Assoc. Prof. MD. Nihan Turhan

Education and Specialization

• 2001-2008 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, English
• 2008-2014 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Medical Specialization
• January 2025 Associate Professorship
• 06.2017 Turkish Surgical Competency Certificate, Surgical Competency (National)

Experience

• 2014-2017 Ministry of Health, Yozgat Sorgun State Hospital, General Surgery Specialist Physician
• 2017-2018 Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, General Surgical Specialist Physician
• 2018 Sancaktepe Martyr Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Specialist Physician and Head Physician of Burn Unit

Courses and Certificates

• 10.2024 U.E.M.S. - EUROPEAN UNION OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS Section of Surgery & European Board of Surgery DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY, UEMS Breast Exam achievement certificate, Brussels, Certificate
• Turkish Colon and Rectum Surgery Association 22nd Selim Anorectal Diseases Course, Anorectal Diseases, Istanbul, Course, 24.02.2018-24.02.2018 (National)
• Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital Burn Treatment Center, Certificate of Achievement, Ankara, Certificate, 30.11.2017 -30.11.2017 (National)
• CDP Course Certificate Ziyasha Burn Skills Training Course, Burn Ski lls, Cape Town-South Africa, Certificate, 20.08.2018 -24.08.2018 (International)
• Turkish Surgical Association Venous Diseases and Endovascular Treatment Course, Venous Diseases and Endovascular Treatment, Ankara, Course, 29.04.2017-29.04.2017 (National) Diabetic Foot Training, Diabetic Foot Training, Ankara, Certificate, 01.01.2023 -31.01.2023 (National)
• 11th Medical Surgical Endocrinology Postgraduate Education Course, Medical Surgical Endocrinology, Antalya, Course, 15.11.2012-18.11.2012 (National)
• Preinvasive Breast Cancers Course, Preinvasive Breast Cancers, Ankara, Course, 14.04.2012 -14.04.2012 (National)
• IREBS 2022, Breast Cancer Surgery, Istanbul , Course, 10.09.2022 -11.09.2022 (International)
• International Senus Breast Surgical Ultrasound Course, Breast Surgery, Istanbul , Course, 21.10.2023 - 22.10.2023 (International)
• Senatürk Senology Academy Certificate of Clinical Attachment, Multidisciplinary Breast Health & oncoplastic Breast Surgery, Istanbul Certificate, 03.07.2023 -29.12.2023 (International)

Foreign Language

• English

National Articles

• Turhan Nihan, Duran Cengiz, Ertorul Didem, Bulut Batur Ülkü (2023). The Role of Frailty Score in Early Surgical Treatment of Elderly Cholecystitis Patients.  ;THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, 9(1), 108-115., Doi: 10.18621/eurj.1073632
• Turhan Nihan,Ertorul Didem,Zarbalıyev Elbrus,Coşkun Şafak,Yılmaz Dilek (2023). An Unusual Presentation of Huge Gastric Cystic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. BOZOK MEDICAL JOURNAL, 13(3), 90-93.
• Turhan  Nihan,Ertorul  Didem,Yılmaz  Dilek,Coşkun  Şafak,Zarbalıyev  Elbrus (2022).Clinical and Histopathological Findings in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Single  Center Results. NEW CENTURY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 3(3), 188-194., Doi: 10.46629/JMS.2022.92
• Turhan Nihan,Yılmaz Dilek,Yeşilyurt Levent (2022). Relationships of breast density with clinical and pathological findings in Turkish female patients with breast cancer. PAMUKKALE MEDICAL JOURNAL, 15(2), 309-317., Doi: 10.31362/patd.982998
• Turhan Nihan,ÇEtinkaya Erdinç,Akkapulu Nezih,Sayek İskender (2011). SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATION OF BREAST CARCINOMA WITH AXILLARY LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ARTS, 4(2), 12-14.
  

