Assoc. Prof. MD. Murat Bulut Özkan

Training

• 2011–2016, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Specialist Training in General Surgery
• 2003–2009, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Education

Work Experience

• 2009–2010, Zonguldak Devrek Yazıcıoğlu Health Centre, General Practitioner
• 2011–2016 Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Resident
• 2016–2018 Ankara Gölbaşı Şehit Ahmet Özsoy State Hospital, Consultant General Surgeon
• 2018–2022 Hitit University Department of General Surgery, Lecturer
• 2022–2023 Department of General Surgery, Hitit University, Associate Professor
• 2023–2023 Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Associate Professor
• 2023–2026 Ankara Özel Güven Hospital, Associate Professor
• 2026 – VM Medicalpark Ankara, Associate Professor

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Surgical Association
• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association
• Turkish Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Association
• Endocrine Surgery Association
• Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Turkish Hernia Society
  

Professional Awards and Honours

• First Place in the Oral Examination for the Turkish Surgical Association’s Qualification Exam
• Certificate of Honour, Ankara Gölbaşı State Hospital, Public Hospitals Agency, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey
  

Conference Organisation

• Turkish Society of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Çorum Regional Meeting, March 2020
  

Professional Training and Courses Attended

• Turkish Surgical Association Basic Surgical Training Course, March 2011.
• Turkish Surgical Association Stapler Training and Use Course, November 2013.
• Turkish Surgical Association Vascular and Other Interventional Procedures Course, September 2014.
• Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Colorectal Surgery Anatomy Course, February 2015.
• Turkish Surgical Association Vascular Surgery Course, March 2015.
• Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course, May 2015.
• Ankara Breast Diseases Association Course on Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis, March 2019
• Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course, October 2021
• Robotic Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course, November 2021
• Robotic Colorectal Surgery Course, December 2021
• 8th Hernia School, December 2021
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Workshop, Belgium, May 2022
• Hands-On CadaverLab Workshop for Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Vestibular Approach (TOETVA), September 2022
• Senatürk IREBS Breast Reconstructive Surgery Workshop, September 2022
  

• 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals
• 31 papers presented at international scientific conferences and included in the conference proceedings
• Chapter authorship in 7 national and international books
• 6 presentations delivered at national and international congresses and conferences

Roles in Research Projects

• Consultancy: Student Audit and Research in Surgery (STARSurg) Collaborative and European Surgical (EuroSurg) Collaborative. CArdiovaSCulAr outcomes after major abDominal surgEry: study protocol for a multicentre, observational, prospective, international audit of postoperative cardiac complications following major abdominal surgery. Br J Anaesth. May 2022;128(5):e324–e327. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.012. Epub 21 March 2022. PMID: 35331543.