turkish Hematology Association, 1988
• European Hematology Association, 1993
• American Society of Hematology, 2001
• European Society for Blood Transfusion and Marrow Transplantation EBMT, 2000
• International Society for Cellular Therapy, 2006
• American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, 2009
• Elected member of the Executive Committee of the Turkish Society of Hematology, 2003-2007
• Elected Secretary General of the Turkish Society of Cellular and Regenerative Medicine, 2008-2010
• Appointed as one of the leaders of the Turkish Society of Cellular and Regenerative Medicine, 2010-present
• Appointed Secretary General of the Turkish Society of Geriatric Hematology, 2010-present