Areas of Expertise
- Kidney Transplant
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Kidney Failure
- Hypertension
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- Urine Test Abnormalities
Education and Specialisation
- 2004-2010 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Doctor
- 2011-2015 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Specialist Doctor
- 2016-2020 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division, Specialist Doctor in Nephrology
Experience
- 2010-2011 Istanbul Başakşehir Community Health Centre – Başakşehir State Hospital
- 2016-2016 Kastamonu Cide State Hospital
- 2020-2022 Siirt Training and Research Hospital
- 2022-2025 Yeni Yüzyıl University Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
- 2025 İstinye University Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
Foreign Language
- English
- Sebahat Usta Akgül, Sonay Temurhan, Çiğdem Kekik Çınar, Hayriye Şentürk Çiftçi, Adem Bayraktar, Erol Demir, Ali Rıza Uçar, Hüseyin Bakkaloğlu, Aydın Türkmen, Fatma Savran Oğuz. Do xenogeneic anti-HLA-A3 antibody cause antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant? Turk J Nephrol. 2024;33(1):102-109.
- Şafak Mirioğlu, Arif Akyıldız, Ali Rıza Uçar, Ömür Uludağ, Yasemin &özlük, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Erol Demir, &özgür Akın Oto, Işın Kılıçaslan, Yaşar &çalışkan, Halil Yazıcı, Aydın Türkmen, Mehmet Şükrü Sever. Low Versus Standard Dose of Rituximab in Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Primary Membranous Nephropathy: Does It Make Any Difference?. Turkish J Nephrol 2023; 32: 209-215
- Abdulmecit Yildiz, Sena Ulu, Aysegul Oruc, Ali Riza Ucar, Savas Ozturk, Selma Alagoz, Necmi Eren, Ismail Kocyigit, Simal Koksal Cevher, Ali Burak Haras, Abdullah Sumnu, Turgay Arinsoy, Garip Sahin, Gultekin Suleymanlar, Caner Cavdar, Gizem Kumru Sahin, Ilhan Kurultak, Abdulkadir Unsal, Gulizar Sahin, Sinan Kazan, Erhan Tatar, Mehmet Dıkec, Belda Dursun, Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Kultigin Turkmen, Ayse Serra Artan, Nimet Aktas, Zulfikar Yilmaz, Ahmet Behlul, Hamad Dheira, Sim Kutlay, Nurhan Seyahi. Clinical and pathologic features of primary membranous nephropathy in Turkey: a multicenter study by the Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Working Group. Renal Failure, 44:1, 1049-1060 (2022)
- Ahmet Burak Dirim, Erol Demir, Serap Yadigar, Nurana Garayeva, Ergun Parmaksiz, Seda Safak, Kubra Aydin Bahat, Ali Riza Ucar, Meric Oruc, Ozgur Akin Oto, Alpay Medetalibeyoglu, Seniha Basaran, Gunseli Orhun, Halil Yazici, Aydin Turkmen. COVID‑19 in chronic kidney disease: a retrospective, propensity score‑matched cohort study. International Urology and Nephrology (2021) 53:2117–2125
- Ozgur Akin Oto, Erol Demir, Safak Mirioglu, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Yasemin Ozluk, Egemen Cebeci, Taner Basturk, Ali Riza Ucar, Lala Soltanova, Kanan Nuriyev, Isin Kilicaslan, Halil Yazici, Yasar Caliskan. Clinical significance of glomerular C3 deposition in primary membranous nephropathy. J Nephrol 34, 581–587 (2021). Erol Demir, Murathan Uyar, Ergun Parmaksiz, Ayse Sinangil, Berna Yelken, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Ozgur Merhametsiz, Serap Yadigar, Zuhal Atan Ucar, Ali Riza Ucar, Mehmet Emin Demir, Meral Mese, Emin Baris Akin, Nurana Garayeva, Seda Safak, Ozgur Akin Oto, Halil Yazici, Aydin Turkmen. COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients: A multicenter experience in Istanbul. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020;22:e13371.
- Dirim AB, Demir E, Safak S, Garayeva N, Ucar AR, Oto OA, Yazici H, Medetalibeyoglu A, Kose M, Esen F, Simsek Yavuz S, Turkmen A. Hydroxychloroquine-Associated Hypoglycemia in Hemodialysis Patients With COVID-19. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Oct;5(10):1811-1814.
- Dirim AB, Demir E, Ucar AR, Garayeva N, Safak S, Oto OA, Yazici H, Alibeyoglu AM, Orhun G, Cagatay AA, Turkmen A. Fatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in a renal transplant recipient. CEN Case Rep. 2020 Nov;9(4):409-412.