International Articles

• Turhan  Nihan,Memişoğlu  Ecem,Çoban  From the root  Şermin,Turan  Beautiful  Nalan,Zarbalıyev Elbrus (2024). Better Local Disease Control With Mastectomy in Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma: Findings of a Retrospective Cohort. CUREUS, 16(6), 1-11., Doi: 10.7759/cureus.61517
• Turhan Nihan,Sümen Selin Gamze,Zaman Taylan,Memişoğlu Ecem,Yılmaz Kerim Bora (2024). Would hyperbaric oxygen therapy be a supportive treatment method for refractory idiopathic granulomatous mastitis? ASIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 47(10), 4336- 4340., Doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.04.095 (Q1)
• Turhan Nihan, Yılmaz Osman Cem (2024). De Novo Triple Negative Breast Cancer Development in a Patient Who Had Lipofilling for Esthetic Reasons. BAGCILAR MEDICAL BULLETIN, 9(2), 147-150., Doi: 10.4274/BMB.galenos.2024.2024-01-09
• Zarbalıyev Elbrus, Turhan Nihan, Çelik Sebahattin, Çağlıkülekçi Mehmet (2024). Lymphovascular invasion in colorectal cancers: can we predict it preoperatively?. ANNALS OF COLOPROCTOLOGY, 40(3), 245-252., Doi: 10.3393/ac.2023.00458.0065
• Turhan Nihan,Ertorul Didem,Duran Cengiz,Kılıç Meryem Gözde, Kuzan Taha Yusuf, Yaşar Servan, Yılmaz Dilek, Zarbalıyev Elbrus (2024). Should Gallbladder Pathologies Be Investigated in Patients With Colon Polyps?. CUREUS, 16(10), 1-7., Doi: 10.7759/cureus.71545
• Turhan Nihan (2024). Surgical Treatment in Young Breast Cancer Patients is Challenging.            BAGCILAR   MEDICAL   BULLETIN,   9(3),                                               237-
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• Turhan Nihan, Ciğer Abdulkadir (2023). Evaluation of ABSI Score for the Prognosis and Length of Hospitalization of Burn Patients. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 28(2), 244-249., Doi: 10.5505/ejm.2023.82609
• Zarbalıyev Elbrus, Turhan                                              Nihan,Dündar                Faruk,Sevmiş Murat,ÇCelik Sebahattaın,ÇÇağlıkülekçi Mehmet (2023). The Relationship Between Small Peritoneal Flap Defects and Postoperative Seroma TAPP Repair of Inguinal&nbs p;Hernias. SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY & PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES, 33(5), 493-498., doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000001211              &nbs p;                    (Çquarter       Slice=Q3)
• Turhan Nihan,Batur Ülkü Bulut (2023). The Effects of Br a Selection on Breast Pain. SURGICAL CHRONICLES, 28(4), 424-426.
• Turhan Nihan,Duran Cengiz,Kuzan Taha Yusuf,Kuzan Beyza Nur,Zarbalıyev Elbrus (2023). Risk of Conversion from Laparoscopic Appendectomy to Open Surgery: The Role of Clinical and Radiological Factors in Prediction. JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, 33(12), 1176-1183., Doi: 10.1089/lap.2023.0293
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• Turhan Nihan, Arıcan Çiğdem Dicle (2022). The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients  with  Acute  Appendicitis.  TURKISH  JOURNAL  OF  TRAUMA  &
• EMERGENCY SURGERY, 28(6), 756- 761., Doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2021.53929 (ÇQuartile=Q4)
  
