Prof. MD. Ahmet Ziya Balta - General Surgery Doctor in Turkey

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ziya Balta, a top-rated general surgeon in Istanbul Turkey, was born in Trabzon in 1972. He is an expert in the fields of metabolic-bariatric surgery and surgeries for obesity. After completing his primary schooling at Yokuslu Village Primary School in 1983, Ahmet Ziya Balta went on to continue his studies at Ataturk Primary School in 1986. In the year 1989, he passed from Affan Kitapcioglu High School, where he had been enrolled.

In 1996, he graduated from Gata Military Medical Faculty, where he had been enrolled for his undergraduate studies. In 2006, he finished his speciality training in general surgery at Gata Haydarpaşa Training Hospital. As of March 2023, Ahmet Ziya Balta, an experienced general surgery doctor in Turkey who had managed several hospitals, began working at Istanbul Okan University Hospital. He had previously held the position of hospital administrator.

Because of his time working with Dr. Bruno Dillemans in Belgium, he gained more knowledge in the area of obesity surgery, further expanding his worldwide experience in obesity surgery. Over the course of his career, he has had more than 2,500 bariatric procedures. Because of his time spent serving in the military, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ziya Balta, one of the good general surgeons in Turkey, is widely considered to be among the most accomplished surgeons in his area.

When it comes to obesity and metabolic-bariatric surgery, he provides diagnostic and treatment services at a worldwide medical platform in collaboration with Professor Dr. Mustafa Coşkun. He is also a member of several organizations, both national and worldwide, that are concerned with obesity surgery, particularly general surgery groups.