Prof. MD. Gülşah Balık

Education

• BACHELOR’S DEGREE: ULUDAĞ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE / 1992–1998
• SPECIALISATION IN MEDICINE: OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY / TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE / 2000–2005

EXPERIENCE

• 2000–2005 Research Assistant, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine / Edirne
• 2005–2009 Specialist Doctor, Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey Children’s and Maternity Hospital / Karaman
• 2009–2011 Specialist Doctor, Rize 82nd Anniversary State Hospital
• 2011–2016 Assistant Professor, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine / Rize
• 2016–2019 Associate Professor RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE/ RİZE 
• 2019–2024 Professor Dr, MedicalPark Yıldızlı Hospital / Trabzon
• 2024–2026 Professor, Private Clinic / TRABZON
• 2026– Professor, MedicalPark Trabzon Hospital / TRABZON

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Turkish Medical Association
• Turkish Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
• Institute of Functional Medicine

CERTIFICATES

• CERTIFICATE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ART) / Turkish Ministry of Health
• EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE CLINICIAN TRAINING / Turkish Ministry of Health
• OZONE THERAPY / Turkish Ministry of Health / GETAT / ISTANBUL
• MESOTHERAPY / Turkish Ministry of Health / GETAT / ISTANBUL
• EPIGENETIC COACHING

JURY MEMBERSHIPS

• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Sabri Çolak / 2013
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Sabri Çolak / 2013
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Uğur Çobanoğlu / 2013
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Osman Doğan / 2014
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Mehmet Kağıtçı / 2014
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Aydın Çoşkun / 2015
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Halit Aslan / 2017
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Halit Aslan / 2017
• Doctoral, Proficiency in Art, Medical Specialty Examination Jury. Research Assistant Dr. Ercan Zengin / 2017
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) / Research Assistant Dr. Tuba Bıyık / 2019
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) / Research Assistant Dr. Neşe Türkmen / 2019
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) / Research Assistant Dr. Hakan Kızılet / 2019
• Doctoral Dissertation Evaluation Jury. Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) / Research Assistant Dr. Erhan Hüseyin Cömert / 2019

ART AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES

• F1. National Workshop. Urogynecologic Surgery Workshop, Transvaginal-Obturator Midurethral Sling Operation / 22–23 June 2013 / Rize
• Organizing Committee. (İsmail Mete İtil, Gülşah Balık). Venue: Operating Room, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Training and Research Hospital, Rize.
• F2. National Workshop. Urogynecologic Surgery Workshop: Transvaginal-Obturator Midurethral Sling Operation / 22–23 June 2013 / Rize. Organizing Committee: Fuat Demirci, Fulya Dökmeci, Emine Seda G. Güven, Figen Kır Şahin, Işık Üstüner, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin. Venue: Conference Hall, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Training and Research Hospital, Rize.
• F3. Current Status of HPV Vaccines. Speaker. 8th TJOD Residents' School / 23 October 2016 / Antalya
• F4. Surgical Approach to Placental Adhesion Abnormalities. Speaker. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 9 February 2017 / Rize
• F5. Use of New Technologies in IVF. Organization / Session Chair. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 16 March 2017 / Rize
• F6. Current Approach to Recurrent Vaginitis. Speaker. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 5 April 2017 / Rize
• F7. Fetal Echocardiography and Perinatology Course/Symposium. Organization / Session Chair. Rize Branch of TJOD / 30 April 2017 / Rize
• F8. Evaluation of Patients with Urinary Incontinence. Organization / Session Chair. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 25 May 2017 / Rize
• F9. Current Approach to Gynecologic and Obstetric Hemorrhage. Session Chair / 13 February 2018 / Rize
• F10. Hysteroscopy Workshop. Session Chair. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 14 May 2018 / Rize
• F11. Medical and Surgical Approach to Urinary Incontinence. Organization / Session Chair. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 17 April 2018 / Rize
• F12. Surgical Hysterectomy Course. Course Directors: Yakup Kumtepe, Gülşah Balık. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine / Course Director / 1 March 2018 / Erzurum
• F13. 7th Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Gülşah Balık–Faruk Buyru / Session Chair / 4 March 2018 / Erzurum
• F14. 7th Symposium and Workshop on Gynecologic Endoscopy. 13th Session. Hulusi Gürel–Gülşah Balık / Session Chair / 11 March 2018 / Bursa
• F15. PID Management. Session Chair. TJOD Residents' School / 2018 / Samsun
• F16. Screening for Aneuploidy in Pregnancy. Organization / Session Chair. Monthly Meeting of the Rize Branch of TJOD / 16 February 2017 / Rize
• F17. Eastern Black Sea Urogynecology Days. Session Chair / 24–25 February 2018 / Giresun
• F18. Hysteroscopic Surgery in All Aspects. Session Chair / 24 April 2019 / Trabzon
• F19. Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery and Suturing Workshop. Session Chair / 30 September 2018 / Trabzon
• F20. Meeting on the Prevention of Maternal Mortality. Speaker: Definition and Causes of Maternal Mortality / 5 May 2019 / Trabzon
• F21. Black Sea Women's Health Congress. Oral Presentation / Session Chair / 2019 / Samsun
• F22. Current Approach to Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy. Session Chair. TJOD Rize Branch / 2019 / Rize
• F23. Antioxidant Use in Infertile Couples. Session Chair. TJOD Rize Branch / 2019 / Rize
• F24. National Congress of Reproductive Health and Infertility. Session Chair. TSRM / 2018 / Antalya

A. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

A1. Cenk Sayın, Tunç Canda, Betül Aydın, Gülşah Özden Balık, Füsun Varol. Transient Pituitary Insufficiency in the Acute Postpartum State Mimicking Sheehan Syndrome. The Endocrinologist. 2006; 16(4):191–192.

A2. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Işık Üstüner, Funda Akpınar, Emine S. Güvendağ Güven. Which Endometrial Pathologies Need Intraoperative Frozen Sections? Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2013;14(10):6121–6125.

A3. Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Evren Üstüner, Ebru Düşünceli Atman, Ayşe Filiz Avşar. Spontaneous Intraamniotic Hemorrhage in the Second Trimester Mimicking an Abdominal Wall Defect. JTGGA. 2013;14:109–112.

A4. Turgay Emet, Işık Üstüner, Seda Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Şenol Şentürk, Figen Kır Şahin, Ayşe Filiz Avşar. Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins During Pregnancy and Related Pregnancy Outcomes. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2013;288:49–55.

A5. Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Recep Bedir, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Emine Seda Güven. Appendix and Uterus Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2013;2013:474891.

A6. Hakkı Uzun, Sabri Oğullar, Serap Baydur, Orhan Ünal Zorba, G. Akça, Sümer F., Güney U.M., Gülşah Balık. Increased Bladder Wall Thickness in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Women with Overactive Bladder. International Neurourology Journal. 2013 Jun;17(2):67–72.

A7. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Uğur Çobanoğlu, Figen Kır Şahin. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Postpartum Preeclamptic Woman without Seizure. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2014;657903.

A8. Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin. Is There a Relationship between Mood Disorders and Dysmenorrhea? Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

A9. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Sabri Çolak. Could Platelet Distribution Width Be a Predictive Marker for Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage? Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014 Aug;290(2):233–236.

A10. Şenol Şentürk, Pelin Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Ülkü Mete Ural, Figen Kır Şahin. Labial Adhesion with Acute Urinary Retention Secondary to Vaginitis. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2014.

A11. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Management of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy with Suction Curettage: A Report of Four Cases and Review of the Literature. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014;289(6):1171–1175.

A12. Serap Baydur, Teslime Ayaz, Medine Cumhur Cüre, Hacer Sezgin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 and Its Relation to Metabolic Parameters in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation. 2014 Sep;74(6):465–469.

A13. Figen Kır Şahin, Serap Baydur Şahin, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Medine Cumhur Cüre, Şenol Şentürk, Süleyman Yüce, Erkan Cüre. Does Low Pentraxin-3 Level Associate with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Obesity? International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 2014;7(10):3512–3519.

A14. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Diagnosed Preoperatively by Cervical Smear. Annals of Saudi Medicine. 2014;34(4):444–446.

