{"id":688,"date":"2025-09-16T07:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/?page_id=688"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:05:25","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1217802762\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n  <div id=\"page-header-736722185\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark simple-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            About me          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1217802762 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: #aa2665;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_82777934\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1996424320\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1957048880\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-left text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 60px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slider-1-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Ankara\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slider-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slider-1-280x280.png 280w, https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/slider-1.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2163742057\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2><strong>Prof. Dr. Ebru Ayvazo\u011flu Soy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2163742057 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-2163742057 {\n    font-size: 2rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1373602274\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1533367965\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebrusoy-hakkimda.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Ankara\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebrusoy-hakkimda.webp 653w, https:\/\/ebruayvazoglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebrusoy-hakkimda-331x400.webp 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1533367965 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1376027939\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2917737929\" class=\"text text-justify\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Ebru Ayvazo\u011flu Soy graduated from <\/span><b>TED Ankara College<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1998 and completed her medical education at <\/span><b>Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She completed her <\/span><b>General Surgery Residency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the <\/span><b>Ba\u015fkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, earning the title of specialist in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, she became an <\/span><b>Associate Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and as of November 2024, she received the title of <\/span><b>Professor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She currently serves as a <\/span><b>Professor at the Department of General Surgery, Ankara Medipol University<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Career and Professional Experience<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2012 and 2014, Prof. Dr. Ayvazo\u011flu Soy completed her state service obligation at <\/span><b>Mu\u015f State Hospital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Afterwards, she began her academic career at the <\/span><b>Ba\u015fkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2014 to 2022, she worked at the same institution as a specialist, faculty member, and associate professor, actively participating in <\/span><b>liver and kidney transplantation surgeries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>arteriovenous fistula operations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>general surgical procedures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also served as <\/span><b>Deputy Head of the Liver Transplantation Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><b>Ba\u015fkent University Istanbul Hospital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016\u20132017) and as <\/span><b>Director of the International Patient Department<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><b>Ba\u015fkent University Ankara Hospital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2020\u20132022).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1376027939 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -30px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-853945151\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2834755174\" class=\"text text-justify\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To date, she has participated in more than <\/span><b>1000 kidney transplantations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nearly <\/span><b>300 liver transplantations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, over <\/span><b>100 arteriovenous fistula surgeries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and more than <\/span><b>1500 general surgical operations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of November 2022, she continues her career within the <\/span><b>Ac\u0131badem\u2013Bay\u0131nd\u0131r Healthcare Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Areas of Expertise<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Breast Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnosis and treatment of breast masses, cysts, and fibroadenomas; breast cancer surgery (breast-conserving surgery, mastectomy), sentinel lymph node biopsy, and oncoplastic approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Endocrine Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal gland diseases. Modern surgical practices for goiter, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, and adrenal tumors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advanced surgery of liver, pancreas, and biliary tract diseases. Her main focus includes liver tumors, choledochal stones, gallbladder diseases, and pancreatic tumors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnosis and treatment of stomach and esophageal disorders, including surgeries for reflux, hiatal hernia, and gastric cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Colorectal Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgical management of colon and rectal cancers, diverticulitis, and inflammatory bowel diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Proctology<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhoids, anal fissures, fistulas, and pilonidal sinus diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hernia Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open or laparoscopic repair of inguinal, umbilical, incisional, and hiatal hernias.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Soft Tissue and Skin Surgery<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgical removal of subcutaneous masses (lipoma, epidermal cysts), moles, and suspicious skin lesions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Scientific Publications and Academic Contributions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Ayvazo\u011flu Soy has authored <\/span><b>nearly 100 articles published in internationally indexed journals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, received over <\/span><b>500 citations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and presented more than <\/span><b>200 scientific papers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her research interests include <\/span><b>organ transplant surgery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>post-transplant complication management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>vascular surgery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>surgical practices during the COVID-19 period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>immunological processes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has also contributed as a chapter author to several medical books in both Turkish and English.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Academic Memberships<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International College of Surgeons (ICS) \u2013 Member (2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Turkic World Transplantation Society \u2013 Member (2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transplantation Society (TTS) \u2013 Member (2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkish Surgical Association \u2013 Member (2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkish Transplantation Society \u2013 Member (2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT) \u2013 Member (2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankara Surgical Society \u2013 Member (2010)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Current Position and Patient Consultations<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Ebru Ayvazo\u011flu Soy continues her academic career as a <\/span><b>Professor at Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also sees patients in her <\/span><b>private clinic in \u00c7ankaya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing consultations and follow-up care in general surgery and post-transplant 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