Prof. Alp Gurkan M.D - General Surgeon Specialist in Istanbul

Dr. Alp Gürkan, a general surgeon specialist in Istanbul, was born in Izmir. In 1981, he earned a graduation degree from Ege University. Also, that year, he spent 18 months working at the experimental surgery facility of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at Yale University. Afterwards, he went back to his native country and began his residency in general surgery at the Ege University Faculty of Medicine. In 1989, Dr. Alp Gürkan finished his residency in general surgery. He was an employee at Amasya Military Hospital as a result of his military service. He served his mandatory military duty from 1991 to 1992 in Manisa SSK Hospital. 

His position at SSK Tepecik Training and Research Hospital as organ transplant manager began in November 1992. He started his training in kidney transplantation in 1992, spending six months at Ege University's Organ Transplantation Department and another six months at Harvard University's Women's and Brigham Hospital's Organ Transplantation Department. 

The rank of associate professor was bestowed to Dr. Alp Gürkan, the experienced general bariatric surgeon in Istanbul, in 1997. In 2003, he was appointed to oversee the third surgery clinic at that hospital. She made history in 2003 when he transplanted a small intestine for the first time in Turkey. He has been in Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital since 2008 when he was appointed associate professor of general surgery and organ transplantation. 

His 2009 appointments included professorships at Istanbul Bilim University and Florence Nightingale Hospital's kidney transplant program. Dr. Alp Gürkan, the best general thoracic surgeon in Turkey, began his position at Universal Çamlıca Hospital as a professor of General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation in 2011. In 2012, he earned a master's degree in health management from Okan University. 

Dr. Alp Gürkan, one of the best liver transplant surgeons in Turkey, began his role as a professor of Kidney Transplantation and General Surgery at Çamlıca Medicana Hospital in 2014 after relocating there. He started his career in March 2017 at the Okan University Faculty of Medicine and Hospital. More than two hundred of his publications have appeared in journals and conference proceedings both at home and abroad. Several national congresses presented him with honors in recognition of his labor. 

The Izmir Medical Chamber and the Ministry of Health both presented him with accomplishment awards in recognition of his contributions. Dr. Alp Gürkan, the best GI surgeon in Turkey, was involved with several medical publications as a referee and assistant editor. He has been a speaker or moderator at several scientific conferences on a national and international level.