A15. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Sabri Balık, Işık Üstüner, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Hand and Wrist Complaints in Pregnancy. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014.

A16. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Evaluation of Female Sexual Function Index and Associated Factors among Married Women in the Northeastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2014 Sep;11(3):153–158.

A17. Topcu A., Balık G., Atak M., Mercantepe T., Uydu H.A., Tümkaya L. (2019). An Investigation of the Effects of Metformin on Ovarian Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 865:172790.

A18. Balık M.S., Tümkaya L., Şehitoğlu İ., Kalkan Y., Yılmaz A., Balık G. (2019). Effects of 900 MHz Electromagnetic Field on Prenatal Locomotor Development in Rats. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 12(3):2364–2373.

A19. Turan A., Çeliker F., Balık G., Ural Ü.M. A Spectrum of Rare Fetal Pathologies: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion-Weighted Images with Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values. Indian Journal of Research. 2019;8(1).

A20. Balık M.S., Çeliker F.B., Tümkaya L., Mercantepe T., Topcu A., Şahin R., Balık G. (2022). Comparison of Linear versus Macrocyclic Gadolinium Chelates in Rat Skeletal Muscle. North Clinical Istanb. 2022;9(6):632–637.

A21. M. Kağıtçı, G. Balık, Ş. Şentürk, Y.B. Tekin, Ü.M. Ural, F.K. Şahin, E.S.G. Güven. Comparison of Carotid Intima-Media Thicknesses at Gestational Weeks 24–26 and 36–38 in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes. Eastern Journal of Medicine. 28(4):618–622.

B. PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

B1. Petek Balkanlı Kaplan, Fatih Güçer, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Ali Yüce. Reasons for First-Time Visits to Menopause Clinics and Knowledge About HRT among Women. 6th National, 3rd International Congress on Menopause & Osteoporosis, 19–23 May 2004, Antalya.

B2. Petek Balkanlı Kaplan, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Burcu Tokuç, Ali Yüce. HRT Use and the Effects of Reproductive Factors on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women. 4th International Congress of Reproductive Health & Family Planning, 20–23 April 2005, Ankara.

B3. Petek Balkanlı Kaplan, Nermin Tunçbilek, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Ömür Ökten, Burcu Tokuç. The Effects of Reproductive Factors on Mammographic Breast Density in Postmenopausal Women. 4th International Congress of Reproductive Health & Family Planning, 20–23 April 2005, Ankara.

B4. Burcu Tokuç, Petek Balkanlı Kaplan, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Hatice Gül. Quality of Life among Women Attending a Menopause Clinic. 4th International Congress of Reproductive Health & Family Planning, 20–23 April 2005, Ankara.

B5. Gülşah Balık, Füsun Varol, Cenk Sayın. Relationship between Venous Doppler and Perinatal Outcomes in Fetal Growth Restriction. XVIII FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 5–10 November 2006, Malaysia.

B6. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Recep Bedir, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Comparison of Agreement of VIA and Colposcopy Localization of Cervical Biopsy in Cervical Intraepithelial Lesions. 15th World Congress for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy, 26–30 May 2014, London, UK.

B7. Şenol Şentürk, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural. Angular Pregnancy with Intrauterine Device. 11th Congress of the Mediterranean Association for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9–12 October 2014, Antalya.

B8. Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Zeynep Serdaoğlu Uzuner, Figen Kır Şahin. Prenatal Diagnosis of a Fetal Ovarian Cyst. 11th Congress of the Mediterranean Association for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9–12 October 2014, Antalya.

B9. Şenol Şentürk, Ülkü Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. Cesarean Scar Pregnancy. 11th Congress of the Mediterranean Association for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9–12 October 2014, Antalya.

C. AUTHORSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL BOOK CHAPTERS

C1. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık. Bacterial Vaginosis. In: Handbook of Vaginitis. Modern Tıp Kitabevi, Editor: Ayşe Filiz Yavuz Avşar, Turkish scientific book, Ankara, pp. 120–122, 2014. Book Chapter.

D. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

D1. Burcu Tokuç, Petek Balkanlı-Kaplan, Gülşah Özden (Balık). Quality of Life among Women Attending Trakya University Hospital Menopause Clinic. Journal of Turkish Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2006;3(4):281–287.

D2. Petek Balkanlı-Kaplan, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Burcu Tokuç, M. Ali Yüce. Hormone Replacement Therapy Process and Effects of Reproductive Factors on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women. Balkan Medical Journal. 2007;24:36–42.

D3. Gülşah Balık, Ahmet Fikret Yücel, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Due to Pelvic Hematoma Developing after Hysterectomy: A Case Report. Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2013;23(4):261–265.

D4. Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Şenol Şentürk, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Figen Kır Şahin. Seroprevalence of HBsAg, Anti-HBs and Anti-HCV in Pregnant Women. Dicle Medical Journal. 2013;40(2):254–257.

D5. Recep Bedir, Hasan Güçer, İbrahim Şehitoğlu, Pelin Bağcı, Cüneyt Yurdakul, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı. Mature Cystic Teratomas of the Ovary: A Clinicopathological Study and Retrospective Review of Our Series. Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2013;23(4):225–230.

D6. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Fetal Adrenal Hematoma: A Case Report. Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Gynecology. 2013.

D7. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Seda Güvendağ Güven. Fetal Intra-abdominal Umbilical Vein Aneurysm. Perinatology Journal. 2013;24(1):36–42.

D8. Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Hasan Güçer, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Pelvic Tuberculosis Presenting with Pyometra in a Postmenopausal Woman. Ege Medical Journal. 2014;53(1):53–55.

D9. Işık Üstüner, Evren Üstüner, Ebru Düşünceli Atman, Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, E. Seda Güvendağ Güven. Anterior Abdominal Wall Scar Endometriosis: Case Series and Review of Imaging Modalities. Journal of the Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2014;11(1):71–78.

D10. Ahmet Şen, Gülşah Balık, Başar Erguvanlı, Sertan Kantaroğlu. Combined Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia for Ovarian Cancer in a Patient with Muscular Dystrophy. Abant Medical Journal. 3(2):195–197.

D11. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Osman Deniz Doğan, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Is Analgesic Use Necessary for Pain Control during Saline Infusion Sonohysterography in Premenopausal Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding? Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014;24(3):266.

D12. Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Işık Üstüner, Ülkü Mete Ural, E. Seda Güvendağ Güven. Management of Vaginal Stenosis during Pregnancy: A Case Report. The Medical Journal of Göztepe Training and Research Hospital. 2014;29(2):129–132.

D13. Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Cüneyt Yurdakul, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Sclerosing Stromal Tumor of the Ovary with Torsion in a Postmenopausal Woman with Elevated Serum CA-125 Levels. Eastern Journal of Medicine. 2014;19:51–53.

D14. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Hasan Güçer. Evaluation of Abnormal Cervical Cytology Results in Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Turkish Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 2014;2:20–24.

D15. Şentürk Ş., Balık G., Şahin F.K., Kağıtçı M. (2023). Epidermolysis Bullosa and Pyloric Atresia. Rize Medical Journal. 2023;1(1):16–18.

D16. Kağıtçı M., Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk. Four-Week Continued Pregnancy Following the Miscarriage of One Fetus in a Twin Pregnancy. Rize Medical Journal. 2023;1(3):49–56.

E. PAPERS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS

E1. Gülşah Özden (Balık), Cenk Sayın, Füsun Varol, Turgut Yardım. The Effects of Antenatal Follow-up and Treatment on Perinatal Outcomes. Prenatal Preparation Course, Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Perinatology, 9–12 October 2003, İzmir.

E2. Gülşah Özden (Balık), Petek Balkanlı Kaplan. Our Short-Term Clinical Outcomes of Transobturator Tape (TOT) in the Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Incontinence. 3rd National Urogynecology Congress, 23 September 2005, İstanbul.

E3. Cenk Sayın, Betül Altun, Gülşah Özden (Balık), Füsun Varol. Transient Pituitary Insufficiency Mimicking Sheehan Syndrome: A Case Report. 7th Uludağ Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 13–16 January 2005, Bursa.

