Assoc. Prof. Dr. CENK ŞİMŞEK

Organ Transplant / General Surgery

Medipol Mega University Hospital
CENK ŞİMŞEK

Birthplace

ELAZIĞ

Languages

ENGLISH

Medical Areas of Interest

  • Liver Transplantation
  •  Kidney Transplantation
  •  Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery
  •  Hepatobiliary Surgery
  •  Hepatobiliary Malignancies
  •  Living Donor Organ Transplantation

 

Highlights

Assoc. Prof. Cenk Şimşek, MD, was born in Elazığ in 1977. He completed his medical education at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 2002, followed by his residency training in General Surgery at Health Sciences University Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital between 2003 and 2008, where he became a Specialist in General Surgery. His residency thesis focused on the study of the Rapamycin Switch in kidney transplant patients.

 Following completion of his residency, he worked as a general surgeon at Siirt State Hospital and Kemer State Hospital, and subsequently served as Chief Assistant in the General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Clinic at Health Sciences University Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital.

 As part of his professional development, he completed fellowship training in advanced endoscopy at GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital and in liver transplantation at the Liver Transplant Center of Florence Nightingale Hospital and İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute.

 Assoc. Prof. Şimşek currently continues his academic and clinical activities at the Organ Transplantation Clinic of the Department of General Surgery, Medipol University Faculty of Medicine. He holds a General Surgery Qualification Certificate and has also earned the title of Chief Assistant in General Surgery. He has been a member of the Turkish Surgical Society since 2010.

 Assoc. Prof. Cenk Şimşek has authored and presented more than 50 papers, articles, and book chapters in numerous national and international peer-reviewed scientific journals and at prominent scientific conferences.

  Combining his academic expertise and extensive clinical experience in organ transplantation with current, evidence-based treatment approaches, Assoc. Prof. Cenk Şimşek aims to provide his patients with internationally recognized standards of healthcare and personalized treatment.

Experiences

2015 - 2016

İnönü University Liver Transplantation Institute

2014 - 2015

Florence Nightingale Hospital Liver Transplantation Center

2013 - 2022

Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Clinic

2009 - 2013

Kemer State Hospital

2009 - 2009

Siirt State Hospital

2003 - 2008

Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital

Educations

2016

İnönü University, Liver Transplantation Center, Liver Transplantation Doctoral Training

2010

Anadolu University Open Education Faculty, Health Institutions Management

2008

İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Clinic, Medical Specialization Training

2002

Ege University, Faculty of Medicine

Publications

7080150 SIMSEK CENK, KARATAS MURAT (2021). LONG-TERM

FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF OUR LIVING-DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT DONORS. İzmir Training and Research Hospital Medical Journal, 25(2), 93-99.

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7080146 SIMSEK CENK, KARATAS MURAT, Zengel Baha (2021). PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST CANCER: COMPARISON OF EARLY AND LATE STAGE CANCERS.

İzmir Training and Research Hospital Medical Journal, 25(2), 71-77.

7075811 SIMSEK CENK, KARATAS MURAT, TATAR ERHAN, YILDIRIM ALI MURAT, TASLI FUNDA, USLU ADAM

(2021). The efficacy of interleukin-1 antagonist drugs in combination with colchicine in patients

with FMF-AA with colchicine resistance after kidney transplantation: A study with histopathologic

evidence. Clinical Transplantation, Doi: 10.1111/ctr.14309

7075818 KARATAS MURAT, TATAR ERHAN, SIMSEK CENK, YILDIRIM ALI MURAT, USLU ADAM (2021). The

relationship between serum uric acid levels and development of obesity in living kidney donors

after donor nephrectomy. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Doi: 10.1111/eci.13507

