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WORLDS FIRST AND SECOND HUMAN FACE TRANSPLANTS IN ANTALYA TURKEY
It has been 10 years since Turkey’s first face transplant was performed at Akdeniz University Hospital located in the Mediterranean region of Antalya. Celebrating the anniversary of the face transplant by cutting a cake with UA and TC, Professor Doctor, “UA visited 6 months before the transplant. He asked some questions and made me a little nervous. We went a little further than the transplant, but then we thought it was very normal to ask such questions for such an important transplant,” he said.
Rector of the AU Hospital Organ Transplantation Professor Doctor, and Faculty Member of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, AU Prof. Doctor, the first face transplant of Turkey UA and the second face transplant TC attended the meeting 4 persons; a special cake was cut for the 10th year.
Akdeniz University Hospital Professor Doctor said that the meeting was very meaningful. Stating that the first face transplant patients have completed their 10th year, Turkish doctor said, “If it was not for my teacher Professor doctor it wouldn’t have been possible to do this. The first face transplant attracted more attention. It was probably a reflection on life from the movies. It was very different from other transplants. Many good years have passed together with UA. I would like to thank our team, the Turkish Ministry of Health. We’re very lucky. We also thank the families who donated to us,” he said.
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TRANSPLANTS ARE STILL ATTRACTING INTEREST
Explaining that the number of these operations, which show the level of development of medicine in Turkey, has increased over the years, Akdeniz University Hospital department Professor Doctor said, “This is one of the most important examples showing the development of medicine in Turkey. The Ministry of Health offers the most social health service in the world to our people. The donation part needs to be increased a little more. UA has completed his 10th year. We are talking about a transplant that is over 10 in number. Such transplants are still of interest in the world,” he said.
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HE SAID, ‘I’M READY FOR THE SURGERY, ARE YOU READY FOR THE SURGERY
Prof. Dr. also shared his memory of UA from 10 years ago.
Stating that UA visited him 10 years ago, 6 months before the transplant operation, Doctor said, “UA asked me some questions and made me a little nervous. We went a little further than the transplant, but then we thought it was very normal to ask such questions for such an important transplant. Then we met again, we answered his questions one by one. He even told me, ‘I’m ready for surgery, are you ready for it? said.
Antalya city Akdeniz University Hospital, Professor Doctor added that UA got over the psychological part of the disease very easily.
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THERE WERE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS
UA thanked the team that performed the transplant and said that he was grateful to the family that donated.
Stating that he had different processes with his pain and dessert AU said, “There were good days and bad days. We passed all of them. I think I am with the best doctors in the world that I can trust and move forward healthily in Turkey,” he said.
TC thanked the Turkish family that donated organs and the team that performed the transplant.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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