E4. Balkanlı Kaplan, Gülşah Balık, A. Tosun, B. Tokuç, B. Çakır. Evaluation of Pelvic Anatomical Changes in Stress-Incontinent Women after the Transobturator Tape (TOT) Procedure Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 5th National Obstetrics and Gynecology Congress, 16–21 May 2006, Antalya.

E5. Ayşegül Çopur Çiçek, Zeynep Şentürk Köksal, Gülşah Balık, Ayşe Ertürk. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma, Rubella and Cytomegalovirus in Women of Reproductive Age in Rize. 1st Clinical Microbiology Congress, 12–16 November 2011, Antalya.

E6. Ahmet Şen, Gülşah Balık, Başar Erdivanlı, Sertan Kantaroğlu. Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia in a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy. 6th National Congress of the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, 7–11 November 2012, Kyrenia.

E7. Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Sabri Çolak. Ovarian Leiomyoma. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1–4 March 2012, Erzurum.

E8. Gülşah Balık, Ahmet Fikret Yücel, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yakup Tomak, Turgay Emet. Ileus and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Due to Pelvic Hematoma Developing after Hysterectomy: A Case Report. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1–4 March 2012, Erzurum.

E9. Gülşah Balık, Yakup Tomak, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Turgay Emet. Fatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Patient with Postpartum HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1–4 March 2012, Erzurum.

E10. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Cesarean Scar Pregnancy. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1–4 March 2012, Erzurum.

E11. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Fetal Intra-abdominal Umbilical Vein Aneurysm. 8th Congress of Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasonography, 26–30 September 2012, Fethiye.

E12. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Roberts-SC Phocomelia Syndrome. 8th Congress of Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasonography, 26–30 September 2012, Fethiye.

E13. Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, İbrahim Şehitoğlu, Işık Üstüner. Primary Tubal Carcinoma Detected by Cervical Smear: A Case Report. 10th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 9–13 May 2012, Antalya.

E14. Funda Akpınar, Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. The Effect of B-Lynch Suture on Future Fertility Potential. 10th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 9–13 May 2012, Antalya. [Funda Akpınar: Oral Presentation]

E15. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık. Evaluation of Abnormal Cervical Cytology Results in Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E16. Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Evren Üstüner, Ebru Düşünceli Atman, Ayşe Filiz Avşar. Spontaneous Intraamniotic Hemorrhage in the Second Trimester Mimicking an Abdominal Wall Defect. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E17. Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Recep Bedir, Figen Kır Şahin. Cotyledonoid Leiomyoma: A Case Report. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E18. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner. De Novo Pelvic Varicocele Developing after Hysterectomy: A Case Report. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E19. Funda Akpınar, E. Seda Güvendağ Güven, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Gülşah Balık, Hasan Güçer. Histopathological Analysis of First-Trimester Abortion Material. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E20. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Gülşah Balık, Işık Üstüner, Figen Kır Şahin. Is Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) a Specific Indicator of Coagulation in Patients with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss? 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E21. Necati Bulmuş, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Şenol Şentürk, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Serap Baydur Şahin. Thyroid Diseases in Pregnancy. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E22. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Assessment of Knowledge about Emergency Contraception among Women of Reproductive Age. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E23. Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Figen Kır Şahin, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Hasan Güçer. Intravenous Leiomyomatosis: A Case Report. 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa.

E24. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Figen Kır Şahin. Evaluation of Clitoral Arterial Blood Flow in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. 4th Congress of the Reproductive Medicine Association, 26–29 September 2013, İstanbul.

E25. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Işık Üstüner, Osman Deniz Doğan, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. The Role of Hypoxia in Primary Dysmenorrhea. 4th Congress of the Reproductive Medicine Association, 26–29 September 2013, İstanbul.

E26. Şenol Şentürk, Pelin Üstüner, Emine S. Güvendağ Güven, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Işık Üstüner. Globular Bladder Secondary to Labial Synechia. 6th National Urogynecology Congress, 23–26 November 2013, İstanbul.

