İlter Alkan, M.D.

Associate Professor İlter Alkan, M.D.

Urology

Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital

Faculty and Graduation Year

Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 1990

E-Mail

ilter.alkan@yeditepe.edu.tr

Fields of Study

  • Endourology
  • Laparoscopic Urological Surgery
  • BPH
  • HoLEP
  • Surgical Treatment of Urinary Tract Stones
  • Surgical Treatment of Kidney Cancers

Career Summary

  • Dr. Alkan is an Associate Professor of Urology at Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital. He completed his medical education at Ege University and his urology residency at Marmara University, Department of Urology. Dr. Alkan received the title of Fellow of European Board of Urology (FEBU) in May 2001. He continued his education at the UCL Institute of Urology and Nephrology in London with the European Urology Scholarship Program (EUSP). Later, Dr. Alkan worked with Dr. Janetschek as an EUSP fellow in Laparoscopic Urology and Endourology at Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen in Linz.
  • Dr. Alkan's main areas of academic and clinical interest are Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Urological surgery. In 2002, Dr. Alkan performed HoLEP operations in the surgical treatment of BPH for the first time in Turkey. His team published the long-term results of HoLEP surgery. This publication is the first international publication on HoLEP surgery from Turkey. Currently, he is interested in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery based on his work in laparoscopic surgery.

Certificates

  • European Board Examination in Urology, Part 1 written examination, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2000.
  • European Board Examination in Urology, Part 2 oral examination, Fellow of European Board of Urology, Vienna, Austria, May 2001.
  • Fellowship in Laparoscopic Urology and Endourology, American Society of Endourology, Laparoscopic Urology and Endourology Fellowship program, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Certificate, 01.01.2005-26.03.2005.
  • EUSP Clinical Fellowship, EUSP Clinical Fellow, University College London, Institute of Urology and Nephrology

Professional Awards

  • Astra Zenaca Merit Scholarship (in the field of Urooncology)
  • Certificates of service and appreciation (in duplicate) issued by the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan

Memberships

  • Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU), Member, 2017.
  • Turkish Urological Association (TÜD), Member, 2015.
  • Endourological Society, Member, 2011.
  • Urological Surgery Society (UCD), Member, 2010
  • European Association of Urology (EAU), Member, 2000
  • Endourology Society, Member, 1995

 

Side Branch Specialization

Endourology, Laparoscopic Urological Surgery

Place and Year of Specialization

Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, 1995

Place and Year of PhD Associate Professorship

University of Health Sciences Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, 2019

Studying Abroad

EUSP Clinical Researcher, UCL, Institute of Urology and Nephrology, London, England, September - November 2002 EUSP Fellowship in Laparoscopic Urology and Endourology, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria, January - March 2005

Foreign Languages

English

Number of Foreign Publications

20

Number of Publications in Turkish

11

Number of International Papers

8

Number of National Papers

17

Attribution Number

447

Book Chapter

1