Birthplace
ESKİŞEHİR
Languages
ENGLISH
Medical Areas of Interest
- Uro-oncology (Urological Cancers)
- Prostate Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Prostate Fusion Biopsy (Perineal)
- Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery
- Robotic Surgery (Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer and Neobladder, Kidney Cancer) Operations
- Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (Testicular Cancer)
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Surgeries
- HoLEP Prostate Surgery
- TUR-Prostate Surgery
- Urethral Stricture
- Internal Urethrotomy (Endoscopic Urethral Stricture Surgery)
- Urethroplasty (Open Urethral Stricture Surgery)
Highlights
Asst. Prof. Kubilay Sabuncu, MD was born in Eskişehir in 1986. He completed his medical education at Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2011.
He completed his Urology residency at University of Health Sciences Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital in 2018 and received the title of Urology Specialist. He completed his specialty thesis titled ""Retrospective evaluation of the effects of ureteral double J catheter placement and percutaneous nephrostomy on renal function and quality of life in the treatment of hydronephrosis due to unilateral acute obstruction in patients without renal failure"".
After his specialty training, he completed his state service obligation between 2018 and 2020 at
Bursa Karacabey State Hospital. Between 2020 and 2021, he worked as a urology specialist at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital.
Since 2021, he has been working at the Urology Clinic of Istanbul Medipol University Medipol Mega University Hospital, and in 2023 he was awarded the title of Assistant Professor.
He has taken part as a speaker or participant in numerous national and international congresses, courses and scientific meetings. He has more than 25 scientific articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters; his work has received more than 375 citations in the literature, and his h-index has reached 13.
Not seeing his clinical practice as separate from his research, Asst. Prof. Kubilay Sabuncu, MD focuses on turning questions arising from daily outpatient clinic and operating room experience into scientific questions. He closely follows methods that enable earlier diagnosis, such as urine-based molecular tests in bladder cancer and image-guided biopsy in prostate cancer. He prioritizes minimally invasive approaches in endourology and uro-oncology, and regards multidisciplinary evaluation as the standard in areas requiring teamwork, such as kidney transplantation and reconstructive urology. Bringing the experience he has gained from international research collaborations and congress organizations into his clinical practice, Sabuncu prefers to make treatment decisions together with each patient, taking into account not only the biology of the disease but also the patient's life expectancy and priorities.
Experiences
2020 - 2021
Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital
Spec. Dr.
2018 - 2020
Karacabey State Hospital
Spec. Dr."
Educations
2018
University of Health Sciences Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Urology
2011
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Medicine
Publications
Eryildirim, B., Sahin, C., Tuncer, M., Sabuncu, K., Cetinel, C., Tarhan, F., &
Sarica, K. (2015). Effect of medical expulsive therapy on the health-related
quality of life of patients with ureteral stones: a critical evaluation. Int
Urol Nephrol, 47(8), 1271-1275. doi:10.1007/s11255-015-1036-7
· Eryildirim, B., Sahin, C., Tuncer, M., Sabuncu, K., Tarhan, F., & Sarica, K.
(2016). Medical Expulsive Therapy Following Shock Wave Lithotripsy in
Ureteral Calculi: An Effective Approach for the Improvement of Health-
Related Quality of Life. Urol Int, 97(3), 260-265. doi:10.1159/000446002
· Sarica, K., Eryildirim, B., Sahin, C., Sabuncu, K., Cetinel, C., & Narter, F.
(2016). Impaction of ureteral stones into the ureteral wall: Is it possible
to predict? Urolithiasis, 44(4), 371-376. doi:10.1007/s00240-015-0850-9
· Sarica, K., Narter, F., Sabuncu, K., Akca, A., Can, U., Buz, A., Eryildirim, B.
(2016). Factors affecting the course of body and kidney growth in infants
with urolithiasis: A critical long-term evaluation. Arch Ital Urol Androl,
88(4), 249-254. doi:10.4081/aiua.2016.4.249
· Tuncer, M., Yazici, O., Kafkasli, A., Sabuncu, K., Salepci, B., Narter, F.,
Yucetas, U. (2016). Critical evaluation of the overactive bladder and
urgency urinary incontinence association with obstructive sleep apnea
syndrome in a relatively young adult male population. Neurourol Urodyn.
doi:10.1002/nau.23184
· Kaya Narter, F., Tarhan, F., Narter, KF, Sabuncu, K., Alay Eser, R., Akın, Y.,
Ay, P. (2017). Reliability and validity of the bladder and bowel
dysfunction questionnaire among Turkish children. Turkish J Med Sci,
47(6):1765-1769. doi: 10.3906/sag-1601-122
· Narter, KF, Can, U., Coşkun, A., Sabuncu, K., Tarhan, F. (2019). The role of
anticholinergic therapy based on the upoint system in the treatment of
chronic prostatitis. Arch Ital Urol Androl, 91(1):16-21 doi:
10.4081/aiua.2019.1.16
· Gürkan, Y., Tuncer, M., Sabuncu, K., Şahin, S., Tuğcu, V., Sarıca, K., Taşçı, Aİ
(2016). Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and erectile dysfunction. New
Urology Journal, (3):8-11
· Narter, KF, Sabuncu, K. (2016) Invasion mechanisms of bladder cancer: A
molecular view. Journal of Urological Surgery, (3):66-73
· Narter, KF, Sabuncu, K., Eryıldırım, B., Kavukoğlu, Ö., Sarıca, K. (2017).
Cough-induced spontaneous rupture of the kidney secondary to
anticoagulant therapy: Wunderlich’s syndrome. Journal of Urological
Surgery, (4):211-214
· Can, U., Tuncer, M., Narter, KF, Sabuncu, K., Sarıca, K. (2018). Ureteral
stent use in pregnant women with persistent flank pain: Our clinical
experience. Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, (4):285-289