7075827 DOGAN SAIT MURAT, DOGAN GÜLEÇ, SIMSEK CENK, OKUT GÖKALP, BERKTAS HACI BAYRAM,

SIMSEK ARIFE, KUTLUTÜRK KORAY, TASKAPAN HÜLYA, SAHIN IDRIS, SAHIN TEVFIK TOLGA,

PISKIN TURGUT, USLU ADAM (2021). Transplantation Using Renal Grafts With Multiple Renal

Arteries: A Putative Study on the Impact of Arterial Reconstruction Technique and Site of

Implantation on Outcomes. Transplantation Proceedings, 53(3), 920-926., Doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.08.024

7075968 KARATAS MURAT, SIMSEK CENK (2021). RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCISIONAL HERNIA IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. İzmir Training and Research Hospital Medical Journal, 25(1), 51-56.

7074817 KARATAS MURAT, Zengel Baha, DURUSOY ONMUS ISABEL RAIKA, TASLI FUNDA, ADIBELLI

ZEHRA, SIMSEK CENK, USLU ADAM (2021). Clinicopathologic features of single bone metastasis in

breast cancer. Medicine, 100(1), Doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024164

7075803 ÇELIK SERDAR, ACAR TÜRKER, SIMSEK CENK, YESILOVA ARDA, TATAR ERHAN, BOZKURT

IBRAHIM HALIL, TOPÇU YUSUF KADIR, SEFIK ERTUGRUL, BASMACI ISMAIL, GÜNLÜSOY BÜLENT,

DEGIRMENCI TANSU, USLU ADAM (2020). The course of alterations in ureteral jet dynamics

following kidney transplantation: a prospective observational cohort study. Revista da Associação

Médica Brasileira, 66(2), 153-159., Doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.2.153

7075766 ÇELIK SERDAR, ACAR TÜRKER, SIMSEK CENK, YESILOVA ARDA, BOZKURT IBRAHIM HALIL,

TOPÇU YUSUF KADIR, SEFIK ERTUGRUL, BASMACI ISMAIL, TERCAN ISMAIL CAN, YARIMOGLU

SERKAN, DEGIRMENCI TANSU, USLU ADAM (2020). Predictive Value of Ureteral Jet Dynamics to

Differentiate Postrenal Obstruction After Renal Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Journal of Urological Surgery, 7(4), 302-308., Doi: 10.4274/jus.galenos.2020.3564

7080389 TATAR ERHAN, KARATAS MURAT, BOZACI ILTER, ARI ALPAY, ACAR TÜRKER, SIMSEK CENK,

YILDIRIM ALI MURAT, YILDIRIM ÖZDEN, USLU ADAM (2020). Intravenous Immunoglobulin and

Favipiravir treatment for A Kidney Transplant Patient with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia.

Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 59(6), Doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102904

7075747 TASLI FUNDA, TATAR ERHAN, KARATAS MURAT, SIMSEK CENK, TERCAN ISMAIL CAN, AYKAS

AHMET, USLU ADAM (2020). Response to treatment in kidney transplant recipients with acute

antibody-mediated rejection: A follow-up biopsy study. Clinical Nephrology, 93(2), 85-90., Doi:

10.5414/CN109819

7075734 ILHAN ENVER, ÜREYEN ORHAN, TAN SEDAT, SIMSEK CENK, erkul zehra, YAKAN SAVAS,

KIZANOGLU HALE, USLU ADAM, YILDIRIM MEHMET (2020). Post Colectomy and Post Fixation

Margin Measurement Correction Factor. Indian Journal of Surgery, Doi: 10.1007/s12262-020-

02431-4

7075720 KARATAS MURAT, SIMSEK CENK, GÜNAY SÜLEYMAN, Zengel Baha, OKUT GÖKALP, YILDIRIM ALI

MURAT, VARDAR ENVER, USLU ADAM (2020). Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to lowgrade

mucinous neoplasm of appendix. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 16, 1-4., Doi:

10.1080/00015458.2020.1860397

7080378 USLU ADAM, ARI ALPAY, SIMSEK CENK, OLGUT ALI ILGIN, KARATAS MURAT, AYKAS AHMET,

TERCAN ISMAIL CAN, TATAR ERHAN (2019). Evaluation of a Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis Protocol

in Cytomegalovirus-IgG Positive Renal Transplant Recipients (R+). Transplantation Proceedings,

51(7), 2350-2354., Doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.196

7074736 USLU ADAM, OKUT GÖKALP, TERCAN ISMAIL CAN, erkul zehra, AYKAS AHMET, KARATAS MURAT,

SIMSEK CENK, TATAR ERHAN (2019). Anatomical distribution and number of parathyroid glands,

and parathyroid function, after total parathyroidectomy and bilateral cervical thymectomy.

Medicine, 98(23), Doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000015926

7075924 ÇELIK SERDAR, YESILOVA ARDA, ACAR TÜRKER, SIMSEK CENK, TATAR ERHAN, BOZKURT

IBRAHIM HALIL, TOPÇU YUSUF KADIR, SEFIK ERTUGRUL, BASMACI ISMAIL, TERCAN ISMAIL CAN,

YARIMOGLU SERKAN, GÜNLÜSOY BÜLENT, DEGIRMENCI TANSU, USLU ADAM (2019). THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE REJECTION AND URETERAL JET DYNAMICS AFTER THE ACUTE

PERIOD IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. İzmir Training and Research Hospital Medical Journal, 23(3), 236-242.

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7075783 KARATAS MURAT, TATAR ERHAN, KILIÇ MUSTAFA, TERCAN ISMAIL CAN, DOKSAN MÜGE, OKUT

GÖKALP, SIMSEK CENK, USLU ADAM (2019). Surgical Stress Hyperglycemia Associated With New-

Onset Diabetes in Living Kidney Donors. Transplantation Proceedings, 51(7), 2228-2231., Doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.189

7076013 USLU ADAM, Zengel Baha, ILHAN ENVER, AYKAS AHMET, SIMSEK CENK, ÜREYEN ORHAN, DURAN

ALI, OKUT GÖKALP (2018). Survival outcomes after D1 and D2 lymphadenectomy with R0

resection in stage II–III gastric cancer: Longitudinal follow-up in a single center. Turkish Journal of

Surgery, 34(2), 125-130., Doi: 10.5152/turkjsurg.2018.3846

7075837 USLU ADAM, ÇAYHAN VELI KÜRSAT, SIMSEK CENK, AYKAS AHMET, KARATAS MURAT, TERCAN

ISMAIL CAN, OKUT GÖKALP, TATAR ERHAN (2018). Tubular vesicopyelostomy for the

management of types 2 and 3 (long-segment) ureteric stenosis after kidney transplantation. The

International Journal of Artificial Organs, 42(1), 3-8., Doi: 10.1177/0391398818796346

7074999 TATAR ERHAN, USLU ADAM, SIMSEK CENK, AYKAS AHMET, BOZYAKA GIRAY, IMAMOGLU ÇETIN

(2017). Late Diagnosis of E148Q Mutation–Positive Familial Mediterranean Fever in a Kidney

Transplant Patient With Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report. Experimental and Clinical

Transplantation, 15(1), 261-264., Doi: 10.6002/ect.mesot2016.P131

7075695 OKUT GÖKALP, ALP ALPER, TATAR ERHAN, SIMSEK CENK, TUGMEN CEM, USLU ADAM (2017).

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers After Kidney Transplant: Our 15 Years of Experience With Mammalian

Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors. Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 15(1), 236-239., Doi:

10.6002/ect.mesot2016.P112

7074961 TATAR ERHAN, SIMSEK CENK, TASLI FUNDA, ÇAYHAN VELI KÜRSAT, KARATAS MURAT, USLU

ADAM (2017). Evaluation of Indication Biopsies ?5 Years After Kidney Transplant: A Single-Center