- Bayraktar A, Catma Y, Akyildiz A, Demir E, Bakkaloglu H, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Usta Akgul S, Temurhan S, Gok AFK, Ozluk Y, Kilicaslan I, Oguz FS, Sever MS, Aydin AE, Turkmen A. Infectious Complications of Induction Therapies in Kidney Transplantation. Ann Transplant. 2019 Jul 12;24:412-417.
- Yalın SF, Eren N, Sinangil A, Yilmaz VT, Tatar E, Ucar AR, Sevinc M, Can Ö, Gurkan A, Arik N, Alisir Ecder S, Uyar M, Yasar M, Gulcicek S, Mese M, Dheir H, Cakir U, Köksal Cevher Ş, Turkmen K, Guven B, Guven Taymez D, Erkalma Senates B, Ecder T, Kocak H, Uslu A, Demir E, Basturk T, Ogutmen MB, Kinalp C, Dursun B, Bicik Bahcebasi Z, Sipahi S, Dede F, Oruc M, Caliskan Y, Genc A, Yelken B, Altıparmak MR, Turkmen A, Seyahi N. Fabry Disease Prevalence in Renal Replacement Therapy in Turkey. Nephron. 2019;142(1):26-33.
- Khishigsuren B, Demir E, Akgul SU, Temurhan S, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Catikkas NM, Bayraktar A, Caliskan Y, Yazıcı H, Oguz FS, Turkmen A, Sever MS. Panel Reactive Antibody Responses Against Influenza Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1115-1117.
- Aliyeva N, Demir E, Akgul SU, Temurhan S, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Bayraktar A, Catikkas NM, Erol A, Caliskan Y, Yazici H, Yelken B, Savran FO, Turkmen A. Effects of Rituximab on Atherosclerotic Biomarkers in Kidney Transplant Recipients. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1118-1120.
- Bayraktar A, Dirim AB, Bakkaloglu H, Kaan Gok AF, Demir E, Ucar AR, Turkmen A, Aydin AE. Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Recipient: A Case Report. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1187-1189.
- Eren N, Gungor O, Kocyigit I, Guzel FB, Erken E, Altunoren O, Tatar E, Eroglu E, Senel E, Kaya B, Paydaş S, Onan B, Sahin S, Yilmaz M, Ulu S, Gursu M, Ozkok A, Yildiz A, Kuraltak I, Ucar AR, Tanrisev M, Turgutalp K, Turan MN, Huzmeli C, Soypacaci Z, Akdam H, Huddam B, Adibelli Z, Kara E, Inci A, Turkmen E, Tekce H, Dogukan A, Turkmen A. Acute renal infarction in Turkey: a review of 121 cases. Int Urol Nephrol. 2018 Nov;50(11):2067-2072.
- Ucar AR, Demir E, Sever MS. Transplant Patients With Failing Renal Allografts. Exp Clin Transplant. 2018 Mar;16 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):4-8.
- Özbalak, M., Torun, E. S., Özdemirli, M., Uçar, A. R., Akpınar, T. S., Taşçıoğlu, C. and Ferhanoğlu, B. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor mimicking a relapse in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma: report of an unusual case and review of the literature. Clin Case Rep, 5: 945–949. doi:10.1002/ccr3.976
- Özgür Akın Oto, Şafak Mirioğlu, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Seda Şafak, Nurana Güller, Erol Demir, Ayşe Serra Artan, Mesude Yasemin Özlük, Ali Rıza Uçar, Lala Soltanova, Kanan Nuriyev, Halil Yazıcı, Yaşar Kerem Çalışkan. The importance of glomerular C3 accumulation in elderly patients with primary membranous nephropathy. J Ist Faculty Med (2022); 85(4):541-7.
- Timur Selçuk Akpınar, Ali Rıza Uçar, Murat Köse. Takayasu Arteritis Presenting with Syncope Attacks: Case report. Internal Medicine Journal 2013; 20: 149-150.
- Ezgi Pınar Özbalak, Şafak Mirioğlu, Ezgi Şahin, Yasemin Özlük, Ali Rıza Uçar, Halil Yazıcı, Işın Kılıçaslan, Sevgi Kalayoğlu-Beşışık. Remembering the Basics: A Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Proteinuria. Turk J Nephrol 2019; 28(2): 154-6
- Uçar AR, Yazıcı H. Renal physiology and chronic kidney disease. Artım Esen B, editor. Lupus Nephritis. 1st Edition. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2023. p.1-7.
- Ali Rıza Uçar, Savaş Öztürk. Glomerulonephritis and immunosuppressive treatment management in geriatric population. İbrahim Karayaylalı, editor. Geriatric Nephrology, 2023. p.133-145. 10.26650/B/CH12CH47.2023.014.12.