• Akgün Ali Emre,Akın Merve,Sözen İsa,Turhan Nihan,Okay Nermin Damla,Yastı Ahmet Cinar (2022). Elderly burns; Our clinical experiences. ARCHIVES OF CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH, 3(3), 227-234., Doi: 10.47482/acmr.1091483
• Turhan Nihan,Uluer Ali,Liver Abdulkadir,Kılınç Emine (2021). Dev Abdominal Seminoma and Persistent Müllerian Canal Syndrome Presentation of Case . HİTİT MEDICAL JOURNAL, 3(1), 26-29.
• Turhan Nihan, Karakol Perçin (2021). Breast Burns Are Characteristic Burns And They Require A Very Meticulous Treatment. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 20(3), 25-32., Doi: 10.9790/0853-2003032532
• Karakol Perçin, Turhan Nihan (2020). The Effect of the (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic on Burn Demographics and Burn Physician Experiences During the Adaptation Process.
CUMHURIYET MEDICAL JOURNAL, 42(3), 375-382., Doi: 10.7197/cmj.vi.769652
• Beksaç Kemal,Turhan Nihan,Karaağaoğlu Ergun,Abbasoğlu Osman (2016). Risk Factors for&nbs p;Conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Surgery: A New Predictive Statistical Model. JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQU ES, 26(9), 693-696., Doi: 10.1089/lap.2016.0008 (Çquarterly Slice= Q3)
• Turhan Nihan,Esendağlı G.,Özkayar O.,Tunalı G.,Sokmensuer C.,Abbasoğlu O. (2015). Co‐ existence of Echinococcus granulosus infection and cancer metastasis in the liver correlates with reduced Th1 immune responses. PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY, 37(1), 16-22., Doi: 10.1111/pim.12152 (ÇQuartile=Q2)
  

National Declarations

• Angiodysplasia of the Gallbladder Yılmaz Dilek, Turhan Nihan (2022). 31st National Pathology Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract) Ronnet-II PMCA-I/D Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) with Diaphragm Stripping and CRS+HIPEC, Cicihan Salim, Turhan Nihan, Tuncer Zeki Salih, Göksoy Beslen, Ünal
• Ethem (2022)..22nd National Surgical Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract)
• Diabetic Foot: A Very Serious Case Where Preventable Risk Factors Are Overlooked
It is a Disease, Lung, Abdulkadir, Turhan Nihan (2021)..3. International 15. National Wound Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract)
• Immunosuppression Developing in an Experimental Echinococcus and Metastasis Model Makes the Liver a Target Organ, Turhan Nihan, Esendağlı G., Özkayar O., Tunalı G., Sökmensüer C, Yılmaz Y, Abbasoğlu O (2017). 11th National Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract)
• Malignancy Risk Factors in Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas, Turhan Nihan, Karakoç Derya, Roach Emir Charles, Gezgin Gamze, Hamaloğlu Erhan, Abbasoğlu Osman (2011).. 10th National Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Congress 1st HPB Surgical Nursing Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract)
• Can the Transition from Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Cholecystectomy Be Predicted in Advance? , Beksaç Kemal, Turhan  Nihan, Karaağaoğlu  Ergun, Abbasoğlu Osman (2011). 10th National Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Congress, 1st HPB Surgical Nursing Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract)
  

International Presentations

• Breast Tumor Necrosis Developing After Only Phytotherapy and Alternative Treatment Trial, Turhan Nihan (2024). 16th International Medicine and Health Sciences, Index Name: Other, (Abstract) The Effects of Bra Selection on Breast Pain, Turhan Nihan, Bulut Batur Ülkü (2023). 1st International 4th National Breast Surgery Congress, Index Name: Other, (Full Text) Giant Phyllodes Tumor Mass Excision with Round-Block Mammoplasty Technique in a Patient, Turhan Nihan, Ünal Özdemir, Nur Betül (2023). 1st International 4th National Breast Surgery Congress, Index Name: Other, (Abstract) The Importance of Tru-Cut Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancers, Turhan Nihan, Yılmaz Dilek (2022). 8th International Hippocrates Congress On Medical And Health Sciences, Index Name: Other, (Abstract) (Report)
• Colostomization and Timing in Fourier Gangrene Patients, Turhan Nihan, Karakol Percin (2021). Palandöken International Wound Care Congress, Index Name: Other, (Full Text Report)
• A Rare Case Report Mature Cystic Teratoma: Patient Over 80 Years Of Age Who Applied To The Emergency Department Due To Small Bowel Obstruction, Sektioğlu Bilge Kağan,Turhan Nihan (2021).. 1st University Of Health Sciences International Emergency Medicine Congress, Index Name: Other, (ÖAbstract Paper)
• Management Of Elderly Burn Patients: Our Clinical Experiences , Sözen İsa,Turhan Nihan,Yastı Ahmet Cinar (2019).. 18th European Burns Association Congress, Index Name: Other, (Summary statement)
  