E27. Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Şenol Şentürk, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Işık Üstüner, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin. Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Pregnant Women. 6th National Urogynecology Congress, 23–26 November 2013, İstanbul. [Oral Presentation]

E28. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Osman Deniz Doğan, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Işık Üstüner, Figen Kır Şahin. Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Urge Incontinence in the Eastern Black Sea Region. 6th National Urogynecology Congress, 23–26 November 2013, İstanbul.

E29. Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin. Vaginal Cuff Inclusion Cyst. 6th National Urogynecology Congress, 23–26 November 2013, İstanbul.

E30. Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Şenol Şentürk, Figen Kır Şahin. Prevalence of Anemia and Analysis of Certain Hematological Parameters in Term Pregnant Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5–8 March 2014, Erzurum.

E31. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Is Random Biopsy Necessary in Cytology-Colposcopy Discordance? Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5–8 March 2014, Erzurum.

E32. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Assessment of Anxiety Levels in Women with Abnormal Cervical Cytology. Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5–8 March 2014, Erzurum.

E33. Osman Doğan, Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Figen Kır Şahin, Gülşah Balık, Seda Güvendağ Güven. Comparison of Transobturator Tape and Functional Electrical Stimulation Methods in the Management of Pure Stress Incontinence. X. Turkish-German Gynecology Congress, 30 April–4 May 2014, Antalya.

E34. Vaner Köksal, Selim Kayacı, Recep Bedir, Gülşah Balık. Supratentorial Extraventricular Anaplastic Ependymoma Presenting with Clinical Findings in the Postpartum Period: A Case Report. 28th Scientific Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, 2014.

E35. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Evaluation of Colposcopy Results in ASC-US Cases. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E36. Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Relationship between Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy and Social Support, Personality Traits, and Mood Disorders. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E37. Zehra Nihal Dolgun, Aysun Karabulut, Özlem Bozoklu Akkar, Gülşah Balık, Abdulkadir Turgut, Remzi Atılgan, Burcu Tokuç, Petek Balkanlı Kaplan. Prevalence, Risk Factors and Regional Distribution of Pelvic Floor Disorders in Turkey. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E38. Şenol Şentürk, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Osman Doğan, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Vaginal Myomectomy in a Case of Cervical Intramural Myoma: A Case Report. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya. [Oral Presentation]

E39. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Recep Bedir, Figen Kır Şahin, Şenol Şentürk. Prevalence of Genital Tract Infectious Agents Detected by Pap Smear. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E40. Gülşah Balık, Zihni Açar Yazıcı, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnant Women. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E41. Gülşah Balık, Çiçek Hocaoğlu, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. The Effects of Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder on Quality of Life and Mood Disorders. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E42. Mehmet Kağıtçı, Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Recep Bedir. Evaluation of Endometrial Pathologies in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E43. Mehmet Sabri Balık, Gülşah Balık. Bone and Nerve Tissue Injuries Associated with Childbirth. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E44. Gülşah Balık, Ersagun Tuğcugil, Osman Deniz Doğan, Halit Aslan. Management of Hysterectomy under Spinal Anesthesia in a Patient with Sarcoidosis: A Case Report. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E45. Ülkü Mete Ural, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Aynur Kırbaş, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. Comparison of Maternal Blood Uric Acid Levels with Gestational Age in Normotensive Pregnant Women. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E46. Gülşah Balık, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Işık Üstüner, Figen Kır Şahin. Uterine Inversion Associated with Placenta Increta: A Rare Case Report. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya. [Oral Presentation]

E47. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Recep Bedir, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Evaluation of Cases in Which Mirena Was Inserted in Our Clinic. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E48. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Gülşah Balık, Osman Deniz Doğan, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Is Analgesic Use Necessary for Pain Control during Saline Infusion Sonohysterography in Premenopausal Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding? 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E49. Gülşah Balık, Serap Baydur Şahin, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin. Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Eastern Black Sea Region. 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress – 6th Congress of the Federation of Mediterranean Countries of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya.

