Assoc. Prof. MD. Buğra Tolga Konduk

Education and Specialization

• 1997 Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
• 2001 Istanbul Şişli Etfal Training Hospital, Medical Specialization
• 2008 Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Subspecialty

Experience

• 2001-2004 Istanbul Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Chief Assistant
• 2004-2008 Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Subspecialty
• 2008-2010 Tokat State Hospital
• 2010-2013 TDV 29 Mayıs Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2013-2014 Medistate Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2014-2014 Acıbadem Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic
• 2014-2021 Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty Member
• 2021-2022 Memorial Şişli Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic, Istanbul
• 2017 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Observership in Gastroenterology, Obesity, and Advanced Endoscopy Techniques, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Scholarship from the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology; 4-month training with Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gürakar and Prof. Dr. Vivek Kumbhari)

Awards

• 2017 Best Student Poster Presentation Award, Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver
• 2019 Second Prize for Poster Presentation, Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver

Certificates

• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Update Course 2016, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Update Course Certificate, Istanbul, 31.03.2016 - 03.04.2016 (National)
• Advanced Interventional Endoscopy Workshop, Istanbul, 20.03.2015 - 21.03.2015 (National)
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) Postgraduate Training Program, participated in the Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) Postgraduate Training Program at Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterology Clinic, 01.11.2014 - 15.12.2014 (National)

Assessment

• Gastroenterology Proficiency Exam, awarded the Certificate of Achievement in the 5th Gastroenterology Proficiency Exam organized by the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology within the scope of the 31st National Gastroenterology Congress, Ankara, 24.11.2014 (National)

Congress, Symposium, and Scientific Meetings Attended and Presented At

• More than fifty scientific presentations

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Association
• TKAD (Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver)
• Member of the Istanbul Medical Chamber

Foreign Language Proficiency

• English

Subspecialty Thesis

• Konduk, B. T. (2008). The Relationship Between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Iron Deficiency Anemia. Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology.

Supervised Master's and Doctoral Theses

• No supervised master's or doctoral theses to date.

A. Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Konduk, B. T., & Gürakar, A. (2021). A New Endoscopic Approach for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Obesity Surgery, 31(5), 2103–2109.
• Konduk, B. T., Kumbhari, V., & Gürakar, A. (2020). Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Therapies: Current Evidence and Future Directions. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 12(8), 300–312.
• Konduk, B. T., & Gürakar, A. (2019). Management of Post-Liver Transplant Complications: An Endoscopic Perspective. Clinical Transplantation, 33(7), e13594.
• Konduk, B. T., & Gürakar, A. (2018). Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Bariatric Endoscopy: Current Status. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 52(10), 899–905.
• Konduk, B. T., Kumbhari, V., & Gürakar, A. (2017). Endoscopic Management of Obesity: Techniques, Efficacy, and Safety. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 23(45), 7977–7989.

C. Book Chapters

• Konduk, B. T. (2020). Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Interventions. In A. Gürakar & V. Kumbhari (Eds.), Advances in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (pp. 145–162). Springer, New York.
• Konduk, B. T. (2019). Endoscopic Management of Obesity. In V. Kumbhari & A. Gürakar (Eds.), Clinical Gastroenterology: Emerging Technologies and Applications (pp. 88–101). Elsevier, Amsterdam.

D. Articles Published in National Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Konduk, B. T. (2016). The Role of Endoscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obesity. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 27(4), 255–261.
• Konduk, B. T. (2015). Endoscopic Approaches in the Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 9(2), 122–128.
• Konduk, B. T. (2014). Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis: Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods. Turkish Journal of Hepatology, 6(1), 33–39.

E. Papers Presented at National Scientific Meetings and Published in Proceedings

• Konduk, B. T. (2019). Endoscopic Treatment Methods in Obesity and Metabolic Diseases. Presented at the 36th National Gastroenterology Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
• Konduk, B. T. (2018). The Use of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Gastrointestinal Diseases. Presented at the 35th National Gastroenterology Congress, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Konduk, B. T. (2017). Advanced Endoscopic Approaches in the Management of Liver Diseases. Presented at the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver Annual Meeting, Ankara, Turkey.