Book Sectionü National

• Current Studies in the Field of General Surgery, Chapter Name: (Basics Of Pregnancy- Associated Breast Cancer, The Incidence Of Which Is Increasing Worldwide) (2024)., Turhan Nihan, Platanus Publishing, Editor: Uysal Mehmet, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 88, ISBN: 978*625-6517-13-4, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book)
• Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Interventions, Section Title: (Outpatient Surgery) (2020), Turhan Nihan, Palme Publishing House, Editor: Doğrul Ahmet Bülent, Konan Ali, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 570, ISBN: 978-605-282-488-7, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book Translation) Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Interventions, Section Title: (Surgical Technique) (2020), Turhan Nihan, Palme Publishing House, Editor: Doğrul Ahmet Bülent, Konan Ali, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 570, ISBN: 978-605-282-488-7, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book (Translation)
• Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Interventions, Section Title: (Laparotomy) (2020), Turhan Nihan, Palme Publishing House, Editor: Doğrul Ahmet Bülent, Konan Ali, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 570, ISBN: 978- 605-282-488-7, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book Translation) Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Procedures, Chapter Name: (Preoperative Preparation and Postoperative Care) (2020), Turhan Nihan, Palme Publishing House, Editor: Doğrul Ahmet Bülent, Konan Ali, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 566, ISBN: 978-605-282-488-7, Turkish Index Name: Other (Book Translation) Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Procedures, Chapter Name: (Hasson Open Technique for Laparoscopic Procedures) (2018), Turhan Nihan, Palme Publishing House, Editor: Doğrul Ahmet Bülent, Konan Ali, Edition Number: 1, Number of Pages: 568, ISBN: 978-605-282-488-7, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book Translation)
• Basic Surgery, Section Title: (Pancreatitis) (2013)., Sayek İskender, Turhan Nihan, Güneş Medical Bookstores, Editor: Sayek İskender, Edition Number: 4, Number of Pages: 2798, ISBN: 978975277, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book)
• Basic Surgery, Section Title: (Peptic Ulcer) (2013)., Turhan Nihan, Sayek İskender, Güneş Medical Bookstores, Editor: Sayek İskender, Edition Number: 4, Number of Pages: 2798, ISBN: 978975277, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book) Basic Surgery, Chapter Name: (Antibiotic Use in Surgery) (2013)., Sayek İskender, Turhan Nihan, Geroulanos Stephanos, Güneş Medical Bookstores, Editor: Sayek İskender, Edition Number: 4, Number of Pages: 2798, ISBN: 978975277, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book)
• Basic Surgery, Chapter Name: (Distal Choledochal and Ampoule of Vater Tumors) (2013), Turhan Nihan, Sayek İskender, Güneş Medical Bookstores, Editor: Sayek İskender, Edition Number: 4, Number of Pages: 2798, ISBN: 978975277, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book)