- Ali Rıza Uçar, Halil Yazıcı. Other causes of secondary hypertension. Özkan Güngör, editor. Turkish Nephrology Association Nephrology Book Volume 1, 2021. p661-669. 10.37609/akya.115
Resume
Education and Specialisation
- 2004-2010 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Doctor
- 2011-2015 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Specialist Doctor
- 2016-2020 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division, Specialist Doctor in Nephrology
Experience
- 2010-2011 Istanbul Başakşehir Community Health Centre – Başakşehir State Hospital
- 2016-2016 Kastamonu Cide State Hospital
- 2020-2022 Siirt Training and Research Hospital
- 2022-2025 Yeni Yüzyıl University Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
- 2025 İstinye University Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
Foreign Language
- English
Publications
- Sebahat Usta Akgül, Sonay Temurhan, Çiğdem Kekik Çınar, Hayriye Şentürk Çiftçi, Adem Bayraktar, Erol Demir, Ali Rıza Uçar, Hüseyin Bakkaloğlu, Aydın Türkmen, Fatma Savran Oğuz. Do xenogeneic anti-HLA-A3 antibody cause antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant? Turk J Nephrol. 2024;33(1):102-109.
- Şafak Mirioğlu, Arif Akyıldız, Ali Rıza Uçar, Ömür Uludağ, Yasemin &özlük, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Erol Demir, &özgür Akın Oto, Işın Kılıçaslan, Yaşar &çalışkan, Halil Yazıcı, Aydın Türkmen, Mehmet Şükrü Sever. Low Versus Standard Dose of Rituximab in Adult Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Primary Membranous Nephropathy: Does It Make Any Difference?. Turkish J Nephrol 2023; 32: 209-215
- Abdulmecit Yildiz, Sena Ulu, Aysegul Oruc, Ali Riza Ucar, Savas Ozturk, Selma Alagoz, Necmi Eren, Ismail Kocyigit, Simal Koksal Cevher, Ali Burak Haras, Abdullah Sumnu, Turgay Arinsoy, Garip Sahin, Gultekin Suleymanlar, Caner Cavdar, Gizem Kumru Sahin, Ilhan Kurultak, Abdulkadir Unsal, Gulizar Sahin, Sinan Kazan, Erhan Tatar, Mehmet Dıkec, Belda Dursun, Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Kultigin Turkmen, Ayse Serra Artan, Nimet Aktas, Zulfikar Yilmaz, Ahmet Behlul, Hamad Dheira, Sim Kutlay, Nurhan Seyahi. Clinical and pathologic features of primary membranous nephropathy in Turkey: a multicenter study by the Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Working Group. Renal Failure, 44:1, 1049-1060 (2022)
- Ahmet Burak Dirim, Erol Demir, Serap Yadigar, Nurana Garayeva, Ergun Parmaksiz, Seda Safak, Kubra Aydin Bahat, Ali Riza Ucar, Meric Oruc, Ozgur Akin Oto, Alpay Medetalibeyoglu, Seniha Basaran, Gunseli Orhun, Halil Yazici, Aydin Turkmen. COVID‑19 in chronic kidney disease: a retrospective, propensity score‑matched cohort study. International Urology and Nephrology (2021) 53:2117–2125
- Ozgur Akin Oto, Erol Demir, Safak Mirioglu, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Yasemin Ozluk, Egemen Cebeci, Taner Basturk, Ali Riza Ucar, Lala Soltanova, Kanan Nuriyev, Isin Kilicaslan, Halil Yazici, Yasar Caliskan. Clinical significance of glomerular C3 deposition in primary membranous nephropathy. J Nephrol 34, 581–587 (2021). Erol Demir, Murathan Uyar, Ergun Parmaksiz, Ayse Sinangil, Berna Yelken, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Ozgur Merhametsiz, Serap Yadigar, Zuhal Atan Ucar, Ali Riza Ucar, Mehmet Emin Demir, Meral Mese, Emin Baris Akin, Nurana Garayeva, Seda Safak, Ozgur Akin Oto, Halil Yazici, Aydin Turkmen. COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients: A multicenter experience in Istanbul. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020;22:e13371.
- Dirim AB, Demir E, Safak S, Garayeva N, Ucar AR, Oto OA, Yazici H, Medetalibeyoglu A, Kose M, Esen F, Simsek Yavuz S, Turkmen A. Hydroxychloroquine-Associated Hypoglycemia in Hemodialysis Patients With COVID-19. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Oct;5(10):1811-1814.
- Dirim AB, Demir E, Ucar AR, Garayeva N, Safak S, Oto OA, Yazici H, Alibeyoglu AM, Orhun G, Cagatay AA, Turkmen A. Fatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in a renal transplant recipient. CEN Case Rep. 2020 Nov;9(4):409-412.
- Bayraktar A, Catma Y, Akyildiz A, Demir E, Bakkaloglu H, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Usta Akgul S, Temurhan S, Gok AFK, Ozluk Y, Kilicaslan I, Oguz FS, Sever MS, Aydin AE, Turkmen A. Infectious Complications of Induction Therapies in Kidney Transplantation. Ann Transplant. 2019 Jul 12;24:412-417.
