Organ Transplantation Unit
The transplant team will undertake the following:
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Find out if you are healthy enough to receive a new kidney / liver.
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Prepare you for your operation. This can take a long time, and there is no guarantee a kidney / liver will be found.
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Perform the transplant operation. Help you stay healthy after your transplant.
Highly trained transplant surgeons
The transplant surgeons are highly qualified and have participated in hundreds of transplants. Dr Özcan Gökçe is the director of the Transplantation Program at the Yeditepe University Medical Centre.
Dr Gökçe completed a Clinical Transplantation Fellowship in organ transplantation in Cambridge, UK and received a transplant surgeon certificate from Royal Colleges of Surgeons Of England. He has participated in over 100 liver transplant procedures and performed the first liver transplant operation in İzmir.
Dr Alp Demiragi is in charge of kidney and kidney pancreas transplantation, at the Yeditepe University Medical Centre and holds an Associate Professorship at the Yeditepe University. Following his training, including a research fellowship at Harvard University, Dr Demiragi worked as a transplant surgeon at University of Geneva, Switzerland until December 2002.
Kidney and liver transplants involve more than just having an operation. There are important procedures to follow before and after the transplant. Yeditepe University Hospital provides a detailed frequently asked questions about kidney and liver transplantation.
Stem Cell Transplantation Unit
Stem cell transplant is a treatment to try to cure some types of cancer. Stem cells are transplanted through a drip to replace those cells that the cancer treatment has killed off. Yeditepe provides both Autologous and Allogenic transplantations.
Yeditepe University Hospital Transplant Unit is a 10-bed facility certified by Ministry of Health and EBMT for conduct of autologous, allogeneic, matched-unrelated and reduced intensity transplants. Transplant unit is also certified as Unrelated Donor Harvests by EBMT. The Unit is supported by the Extracorporeal Photopheresis unit that is supervised and maintained by the Division.