E50. Şenol Şentürk, İbrahim Şehitoğlu, Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Figen Kır Şahin. Precancerous Lesion of the Cervix. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E51. Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Recep Bedir, Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin. Evaluation of Sexual Function in Women with Abnormal Cervical Cytology. 14th National Turkish Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E52. Gülşah Balık, Aysun Karabulut, Nihal Dolgun Altınbaş, Remzi Atılgan, Abdulkadir Turgut, Abdullah Boztosun, Petek Balkanlı Kaplan. Perception of Pap Smear and HPV Awareness in Turkey. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E53. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Şenol Şentürk, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Mehmet Fatih İnecikli. Torsioned Ovarian Cyst in the Postmenopausal Period. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E54. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Şenol Şentürk, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Recep Bedir. Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Developing on a Polyp in the Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Periods. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E55. Gülşah Balık, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Şenol Şentürk, Mehmet Kağıtçı. Colon Cancer Metastasizing to the Ovary Presenting as Acute Abdomen. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E56. Gülşah Balık, Recep Bedir, Ülkü Mete Ural, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Hasan Güçer. A Case of Atypical Endometriosis of the Ovary. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E57. Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Recep Bedir, Figen Kır Şahin. Ovarian Serous Cystadenofibroma in the Postmenopausal Period: A Case Report. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E58. Gülşah Balık, Şenol Şentürk, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Mucinous Carcinoma Developing on a Background of Adenofibroma: A Case Report. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E59. Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Ahmet Şen, Figen Kır Şahin. Pregnancy and Adnexal Mass. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

E60. Şenol Şentürk, Gülşah Balık, Mehmet Kağıtçı, Recep Bedir, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven. Evaluation of Cervical Smear Results in Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region. 14th National Gynecologic Oncology Congress, 24 November 2014, Antalya.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS PARTICIPATION

• 6th National, 3rd International Congress on Menopause & Osteoporosis, 19–23 May 2004, Antalya
• 8th National Congress of Reproductive Health and Infertility (TSRM), November 2018, Antalya
• 13th World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization, Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, 26–29 May 2005, İstanbul
• VII. Turkish-German Gynecology Association Congress, 16–20 May 2007, Antalya
• Congress on Pelvic Floor Health and Voiding Disorders, 30 October–3 November 2007
• 3rd National Congress of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 16–19 October 2008, Antalya
• IX. Turkish-German Gynecology Association Congress, 4–8 May 2011, Antalya
• TAJEV Social Responsibility Project – Colposcopy Course conducted במסגרת the “Just for Me” Project, 7–8 June, Rize
• 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa
• 4th Minimally Invasive Gynecology Symposium and Workshop, 12–15 January 2012, Bursa
• Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1–4 March 2012, Erzurum
• 10th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 9–13 May 2012, Antalya
• EUGA 6th Leading Lights in Urogynaecology, 21–23 November 2013, Germany
• 6th National Urogynecology Congress, 23–26 November 2013, İstanbul
• 11th Uludağ Winter Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 7–10 March 2013, Bursa
• 12th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya
• 14th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 15–19 May 2014, Antalya
• COGI, 24th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, November 2016, Amsterdam
• 16th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 9–13 May 2018, Antalya
• 25th European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology & 15th Congress of the Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 17–21 May 2017, Titanic Deluxe Hotel, Antalya, Turkey
• 7th Palandöken Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2–4 March 2018, Erzurum
• 7th Symposium and Workshop on Gynecologic Endoscopy, 8–11 March 2018, Bursa
• 6th Acıbadem Obstetrics and Gynecology Days, 6–8 April 2018, İstanbul
• Post-Screening Diagnostic Training – Cervical Pathologies and Colposcopy Course, 28–29 June 2018, İstanbul
• Black Sea Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Duty/Official Assignment), 12–15 April 2018, Samsun
• “Long Live Mothers, Mothers Long Live” – 2nd TJOD Symposium, 2–3 November 2018, Ankara
• TJOD 8th Residents' School – Current Approach to HPV Vaccines, Antalya
• 17th National Gynecology and Obstetrics Congress, 24–28 April 2018, Antalya
• Black Sea Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 12–15 April 2019, Samsun
• 14th Uludağ Winter Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 7–10 March 2019, Bursa
• 7th Acıbadem Obstetrics and Gynecology Days, 28–30 March 2019, İstanbul