Book Chapter International

• Current Approaches in General Surgery II, Chapter Title: (Approach to B3 Lesions of the Breast) (2024)., Turhan Nihan, Livre De Lyon, Editor: Çalık Bülent, Publication Number: 1, Number of Pages: 79, ISBN: 978-2-38236-730-8, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book) Surgical Complications, Chapter Name: (Effects of Obesity on Wound Healing) (2022)., Turhan Nihan, Livre De Lyon, Editor: Arslan Serkan, Edition Number: 1 Number of Pages: 550, ISBN: 978-2-38236-466-6, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book) Covid-19 and Pandemic Hospital Transformation, Chapter Name: (Approach to Emergency Departments and Burn Patients During the Pandemic Process) (2020), Turhan Nihan, Nobel Medical Bookstores, Editor: Yiyit Nurettin, Bakan Nurten, Güven Şirin, Uğur Murat, Demir Serkan, Temiz Sultan Gözde, Publication Number: 1, Pages: 400, ISBN: 978-605-335-573-1, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Scientific Book) Sabiston Surgical Textbook, Chapter Name: (Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery) (2013), Turhan Nihan, Tırnaksız Bülent, Nobel Medical Bookstores, Editor: Malazgirt Zafer, Topgül Koray,
• Number of Editions: 17, Number of Pages: 1176, ISBN: 9789754209389, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book Translation)
• "Current Diagnosis and Treatment" Series - Intensive Care Diagnosis and Treatment, Section Name: (Acute Abdomen) (2011)., Turhan Nihan, Yorgancı Kaya, Güneş Medical Bookstores, Editor: Güven Muhammet, Coşkun Ramazan, Edition Number: 3, Number of Pages: 878, ISBN: 9789752773356, Turkish, Index Name: Other (Book Translation)

  Courses and Certificates

• Hacettepe University Animal Experimentation Use Certificate, Animal Experimentation Use, Ankara, Certificate, 10.01.2013-10.01.2013 (National) />
• Turkish Colon and Rectum Surgery Association 22nd Selim Anorectal Diseases Course, Anorectal Diseases, Istanbul, Course, 24.02.2018-24.02.2018 (National)
• Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital Burn Treatment Center, Certificate of Achievement, Ankara, Certificate, 30.11.2017 - 30.11.2017 (National)
• CDP Course Certificate Ziyasha Burn Skills Training Course, Burn Ski lls, Cape Town-South Africa, Certificate, 20.08.2018 -24.08.2018 (International)
• Turkish Surgical Association Venous Diseases and Endovascular Treatment Course, Venous Diseases and Endovascular Treatment, Ankara, Course, 29.04.2017-29.04.2017 (National) Diabetic Foot Training, Diabetic Foot Training, Ankara, Certificate, 01.01.2023 -31.01.2023 (National) />
• 11th Medical Surgical Endocrinology Postgraduate Education Course, Medical Surgical Endocrinology, Antalya, Course, 15.11.2012-18.11.2012 (National)
• Preinvasive Breast Cancers Course, Preinvasive Breast Cancers, Ankara, Course, 14.04.2012 - 14.04.2012 (National)
• IREBS 2022, Breast Cancer Surgery, Istanbul , Course, 10.09.2022 -11.09.2022 (International)
• International Senus Breast Surgical Ultrasound Course, Breast Surgery, Istanbul , Course, 21.10.2023 - 22.10.2023 (International)
• Senatürk Senology Academy Certificate of clinical Attachment, Mutlidisciplinary Breast Health & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, Istanbul, Certificate, 03.07.2023-29.12.2023 (International)
  

TÜBİTAK Project

• Investigation of the Metastatic Ability of Breast Cancer in an Experimental Echinococcus Granulosus Infection Model, -TÜBİTAK 1001, Principal Investigator: Osman Abbasoğlu, Researcher: Cenk Sökmensür, Researcher: Yakut Akyon Yılmaz, Researcher: Güneş Esendağlı, Researcher: Nihan Turhan, Researcher: Özgür Özkayar, 15/02/2011-15/02/2013
  

Awards

• Ali Menteş Best Presentation Award, Turkish HBP Surgical Association, 2013 ; Investigation of the metastatic ability of breast cancer in an experimental Echinococcus granulosus infection model,