Birthplace
ELAZIĞ
Medical Areas of Interest
Clinical Genetics
- Diagnosis of rare genetic diseases
- Neurodevelopmental disorders (autism, developmental delay, epileptic encephalopathies)
- Congenital anomalies and syndromic diseases
- Genetic evaluation of metabolic and inherited disorders
- Investigation of familial diseases
Prenatal Genetics
- Prenatal genetic counseling
- Interpretation of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
- Evaluation of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling results
- Genetic analysis of fetal ultrasonographic anomalies
- Genetic investigation of recurrent pregnancy loss
Oncogenetics
- Evaluation of hereditary cancer syndromes
- Germline and somatic variant analysis
- Cancer gene panels
- Liquid biopsy and tumor genomic analyses
- Molecular genetic evaluation for targeted therapies
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Next-generation sequencing (NGS) analyses
- Whole exome sequencing (WES)
- Whole genome sequencing (WGS)
- Copy number variants (CNV) and structural variant analyses
- Variant interpretation (ACMG criteria) and clinical correlation
Cytogenetics
- Karyotype analysis
- FISH analyses
- Microarray (aCGH / SNP array)
- Evaluation of chromosomal abnormalities
Highlights
Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Karaçorlu MD graduated from Elazığ Anatolian High School in 2005, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2012. He did his compulsory service in Tunceli Çemişgezek District Hospital. He completed his Medical Genetics specialization in Adıyaman University Training and Research Hospital in 2017. He worked in Haseki Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences between 2017-2023. He has been working in Istanbul Medipol University as Assistant Professor since 2025 . Additionally, he works as responsible physician in Istanbul Medipol University Genetic Diseases Diagnosis and Evaluation Center. He is a specialist working on clinical genetics, molecular genomics and diagnosis of rare diseases in field of Medical Genetics. His clinical practice focuses especially on prenatal genetic evaluation, neurodevelopmental diseases, hereditary cancer syndromes and clinical interpretation of genomic analyses.
He provides an extensive genetic evaluation to patients and their families using next generation sequencing technologies (NGS), chromosomal analyses and advanced molecular methods in diagnosis of genetic diseases. Aside from diagnosis process, he aims to provide scientific and current information about hereditary risk, clinical course and possible treatment options of diseases by providing genetic counselling to people and families.
He contributes to application of personalized medical and genomic-based diagnosis approaches by combining clinical and laboratory experiences.
Additional Information
Medical Genetics Association
European Society of Human Genetics
Istanbul Chamber of Physicians