Experience. Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 15(1), 265-268., Doi:

10.6002/ect.mesot2016.P132

7075777 SIMSEK CENK, DOGAN SAIT MURAT, PISKIN TURGUT, OKUT GÖKALP, ÇAYHAN VELI KÜRSAT,

AYKAS AHMET, TATAR ERHAN, USLU ADAM (2017). Should Interventional Radiology or Open

Surgery Be the First Choice for the Management of Ureteric Stenosis After Transplantation? Dual-

Center Study. Transplantation Proceedings, 49(3), 517-522., Doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.01.018

7075022 AYKAS AHMET, USLU ADAM, SIMSEK CENK (2015). Mass Media, Online Social Network, and Organ

Donation: Old Mistakes and New Perspectives. Transplantation Proceedings, 47(4), 1070-1072.,

Doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.182

7076225 TATAR ERHAN, USLU ADAM, SIMSEK CENK, VARDAR ENVER (2015). Evaluation of Late Antibody-

Mediated Rejection (C4d-Mediated Rejection): A Single-Center Experience. Experimental and

Clinical Transplantation, 13(1), 259-262., Doi: 10.6002/ect.mesot2014.p67

7075902 Zengel Baha, USLU ADAM, ADIBELLI ZEHRA, YETIS HALIT, CENGIZ FEVZI, AYKAS AHMET, SIMSEK

CENK, AKPINAR GÖKSEVER, ELIYATKIN NUKHET, DURAN ALI (2015). Adjuvant versus

neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in distal rectal cancer: Comparison of two decades in a single

center. Turkish Journal of Surgery, 31, 218-223., Doi: 10.5152/UCD.2015.3015

7075888 DOGAN SAIT MURAT, AYKAS AHMET, yücel evrim sefika, OKUT GÖKALP, SIMSEK CENK, ÇAYHAN

VELI KÜRSAT, Zengel Baha, USLU ADAM (2015). Immune profile of asplenic patients following

single or double vaccine administration: A longitudinal cross-sectional study. Turkish Journal of

Surgery, 31(3), 118-123., Doi: 10.5152/UCD.2015.2822

7075994 TOP ÖMER ERDINÇ, VARDAR ENVER, ARGON ASUMAN, SIMSEK CENK, KARAHAN BIRGÜL, Zengel

Baha (2014). INTRAMUSCULAR LIPOMA LOCATED IN THE ILEUM AND ILEAL ISCHEMIA: A CASE REPORT. İzmir

Training and Research Hospital Medical Journal, 18(2), 34-37.

7074861 Zengel Baha, YARARBAS ÜLKEM, DURAN ALI, USLU ADAM, ELIYATKIN NUKHET, DERMIRKIRAN

MEHMET ALI, CENGIZ FEVZI, SIMSEK CENK, POSTACI HAKAN, VARDAR ENVER, DURUSOY ONMUS

ISABEL RAIKA (2013). Comparison of the clinicopathological features of invasive ductal, invasive

lobular, and mixed (invasive ductal + invasive lobular) carcinoma of the breast. Breast Cancer,

22(4), 374-381., Doi: 10.1007/s12282-013-0489-8

7074930 AYKAS AHMET, YÜZBASIOGLU MEHMET FATIH, BELGE KURUTAS ERGÜL, NART AHMET, DEMIRTAS

ÖZGÜR, DOGAN SAIT MURAT, ÖKSÜZ HAFIZE, SIMSEK CENK (2010). Protective effects of propofol

on peritoneal adhesions in cecal ligation and puncture model. Bratislava Medical Journal, 111(5),

253-257.

