Prof. Kamil Yalcin Polat biography:
Prof. Kamil Yalcin Polat graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 1986, ranking second in his class. Throughout his academic career, he specialized in hepatobiliary transplantation and oncological surgery. From 1998 to 2000, he undertook fellowship training in multi-organ transplantation (liver, kidney, pancreas, and small intestine) at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. During this period, he also worked as a visiting surgeon at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute. In 2004, he conducted the first organ transplant in Eastern Anatolia. To date, he has personally carried out over 2,000 liver transplants and nearly 1,500 kidney transplants.
Prof. Kamil Yalcin Polat made history as the first surgeon globally to successfully perform a living donor liver transplant without the use of blood or blood products. Additionally, he performed a successful split domino transplant and conducted one of Europe’s first robotic-assisted living donor liver surgeries. He also successfully split the smallest cadaveric liver and transplanted it into two pediatric patients. With more than 100 articles published in international journals, he currently chairs the Liver Transplantation Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health.
Areas of expertise:
- Liver Diseases
- Kidney Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Endocrine and Thyroid Disorders
- Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
- Biliary and Gallbladder Disorders
- Rectal and Anal Conditions
- Breast Diseases
- Hernias and Abdominal Disorders
- Surgical Oncology
Education:
- 2021: Professor.
- 1996: Associate Professor.
- 1987-1991: Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery Specialization.
- 1980-1986: Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine.
Professional experience:
- 2018 – Present: Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital, General Surgery, Liver&Kidney Transplant, Oncologic Surgery.
- 2010-2018: Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, General Surgery, Liver&Kidney Transplant.
- 2003-2010: Atatürk University Organ Transplantation Training, Research and Implementation Center.
- 1999-2000: U.S.A. New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, General Surgery.
- 1998-2000: U.S.A New York, Mount Sinai Hospital, Master’s Degree in HPB Surgery, Liver & Kidney Transplant.
- 1991-2010: Atatürk University Medical Faculty, General Surgery.
Professional experience:
- Head of Liver Transplant Scientific Board in Ministry of Health
- Turkish Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Association, 2nd President
- Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Association, Board Member
- Ministry of Health Kidney Transplantation Scientific Board
- American Society of Transplant Surgeon
- International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association
- International Liver Transplant Society Membership (ILTS)