- Yalın SF, Eren N, Sinangil A, Yilmaz VT, Tatar E, Ucar AR, Sevinc M, Can Ö, Gurkan A, Arik N, Alisir Ecder S, Uyar M, Yasar M, Gulcicek S, Mese M, Dheir H, Cakir U, Köksal Cevher Ş, Turkmen K, Guven B, Guven Taymez D, Erkalma Senates B, Ecder T, Kocak H, Uslu A, Demir E, Basturk T, Ogutmen MB, Kinalp C, Dursun B, Bicik Bahcebasi Z, Sipahi S, Dede F, Oruc M, Caliskan Y, Genc A, Yelken B, Altıparmak MR, Turkmen A, Seyahi N. Fabry Disease Prevalence in Renal Replacement Therapy in Turkey. Nephron. 2019;142(1):26-33.
- Khishigsuren B, Demir E, Akgul SU, Temurhan S, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Catikkas NM, Bayraktar A, Caliskan Y, Yazıcı H, Oguz FS, Turkmen A, Sever MS. Panel Reactive Antibody Responses Against Influenza Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1115-1117.
- Aliyeva N, Demir E, Akgul SU, Temurhan S, Ucar AR, Dirim AB, Bayraktar A, Catikkas NM, Erol A, Caliskan Y, Yazici H, Yelken B, Savran FO, Turkmen A. Effects of Rituximab on Atherosclerotic Biomarkers in Kidney Transplant Recipients. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1118-1120.
- Bayraktar A, Dirim AB, Bakkaloglu H, Kaan Gok AF, Demir E, Ucar AR, Turkmen A, Aydin AE. Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Recipient: A Case Report. TransplantProc. 2019 May;51(4):1187-1189.
- Eren N, Gungor O, Kocyigit I, Guzel FB, Erken E, Altunoren O, Tatar E, Eroglu E, Senel E, Kaya B, Paydaş S, Onan B, Sahin S, Yilmaz M, Ulu S, Gursu M, Ozkok A, Yildiz A, Kuraltak I, Ucar AR, Tanrisev M, Turgutalp K, Turan MN, Huzmeli C, Soypacaci Z, Akdam H, Huddam B, Adibelli Z, Kara E, Inci A, Turkmen E, Tekce H, Dogukan A, Turkmen A. Acute renal infarction in Turkey: a review of 121 cases. Int Urol Nephrol. 2018 Nov;50(11):2067-2072.
- Ucar AR, Demir E, Sever MS. Transplant Patients With Failing Renal Allografts. Exp Clin Transplant. 2018 Mar;16 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):4-8.
- Özbalak, M., Torun, E. S., Özdemirli, M., Uçar, A. R., Akpınar, T. S., Taşçıoğlu, C. and Ferhanoğlu, B. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor mimicking a relapse in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma: report of an unusual case and review of the literature. Clin Case Rep, 5: 945–949. doi:10.1002/ccr3.976
- Özgür Akın Oto, Şafak Mirioğlu, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Seda Şafak, Nurana Güller, Erol Demir, Ayşe Serra Artan, Mesude Yasemin Özlük, Ali Rıza Uçar, Lala Soltanova, Kanan Nuriyev, Halil Yazıcı, Yaşar Kerem Çalışkan. The importance of glomerular C3 accumulation in elderly patients with primary membranous nephropathy. J Ist Faculty Med (2022); 85(4):541-7.
- Timur Selçuk Akpınar, Ali Rıza Uçar, Murat Köse. Takayasu Arteritis Presenting with Syncope Attacks: Case report. Internal Medicine Journal 2013; 20: 149-150.
- Ezgi Pınar Özbalak, Şafak Mirioğlu, Ezgi Şahin, Yasemin Özlük, Ali Rıza Uçar, Halil Yazıcı, Işın Kılıçaslan, Sevgi Kalayoğlu-Beşışık. Remembering the Basics: A Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Proteinuria. Turk J Nephrol 2019; 28(2): 154-6
- Uçar AR, Yazıcı H. Renal physiology and chronic kidney disease. Artım Esen B, editor. Lupus Nephritis. 1st Edition. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2023. p.1-7.
- Ali Rıza Uçar, Savaş Öztürk. Glomerulonephritis and immunosuppressive treatment management in geriatric population. İbrahim Karayaylalı, editor. Geriatric Nephrology, 2023. p.133-145. 10.26650/B/CH12CH47.2023.014.12.
- Ali Rıza Uçar, Halil Yazıcı. Other causes of secondary hypertension. Özkan Güngör, editor. Turkish Nephrology Association Nephrology Book Volume 1, 2021. p661-669. 10.37609/akya.115
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