7076783 USLU ADAM, TÖZ HÜSEYIN, SEN SAIT, TASLI FUNDA, NART AHMET, AYKAS AHMET, DOGAN SAIT

MURAT, POSTACI HAKAN, SAHIN T, SIMSEK CENK (2009). Late Conversion From Calcineurin

Inhibitor-Based to Sirolimus-Based Immunosuppression Due to Chronic Toxicity: A Prospective

Study With Protocol Biopsy Amendment. Transplantation Proceedings, 41(2), 756-763., Doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.01.044

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7074904 NART AHMET, USLU ADAM, AYKAS AHMET, YÜZBASIOGLU MEHMET FATIH, DOGAN SAIT MURAT,

DEMIRTAS ÖZGÜR, SIMSEK CENK (2008). Total thyroidectomy for the treatment of recurrent

graves' disease with ophthalmopathy. ASIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 31(3), 115-118.

7076029 USLU ADAM, YETIS HALIT, AYKAS AHMET, KARAGÖZ ARIF, DOGAN SAIT MURAT, SIMSEK CENK,

NART AHMET, YÜZBASIOGLU MEHMET FATIH (2006). The efficacy and immunogenicity of Pneumo-

23 and ACT-HIB in patients undergoing splenectomy. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish

Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, 12(4), 277-281.

Conference Papers

Long Term Investigation of Blood Pressure in Living Kidney Donors After Donor Nephrectomy ,

SIMSEK CENK (2020).. IMCIDU 2020 Healthy Aging & Aging-Associated Diseases(OP277), 516,

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7076141

Our Experience with Cadaveric ECD (Expanded Criteria Donor) Kidney Transplantation ,

SIMSEK CENK (2019).. IMCIDU'19 CURRENT & FUTURE PRACTICES IN MEDICINE(OP031), 53,

(Full text paper)

7076822

THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEOADJUVANT CONCURRENT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY TO LOCAL AND

REGIONAL RECURRENCE CONTROL IN DISTAL RECTAL CANCERS , Zengel Baha, YETIS HALIT, ADIBELLI ZEHRA,

CENGIZ FEVZI, AYKAS AHMET, SIMSEK CENK, AKPINAR GÖKSEVER, ELIYATKIN NUKHET, DURAN

ALI, ZIHNI ISMAIL, ÇORUMLU BARIS, USLU ADAM (2014).. 19th National Surgery Congress(SS209),

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Books

Theories and Research in Health Sciences II Volume 2, Chapter title:(THE HISTORY OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION)

(2020)., SIMSEK CENK, Gece Kitaplığı, Editor: Prof. Dr. Cem Evereklioğlu, Edition No:1, Page

Count 515, ISBN:9978-625-7319-25-6, Turkish (Scientific Book)

7076257

FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS AND CURRENT APPROACHES TO TREATMENT IN LIVER, PANCREAS, AND BILIARY TRACT

SURGERY, Chapter title:(LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN VIRAL AND ACUTE FULMINANT HEPATITIS) (2019).,

ÇETINKÜNAR SÜLEYMAN, SIMSEK CENK, Akademisyen Kitabevi A.Ş., Editor: Ender ANILIR, Edition

No:1, ISBN:978-605-258-563-4, Turkish (Scientific Book)

7076323

Memberships

  •  Turkish Surgical Society
  •   Liver Transplantation Society
  •   Turkish Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Society
  •   International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)

Scientific Activities

  •  Over 35 scientific publications in SCI/SCI-E indexed journals
  •  Over 5 scientific publications in national peer-reviewed journals
  •  Authorship of book chapters in the fields of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation
  •  Participation in more than 10 national and international congresses and scientific meetings

Certifications

 General Surgery Competency Certificate (Year)

 General Surgery Chief Assistant Exam (2013)

 Endoscopy Training Certificate – GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital (01.01.2013 – 29.03.2013)

 Kidney Transplantation Competency Certificate

 Liver Transplantation Training Certificate – Florence Nightingale Hospital Liver Transplantation

 Center (16.06.2014 – 16.12.2014)

 Liver Transplantation Training Certificate – İnönü University Liver Transplantation Institute (01.09.2015 – 01.03.2016)